Mountain lion kills shed hunter

[Bigjay73]

Sad, crazy story. What I can't understand is why didn't they just shoot the damn thing instead of scaring it off? Are they that protected in Ca that even authorities cannot kill one after an attack?

Mountain lion that killed man and injured his brother is euthanized in California

A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote area of Northern California on Saturday, officials said.

news.yahoo.com

 

[F250]

Damn ! Had to be a horrifying experience.

 

[belshawelk]

CA is a gun free, no kill state.

Someone forgot to tell the kitty

 

[Guy]

Sad, crazy story. What I can't understand is why didn't they just shoot the damn thing instead of scaring it off? Are they that protected in Ca that even authorities cannot kill one after an attack?

Mountain lion that killed man and injured his brother is euthanized in California

A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote area of Northern California on Saturday, officials said.

news.yahoo.com

I wonder if the officers tried to shoot the cat and missed?

Also am surprised that neither of the young men who were attacked seem to have been armed. Is it that difficult to legally carry in California?

Very sad incident indeed.

Guy

 

[lastlight]

No LEO wants to send rounds down range next to a human victim in that situation in fear of hitting the victim. The lion was later killed, thankfully.

No real reason to carry a side arm in those areas as this is so rare and they were on private. I’m from that general area and have family on a small ranch near by. There is a metric shit ton of lions in that country living off what few deer are left and livestock. That cat lovers are on the defense already, if they ever actually left their SF apartments it’d be more fitting for them than hunters getting attacked.

 

[noharleyyet]

Wardens and Trappers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife along with the El Dorado County Trapper responded to the area and located the mountain lion. The sheriff’s office said the big cat was euthanized.

MSN

 

[marshman]

Sad, crazy story. What I can't understand is why didn't they just shoot the damn thing instead of scaring it off? Are they that protected in Ca that even authorities cannot kill one after an attack?

Mountain lion that killed man and injured his brother is euthanized in California

A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote area of Northern California on Saturday, officials said.

news.yahoo.com

I am wondering the same thing.
Jeez.

 

[marshman]

Corrected. Glad they got it.

 

[manitou1]

No LEO wants to send rounds down range next to a human victim in that situation in fear of hitting the victim. The lion was later killed, thankfully.

No real reason to carry a side arm in those areas as this is so rare and they were on private. I’m from that general area and have family on a small ranch near by. There is a metric shit ton of lions in that country living off what few deer are left and livestock. That cat lovers are on the defense already, if they ever actually left their SF apartments it’d be more fitting for them than hunters getting attacked.

Appears to me that there is a real reason to carry a side arm in that area...

 

[6mm Remington]

Terribly sad for this family. Prayers for all of them. California needs to manage the population of lions. Yes I know that hunting lions was banned many years ago. It needs to be changed.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

This is super sad.

Not a good way to go.

 

[Dave N]

Terribly sad for this family. Prayers for all of them. California needs to manage the population of lions. Yes I know that huting lions was banned many years ago. It needs to be changed.

They will outlaw shed hunting first.

 

[Redmt]

I've said this a few times. All of you non-CA residents need to remember this name. Gavin Newsome. He has f'ked up CA and will be the next president in 2028. Write that down somewhere and don't forget it.

 

[Redmt]

Sad, crazy story. What I can't understand is why didn't they just shoot the damn thing instead of scaring it off? Are they that protected in Ca that even authorities cannot kill one after an attack?

Mountain lion that killed man and injured his brother is euthanized in California

A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote area of Northern California on Saturday, officials said.

news.yahoo.com

As this story starts to reveal particulars, the lion may have been still active with the dead brother. Draw your own grisly conclusions.

 

[Moserkr]