All the mountain lion attacks in my area aren't up in the mountains or even the hills, but in the hill-adjacent walking paths, usually against joggers. They lie in wait for normal prey, but it's probably the running that just triggers their pounce instinct. I just went to google to find the most recent attack near me, and it was a few months ago against a small child. And looking at it, it's pretty scary how many are against children. It's clear that size really is a big part of the equation.
Im a 240ib male. Bears, snakes, none of it concerns me as much as the mountain lion. If they we're not on usa land i would be a much more relaxed and happy camper. Only lions, thats it
Pounce instinct 🤣😂🤣 I think about how my small domesticated cat loves to hide in corners and behind boxes and as I walk by pounce and attack my legs and feet and how much thrill she gets from it….YEAH I don’t want to be a wild cats dream toy.
@@karrencita1371 😆 I too have a pounce kitty. She loves to attack my legs and feet from underneath the bed. She mainly does it when I turn off the lights and try and get into bed. They are soooooooo quite and stealthy, even when I know she's down there. When I'm hiking, that is the number one thing that I am leary about...A rare but possible encounter with a 80-150 lb cat is a no thank you. People have absolutely no idea how strong, quick, fast and stealth a mountain lion is. No contest with us, unless you carry a weapon or bear mace. Even then, you're going to get messed up really really bad if it decides to attack you. I was at a nature zoo type place, looking at the female mountain lion in her enclosure. She was in the very back of the enclosure trying to hide behind a large boulder. She didn't like me staring at her through the thick plexiglass. Her ears were flattened and back and she was hissing. She must have felt threatened by me. In literally a second maybe a second and a half. She came changing at me and hit that plexiglass with extreme speed and force. Her front paws were up on the plexiglass as she was standing on her back legs. . Then as fast as she charged me,, she retreated back to her hiding boulder. She must have covered a distance of 20 yards in a second and a half. She was letting me know she didn't like my presence. People have no idea how fast they are. If that plexiglass wasn't there, I would have been done! Like getting hit by a professional linebacker at full speed with claws and teeth.
Me and my friend just got attacked by one in the wind river mountain range in Wyoming, we were not on a trail or running, we’re we’re mountain climbing and we happened to be on an almost sheer cliff face. It had just turned to night, and I had just gotten bad altitude sickness and was vomiting and my friend injured his acl, we were just trying to climb out and get back to civilization and this whore of a cat decides to try to attack us in the worst possible situation. We didn’t have a gun just each of us had a knife and bear spray. We got big and yelled at it but it wasn’t working when it starting to pounce on us from 20 feet away we sprayed it. It worked but was just a shit show.
@@jims6893 mine was, we were coworkers at tower records back in the 90s and I had a crush on her only to realize later that she had one on me. I love her more as time goes on.❤️
From personal experience with a black bear on a segment of the Appalachian Trail, I can confirm that the "make yourself look big and be loud" is indeed effective. I had the added benefit of having the high ground and having a big wooden walking stick as well. That bear did take off like a shot too haha.
I've heard you take your camera out too, as camera men never get attacked? I don't know, I'm in Scotland. Our wildlife consists of seaguls throwing cigarette ends around
Two brothers recently got mauled by a mountain lion in Northern Cali with one fatality. They tried getting bigger and loud but it didn’t work. Best to carry something for protection.
in all fairness, an adult mountain lion if it truly wants, can end you with little challenge, like unless you have a huge knife or a gun, theres literally nothing you can do, same as bears, if a bear commits to killin you, aint shit you can do about it
@@telfordexotics167 The landscape workers up in Newhall Ranch over in Ventura County face off with them all the time, and they tell me they keep their radio sounds loud to deter them, and when confronted they hit them in the front arms. That guy is right, predators can't risk getting injured.
As a fellow Canadian I Truly admire your talents I've been a Fan since I seen you on a T.V show talking about how you were living off the grid using renewable energy Many years ago Keep up the good fight All the best to you and yours from a fan in Nova Scotia
great tips S-man. so true. also, maybe not there, but cougars like to be above and slightly behind their prey so I intermittently look over my shoulder and listen. twice I got intertwined between a cat and their prey and startled both the deer/elk and a cougar, and thought at the time I was the item on the menu rather than being in the wrong place at the right time
Loving your presence on UA-cam, Les! Greetings from Utah! More mountain lion sightings each year along the Wasatch Front each year for multiple reasons. Good information.
That terrain looks a lot like where I live on a mountain in S. California. Probably lots of deer in this area, which makes it a haven for pumas too. I live off-grid on 20 acres of wilderness, a mile from the nearest neighbor. I absolutely love this place because I'm not right in the head. My ex left me out here 7 years ago because it got too scary for him, and it was too far from the liquor store. No one misses him here. I've learned to deal with rattlers, not as scary as they seemed at first. Most are not at all aggressive and just want to be left alone, and they are great for reducing the rodent population. Best tool is a long clamp stick made for snake handling. I used to put them in a deep trash barrel with a lid and take it a few miles away in the truck, but now I don't have a truck I have to kill them, unfortunately. I do skin them for hat bands and feed the cooked meat to my chickens, no sense in wasting anything! Now I have a bigger problem. The most recent mountain lion has become a real danger. It broke into my "lion-proof" goat pen, completely enclosed with heavy chain link and sheet metal, killed 3 of my goats before I got down there with my rifle. The rifle only scared it away temporarily even though I'm pretty sure I hit it at least once since I was within 10 ft. of it. This cat has been stalking my goats for awhile. It killed the two leaders of the herd, and the leader's son. It has come back several times, but we have reinforced the pen, and plan to make an electrified enclosure to go around the pen and add more bright security motion lights. I'm looking for any tips to discourage future visits from these cats. I wish wildlife management would trap and relocate them away from people but they don't do that anymore. This cat has also visited the community of rich folks over on the paved road 3 miles from me, where the cheapest house is a half million bucks. I tried to warn them before to keep their pets inside at night, but they didn't believe me about the pumas and bobcat up here. One retired sheriff had two expensive police dogs trained in Germany, the puma killed them both, on two different nights! My dogs stay inside at night because I love them like family. One of these "neighbors" who lost a pet told me later that she didn't believe me because I'm from Texas, and "everyone knows that all Texans lie". Well, alrighty then! Thanks for letting me know you only think in stereotypes, "Karen"! 🙄 How did that work out for ya?
That wasnt a neighborly thing to say to someone kind enpugh to try to warn them! That wasnt nice at all! I would have thanked you and asked you what you suggested that wasnt working and what was working and if i had money like you say those assholes had , which btw just because you have money does not mean you have class or integrity or good manners or ethics or morals so you can put a pig in a tuxedo but at the end of the day all it is is a pig in expensive clothes still a pig no matter how much money you put on it! Lol, if i was your wealthy neighbor while i was gettin my own electric fence put up i would have one installed for you also just as a neighborly thank you for saving us the heartache or trauma of losing our kids our livestock pets and or grandchildren whoever id have one installed for you also you could tell the installers how you wanted your own done no problem! I was raised right! So on behalf of all the morons with money and nothing else next time someone comes out of their way to spare you the heartache they are going through and to save you from hardship while they are going through it themselves but taking the time to think of others you better be treating them how you would want to be treated with respect gratefulness and gracious kindness and offer some help to them in any way you can your hand in friendship and comfort them because whether you are willing to accept it or not the facts are in, we are all brothers and sisters of one Creator and that means once Pop finds out how mean you were to me Hes gonna cut a switch off the tree out backlol ..You were so kind so as for all of us who were raised to be kind and good and helpful unselfish and yet aware of the devil dressed up in a friendly face...always be on guard..and know that there are good people that appreciate good neighbors like yourself!
You say rich folks whose homes are worth half a million in Southern California? I'm interested in buying for that price in S. California. Can you tell me where that is? When it comes to the topic I completely agree with you. But people nowadays disagree with those viewpoints and most of them never spend any time in nature.
Mountain lions in my area seldom attack people as they have ample prey. Usually, they posture and bluff to chase you out of their territory if they don't just run off. In my experience, they just run away and don't look back.
Last week a 90 pound young male mountain lion attacked 2 brothers here in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. One of the brothers was seriously mauled in the face and the other brother was killed. The surviving brother said they did everything they'd been told on how to scare away a mountain lion but it didn't work for them. The lion attacked anyway and it wasn't even a big lion. The lion was found and euthanized. Shits got me a little freaked out since i hike in the same area the attack took place. I'm 6'2 and 200 pounds but if a 90 pound mountain lion can take out 2 brothers what can a 200 pound mountain lion do to me?
I've yet to hear anyone explain convincingly why we are not on the mountain lion menu. Unless they've been hunted, can't imagine why they would fear us.
If you are going to do anything outdoors in bear and mountain lion country, have a firearm. Its not about politics. Its about the safety of you and the people around you. Its better to be strapped than to end up being a stat.
I live in the Rockies and in my area you are more likely to get kicked by a Mule Deer than attacked by a bear or cougar. We have a small herd that likes to hang out in my yard and get on my porch for some reason. I've barreled out of my front door and almost ran face first into a 6 point buck just standing there ... and the last hunter I heard of getting killed by an animal got killed by a deer. The bears are more interested in trying to get into the dumpster than attacking people.
lol yes. Mule deer are so stupid. You can practically walk up to them and yell and most don't even care. And that's not even rut. Totally different than whitetail. I think there is a lot of 'fascination fear' with bears and cougars that isn't always warranted. All you have to do is try and hunt one and you'll find out just how much they don't want to be anywhere near you.
I have heard of a solution for mountain lions that makes perfect sense some years ago, and perhaps it would also work on bears. Make sure you always carry a stick. If a cat takes an interest in you: swing that stick back and forth fast enough to make the whoosh sound. Apparently, the cat will stare at that stick as if the stick made that noise, then run off confused by that unusual (to wildlife) noise. We humans are the only specie in the U.S. that can make that noise. I imagine that any ape specie can likewise make that noise, but there are none of those here.
In 1990 on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish I saw a black panther one evening right before sunset. I was riding an ATV and it ran across the dirt road I was riding on and crossed only about 15 feet away. I got a very clear look at it and was amazed! They insist these big cats don`t exist but there are literally thousands of sightings in the USA and even Canada. When I first moved there from Central Louisiana the locals told me about the big black cats. The local high school football team is called the Stanley Panthers and a town nearby named Keachie is a Native American word meaning black cat. I had noticed the huge cat tracks in the area that were WAAAY larger than bobcat tracks and feel very fortunate to have seen one of these mythical creatures. I later moved from the river to town and a guy who knew my dad sent word to me that he`d seen the big black cat in the exact same area while hunting from his deer stand, which confirmed to me that I wasn`t hallucinating, and he promised he wouldn`t hurt it. Type in "BLACK PANTHER SIGHTING MISSISSIPPI" on UA-cam and read the comments under the video. There are multiple witness stories.
Do you have problems with wild boar there in LA? They have become a huge problem in Texas, where some of my family live. They are really dangerous and can get enormous! They don't belong here. They were brought from Asia as prey in canned hunts for rich a-holes who didn't care about the consequences of allowing an invasive, dangerous species to proliferate. The Russian boars have crossed with the native wild hogs and even domestic types to breed monstrosities.
I just want to expand on the video. Personality and breed of the bear matter too. If that bear is approaching you, head hung low, ears back, and you can tell it's not inquisitive? It's likely looking at you like food. There's not much you can do here but yell, scream, slam sticks, and as the video states - look not worth the calories it'll take to fight you. However if a bear is displaying more passive signs, the best thing you can do is make yourself large, quietly and calmly speak to the bear as you back away and out of sight and risk. Bear awareness should be taught in schools. The training is great and I strongly suggest people volunteer for it.
"That may come in handy" - but i'm askin myself - can you scare a predator away with a ferro rod ? striking sparks against it - not throwing at it.......... Question from Germany PS: Really like you upload all your Episodes - "Money cant buy experience" - as I wrote to Mr. Pearson lately
I've lost quite a few of my goats to pit bull type dogs. People dump them up here on the mountain when they can't handle their vicious dogs so they become someone else's problem.
Bears, Deer, Groundhogs, Mountain Lions, etc, use roads and trails, even way out in the woods, it's easier walking for them too, bear for navigating up/down/sidehill..deer walk trails and roads for the open-ness from predators. "People think a Park Trail has a safety net" lol.
"Hopefully, 99.9999 of the time it's gonna take off". Tell me that you've never encountered a mountain lion without telling me that you've never encountered a mountain lion.
You mentioned two things that don't make sense to me. 1. That 99% of the time a mountain lion will run away if you make a lot of noise and get big. I've never faced a mountain lion but I've seen videos where people did and every time the mountain lion was not fazed one bit by the person shouting and getting big. The lions were so calm, focused and determined. So I don't understand your statement with this. 2. Why do you say you don't see mountain lions as a threat. They are afraid of nothing. They are incredibly fast and agile. Have you had encounters with lions and if so how did it go?
I saw one a few weeks ago. It was less than a hundred feet away and we made contact and it gave me a kinda confused and indifferent look and then just walked away, it was walking pretty fast almost jogging. Insanely beautiful creature.
Yeah, but he's talking about people who want to go out without the need to kill everything that threatens them. I hunt just as much as the next guy, but why blast everything that scares you, especially when they just want to be left alone? And btw, unless you can prove that it was actively coming after you, you'll get fined big time for shooting a mountain lion without a tag. I've seen a lot of long investigations all because someone was scared and shot a mountain lion because their adrenaline was pumping.
Did bro just accidentally admit a face off with either of those predators would mean his death? “I got my knife, I’m not going down without a fight..” nigga it’s a bear
People have killed mountain lions with their bare hands, unarmed women fight them off. Les Stroud with that knife would survive it 90 percent of the time. Glad we got your expert opinion though.
All the mountain lion attacks in my area aren't up in the mountains or even the hills, but in the hill-adjacent walking paths, usually against joggers. They lie in wait for normal prey, but it's probably the running that just triggers their pounce instinct.
I just went to google to find the most recent attack near me, and it was a few months ago against a small child. And looking at it, it's pretty scary how many are against children. It's clear that size really is a big part of the equation.
Im a 240ib male. Bears, snakes, none of it concerns me as much as the mountain lion. If they we're not on usa land i would be a much more relaxed and happy camper. Only lions, thats it
Pounce instinct 🤣😂🤣 I think about how my small domesticated cat loves to hide in corners and behind boxes and as I walk by pounce and attack my legs and feet and how much thrill she gets from it….YEAH I don’t want to be a wild cats dream toy.
@@karrencita1371 😆 I too have a pounce kitty. She loves to attack my legs and feet from underneath the bed. She mainly does it when I turn off the lights and try and get into bed.
They are soooooooo quite and stealthy, even when I know she's down there.
When I'm hiking, that is the number one thing that I am leary about...A rare but possible encounter with a 80-150 lb cat is a no thank you.
People have absolutely no idea how strong, quick, fast and stealth a mountain lion is.
No contest with us, unless you carry a weapon or bear mace. Even then, you're going to get messed up really really bad if it decides to attack you.
I was at a nature zoo type place, looking at the female mountain lion in her enclosure. She was in the very back of the enclosure trying to hide behind a large boulder. She didn't like me staring at her through the thick plexiglass. Her ears were flattened and back and she was hissing. She must have felt threatened by me.
In literally a second maybe a second and a half. She came changing at me and hit that plexiglass with extreme speed and force. Her front paws were up on the plexiglass as she was standing on her back legs. .
Then as fast as she charged me,, she retreated back to her hiding boulder.
She must have covered a distance of 20 yards in a second and a half.
She was letting me know she didn't like my presence.
People have no idea how fast they are. If that plexiglass wasn't there, I would have been done!
Like getting hit by a professional linebacker at full speed with claws and teeth.
Me and my friend just got attacked by one in the wind river mountain range in Wyoming, we were not on a trail or running, we’re we’re mountain climbing and we happened to be on an almost sheer cliff face. It had just turned to night, and I had just gotten bad altitude sickness and was vomiting and my friend injured his acl, we were just trying to climb out and get back to civilization and this whore of a cat decides to try to attack us in the worst possible situation. We didn’t have a gun just each of us had a knife and bear spray. We got big and yelled at it but it wasn’t working when it starting to pounce on us from 20 feet away we sprayed it. It worked but was just a shit show.
@@bearieroblox6451reads like movie, thx for sharing
And I’m not gonna go down easy !!!! Les is a true inspiration to us all.. safe journeys
I had a cougar come at when I was in my 20’s. We’ve been together for 25 years now and married for 22. I love the heck out of her!!❤
i thought cougars couldn’t be domesticated 🤔
@@jims6893 mine was, we were coworkers at tower records back in the 90s and I had a crush on her only to realize later that she had one on me. I love her more as time goes on.❤️
From personal experience with a black bear on a segment of the Appalachian Trail, I can confirm that the "make yourself look big and be loud" is indeed effective. I had the added benefit of having the high ground and having a big wooden walking stick as well. That bear did take off like a shot too haha.
I've heard you take your camera out too, as camera men never get attacked? I don't know, I'm in Scotland. Our wildlife consists of seaguls throwing cigarette ends around
so think of Mbaku entrance from Black Panther.
Two brothers recently got mauled by a mountain lion in Northern Cali with one fatality. They tried getting bigger and loud but it didn’t work. Best to carry something for protection.
From what I've read, large male cats are territorial, especially older ones.
in all fairness, an adult mountain lion if it truly wants, can end you with little challenge, like unless you have a huge knife or a gun, theres literally nothing you can do, same as bears, if a bear commits to killin you, aint shit you can do about it
@@hernandocortez6351it was a young mountain lion, statistically are more likely to be involved in attacks on humans.
@@telfordexotics167 The landscape workers up in Newhall Ranch over in Ventura County face off with them all the time, and they tell me they keep their radio sounds loud to deter them, and when confronted they hit them in the front arms. That guy is right, predators can't risk getting injured.
As a fellow Canadian I Truly admire your talents I've been a Fan since I seen you on a T.V show talking about how you were living off the grid using renewable energy Many years ago Keep up the good fight All the best to you and yours from a fan in Nova Scotia
great tips S-man. so true. also, maybe not there, but cougars like to be above and slightly behind their prey so I intermittently look over my shoulder and listen. twice I got intertwined between a cat and their prey and startled both the deer/elk and a cougar, and thought at the time I was the item on the menu rather than being in the wrong place at the right time
Mountain Lions are no problem, but Cougars are another matter entirely. Long Island iced teas make them very unpredictable. 🤣
@Michael Hasenleder I was going to say the same thing ha ha ha ha ha ha ha😜😜😜
That's why you should always carry handcuffs when moving around in their domain.
@pistonar a wallet packed with fake money. Throw it and they will chase it, while you make your escape
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So do dimples 😂
Loving your presence on UA-cam, Les!
Greetings from Utah!
More mountain lion sightings each year along the Wasatch Front each year for multiple reasons. Good information.
I thought it was for now.O well a REMINDER will work . This guy is the real deal and i love his videos and T.V. shows. Take Care and GOD BLESS ALL.
When you consider what a house cat is capable of...add weight and strength 👀😳 almost all of its ends are pointy and stabby!!
The one that’s been spotted on our neighbours property is a good 200lbs. That’s more than something I’d want to be up against.
I can't wait.
That terrain looks a lot like where I live on a mountain in S. California. Probably lots of deer in this area, which makes it a haven for pumas too. I live off-grid on 20 acres of wilderness, a mile from the nearest neighbor. I absolutely love this place because I'm not right in the head. My ex left me out here 7 years ago because it got too scary for him, and it was too far from the liquor store. No one misses him here.
I've learned to deal with rattlers, not as scary as they seemed at first. Most are not at all aggressive and just want to be left alone, and they are great for reducing the rodent population. Best tool is a long clamp stick made for snake handling. I used to put them in a deep trash barrel with a lid and take it a few miles away in the truck, but now I don't have a truck I have to kill them, unfortunately. I do skin them for hat bands and feed the cooked meat to my chickens, no sense in wasting anything!
Now I have a bigger problem. The most recent mountain lion has become a real danger. It broke into my "lion-proof" goat pen, completely enclosed with heavy chain link and sheet metal, killed 3 of my goats before I got down there with my rifle. The rifle only scared it away temporarily even though I'm pretty sure I hit it at least once since I was within 10 ft. of it.
This cat has been stalking my goats for awhile. It killed the two leaders of the herd, and the leader's son. It has come back several times, but we have reinforced the pen, and plan to make an electrified enclosure to go around the pen and add more bright security motion lights.
I'm looking for any tips to discourage future visits from these cats. I wish wildlife management would trap and relocate them away from people but they don't do that anymore. This cat has also visited the community of rich folks over on the paved road 3 miles from me, where the cheapest house is a half million bucks. I tried to warn them before to keep their pets inside at night, but they didn't believe me about the pumas and bobcat up here. One retired sheriff had two expensive police dogs trained in Germany, the puma killed them both, on two different nights! My dogs stay inside at night because I love them like family.
One of these "neighbors" who lost a pet told me later that she didn't believe me because I'm from Texas, and "everyone knows that all Texans lie". Well, alrighty then! Thanks for letting me know you only think in stereotypes, "Karen"! 🙄 How did that work out for ya?
That wasnt a neighborly thing to say to someone kind enpugh to try to warn them! That wasnt nice at all! I would have thanked you and asked you what you suggested that wasnt working and what was working and if i had money like you say those assholes had , which btw just because you have money does not mean you have class or integrity or good manners or ethics or morals so you can put a pig in a tuxedo but at the end of the day all it is is a pig in expensive clothes still a pig no matter how much money you put on it! Lol, if i was your wealthy neighbor while i was gettin my own electric fence put up i would have one installed for you also just as a neighborly thank you for saving us the heartache or trauma of losing our kids our livestock pets and or grandchildren whoever id have one installed for you also you could tell the installers how you wanted your own done no problem! I was raised right! So on behalf of all the morons with money and nothing else next time someone comes out of their way to spare you the heartache they are going through and to save you from hardship while they are going through it themselves but taking the time to think of others you better be treating them how you would want to be treated with respect gratefulness and gracious kindness and offer some help to them in any way you can your hand in friendship and comfort them because whether you are willing to accept it or not the facts are in, we are all brothers and sisters of one Creator and that means once Pop finds out how mean you were to me Hes gonna cut a switch off the tree out backlol ..You were so kind so as for all of us who were raised to be kind and good and helpful unselfish and yet aware of the devil dressed up in a friendly face...always be on guard..and know that there are good people that appreciate good neighbors like yourself!
unbelievable
you have an interesting, believable testimony here
You say rich folks whose homes are worth half a million in Southern California? I'm interested in buying for that price in S. California. Can you tell me where that is? When it comes to the topic I completely agree with you. But people nowadays disagree with those viewpoints and most of them never spend any time in nature.
Where is SoCal? Sounds nice
I carry a tactical roman gladius with a polymer handle. It's just big enough to reach but small enough to pack tight.
Amen brother I’m looking into buying my first real knife this year
I feel confidently safe in cougar territory, I’m way to old to entice one.
Hey Stroudy! ❤️ From Australia. 😊🇦🇺
Yep. A trail is anyone's. Critters included!
That’s right! They like easy walking just like us
Mountain lions in my area seldom attack people as they have ample prey. Usually, they posture and bluff to chase you out of their territory if they don't just run off. In my experience, they just run away and don't look back.
Last week a 90 pound young male mountain lion attacked 2 brothers here in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. One of the brothers was seriously mauled in the face and the other brother was killed. The surviving brother said they did everything they'd been told on how to scare away a mountain lion but it didn't work for them. The lion attacked anyway and it wasn't even a big lion. The lion was found and euthanized. Shits got me a little freaked out since i hike in the same area the attack took place. I'm 6'2 and 200 pounds but if a 90 pound mountain lion can take out 2 brothers what can a 200 pound mountain lion do to me?
I've yet to hear anyone explain convincingly why we are not on the mountain lion menu. Unless they've been hunted, can't imagine why they would fear us.
If you are going to do anything outdoors in bear and mountain lion country, have a firearm. Its not about politics. Its about the safety of you and the people around you. Its better to be strapped than to end up being a stat.
I live in the Rockies and in my area you are more likely to get kicked by a Mule Deer than attacked by a bear or cougar. We have a small herd that likes to hang out in my yard and get on my porch for some reason. I've barreled out of my front door and almost ran face first into a 6 point buck just standing there ... and the last hunter I heard of getting killed by an animal got killed by a deer. The bears are more interested in trying to get into the dumpster than attacking people.
lol yes. Mule deer are so stupid. You can practically walk up to them and yell and most don't even care. And that's not even rut. Totally different than whitetail.
I think there is a lot of 'fascination fear' with bears and cougars that isn't always warranted. All you have to do is try and hunt one and you'll find out just how much they don't want to be anywhere near you.
I find a big walking stick. It's always in my hands, at the ready.
The episodes on Amazon prime look better quality than the ones here, but I still watch both hah
I have heard of a solution for mountain lions that makes perfect sense some years ago, and perhaps it would also work on bears. Make sure you always carry a stick. If a cat takes an interest in you: swing that stick back and forth fast enough to make the whoosh sound. Apparently, the cat will stare at that stick as if the stick made that noise, then run off confused by that unusual (to wildlife) noise. We humans are the only specie in the U.S. that can make that noise. I imagine that any ape specie can likewise make that noise, but there are none of those here.
In 1990 on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish I saw a black panther one evening right before sunset. I was riding an ATV and it ran across the dirt road I was riding on and crossed only about 15 feet away. I got a very clear look at it and was amazed! They insist these big cats don`t exist but there are literally thousands of sightings in the USA and even Canada. When I first moved there from Central Louisiana the locals told me about the big black cats. The local high school football team is called the Stanley Panthers and a town nearby named Keachie is a Native American word meaning black cat.
I had noticed the huge cat tracks in the area that were WAAAY larger than bobcat tracks and feel very fortunate to have seen one of these mythical creatures. I later moved from the river to town and a guy who knew my dad sent word to me that he`d seen the big black cat in the exact same area while hunting from his deer stand, which confirmed to me that I wasn`t hallucinating, and he promised he wouldn`t hurt it. Type in "BLACK PANTHER SIGHTING MISSISSIPPI" on UA-cam and read the comments under the video. There are multiple witness stories.
Do you have problems with wild boar there in LA? They have become a huge problem in Texas, where some of my family live. They are really dangerous and can get enormous! They don't belong here. They were brought from Asia as prey in canned hunts for rich a-holes who didn't care about the consequences of allowing an invasive, dangerous species to proliferate. The Russian boars have crossed with the native wild hogs and even domestic types to breed monstrosities.
I just want to expand on the video. Personality and breed of the bear matter too. If that bear is approaching you, head hung low, ears back, and you can tell it's not inquisitive? It's likely looking at you like food. There's not much you can do here but yell, scream, slam sticks, and as the video states - look not worth the calories it'll take to fight you.
However if a bear is displaying more passive signs, the best thing you can do is make yourself large, quietly and calmly speak to the bear as you back away and out of sight and risk.
Bear awareness should be taught in schools. The training is great and I strongly suggest people volunteer for it.
Right on Les.
I’m surprised les hasn’t had a lot more altercations with wild animals, he sleeps outside on a lot of occasions, im very surprised
The guy struggling with that mother cougar works for a knife company!! How he was without a blade I'll never know
I have a rug that's always Lion around, is it dangerous ???
"That may come in handy" - but i'm askin myself - can you scare a predator away with a ferro rod ? striking sparks against it - not throwing at it..........
Question from Germany
PS: Really like you upload all your Episodes - "Money cant buy experience" - as I wrote to Mr. Pearson lately
fitting video. Lions blamed for eating chickens and a Bull Terrier in our hood last week.
I've lost quite a few of my goats to pit bull type dogs. People dump them up here on the mountain when they can't handle their vicious dogs so they become someone else's problem.
Have you heard of a story years ago 97' Sept. 7th ...a man fighting off a cougar with a fishing rod?that guy was me like to know more?
How large are your blades?? Thanks
Bear spray is a very good deterrent.
You think they are open to negotiation?
Bears, Deer, Groundhogs, Mountain Lions, etc, use roads and trails, even way out in the woods, it's easier walking for them too, bear for navigating up/down/sidehill..deer walk trails and roads for the open-ness from predators. "People think a Park Trail has a safety net" lol.
Yep, I never hit the trails without my pot and ladle at the ready.
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The mountain Lion watching you make this video 🧐
Sounds like he needs to pack a Taurus Judge.
Hell ya
id like to see his theory done live on video lol
"Hopefully, 99.9999 of the time it's gonna take off". Tell me that you've never encountered a mountain lion without telling me that you've never encountered a mountain lion.
@@goodday126 ive never seen a koala or a dingo,in the wild
You mentioned two things that don't make sense to me.
1. That 99% of the time a mountain lion will run away if you make a lot of noise and get big. I've never faced a mountain lion but I've seen videos where people did and every time the mountain lion was not fazed one bit by the person shouting and getting big. The lions were so calm, focused and determined. So I don't understand your statement with this.
2. Why do you say you don't see mountain lions as a threat. They are afraid of nothing. They are incredibly fast and agile. Have you had encounters with lions and if so how did it go?
That 99% he’s talking about is a black bear, not a mountain lion.
You won’t hear from those who had encountered one. They’ve been chewed up, swallowed and pooped out.
I saw one a few weeks ago. It was less than a hundred feet away and we made contact and it gave me a kinda confused and indifferent look and then just walked away, it was walking pretty fast almost jogging. Insanely beautiful creature.
When they run away it isn't worth showing...it does work sometimes
Doesn't consider a mountain lion a danger.... Les has obviously never survived in RDR2..
big cat?...THROW SOMETHING...the opposable thumbs trick!...works every time---so far
I hear that bear spray works...
I love Les, but I think that I have a better way to deal with the animals. A big bore firearm can help even more than a stick.
Yeah, but he's talking about people who want to go out without the need to kill everything that threatens them. I hunt just as much as the next guy, but why blast everything that scares you, especially when they just want to be left alone?
And btw, unless you can prove that it was actively coming after you, you'll get fined big time for shooting a mountain lion without a tag. I've seen a lot of long investigations all because someone was scared and shot a mountain lion because their adrenaline was pumping.
@@patrickdewhurst3378 It's my word against the dead lion's.
@@roybatty5028 lol ok
Did bro just accidentally admit a face off with either of those predators would mean his death? “I got my knife, I’m not going down without a fight..” nigga it’s a bear
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Can you show us how to survive a liberal economy?
Take that political crap somewhere else.
@@petervanbuskirk500 no
@@flexall7408 OK, let's try this: PLEASE take the political crap elsewhere.
@@LeoDomitrix it's a legitimate question
@@flexall7408 maybe on fox news, not survivorman
Carry bear spray!
Do not go silent into that predator's belly.
Cougar mountain 🦁 lion in the middle of the night stalking
It's gonna be very angry When hungry & can't rip the head.
I've lived in lion country my entire life. Never seen one.
They saw you :-)
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A knife 😂😂😂😂 against a bear or mountain lion????😂😂😂
Okay buddy .
Get. . 500 or .45 or .44
People have killed mountain lions with their bare hands, unarmed women fight them off. Les Stroud with that knife would survive it 90 percent of the time. Glad we got your expert opinion though.
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As a mountain lion, I find this video deeply problematic and uninformed.
Or... you could just stay home and leave the animals alone.
lol out of breath just narrating