| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
keetoowah
Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2007
Posts: 691
Location: Deep in the mountains of Montana
|
 Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
 |
Never faced up any cougar in our neck of the woods, there's a woman in Montana who we won't mention who I think is expecting some kind of mounted cougar as a gift from me..hmm.... quote..
perceptive of him huh? wouldnt have the heart to hunt one. feel to connected with them and bears.
Bushmaster... the human factorehere in the mountains are the most unnerving and now I go everywhere with my p99. I agree with you
Havent seen a big cat yet but I was sure I smelled one when I was hiking in the Grand Tetons a couple of years back. when the moose in the marsh laid down for a bit i relaxed and kept snapping pics.
wncchester.. its in the male dna so you dont have to remember why
regards
keetoowah
_________________
If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
PaulS
Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006
Posts: 4330
Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
|
| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
The closest I've been to a cougar was about 75 yards. They are beautiful cats. Here in the PNW they rarely come into contact with people - they're smarter than some people I know. When you do get a conflict it is usually with small kids but when an adult is attacked the cat usually loses. They just don't have the jaws to get those teeth where they would do the most damage. Black bears are a different story. We have lots of parks and in most of them the bears are not affraid of people. I have run accross two blackies that I had to face down and I was glad that I was carrying both times. Didn't have to shoot the bear either time but it wasn't easy to convince them that I was more work than it was worth. As old as I am now I wouldn't be worth eating.
_________________
Paul
__________________
Speer, Lyman, Hodgdon, Sierra, and Hornady = reliable loading data
So and So's pages on the internet = NOT reliable loading data
Always check data against manuals
NEVER exceed maximum listed loads |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bushmaster
Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11395
Location: Ava, Missouri
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
PaulS...In california the cougar is quite proficiant at killing joggers and bicycle riders on the local park trails. They have no problem bringing an adult human down. The californians fault though...It was their choice to become "food". The idea when facing a cougar is just as you said about the Black Bears. "Don't look or act like food!!"
DNA...ShmiNA. At 64 I haven't forgotten...Wincchester must really be old...
_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote...
Last edited by Bushmaster on Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:11 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dimitri
Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5947
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
You know closest I've been to a couger was close enough I could feel her breath. 
But then agian I'm not talking about the same type of cougar you guys are. 
Dimitri
_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tracker
Super Member
Joined: Nov 08, 2006
Posts: 1175
Location: Manitoba, Canada
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
adinnhall
Rookie Member
Joined: Apr 20, 2010
Posts: 3
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
This is really funny, and I loved all the points but when I will be at this age even I will be going through this situation and so it has been very much sad that the years are passing very quickly.
_________________
Pension Southampton |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
bracer
Member
Joined: Dec 24, 2009
Posts: 46
Location: Prairie Dog Country
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
AT 74 years old I,m trying to find some humor.
_________________
tuck2 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bushmaster
Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11395
Location: Ava, Missouri
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
Wow!! Resurrected...I was 64 when this was started. Bet ya cain't guess my age now....
Hummm...Haven't met you two yet. Welcome to this fine site. The usual "grab one of Vince's beers and pull up a stump and join in...Oh ya aready have. O K.
_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dimitri
Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5947
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
67? 
68? 
Dimitri
_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bushmaster
Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11395
Location: Ava, Missouri
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wiersy111
Super Member
Joined: May 13, 2009
Posts: 2376
Location: Central Minnesota
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
Hmmmm old comes to mind!
_________________
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America " for an amount of "up to and including my life."
US ARMY RETIRED
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
Being "Over the Hill" is much better then being under it! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chambered221
Super Member
Joined: Aug 17, 2007
Posts: 3455
Location: Lost for good !!!
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
Why do the newbies always dig up the old stuff ???  Honestly..........you can jump right on in with the current arguments.... I mean discussions.
Anyways welcome to Hunting Nut !!! 
Mr.111, you forgot "very" in front of old !!!
_________________
Ask as many people needed, sooner or later your question will be answered the way you want it answered !!!
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.
~George Washington |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wiersy111
Super Member
Joined: May 13, 2009
Posts: 2376
Location: Central Minnesota
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
oh sorry............very old comes to mind!
_________________
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America " for an amount of "up to and including my life."
US ARMY RETIRED
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
Being "Over the Hill" is much better then being under it! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dimitri
Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5947
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
You guys want to be pushed off the cliff huh? 
Dimitri
_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wiersy111
Super Member
Joined: May 13, 2009
Posts: 2376
Location: Central Minnesota
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: Perks of being over 60 |
|
We didn't want you to be alone.
_________________
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America " for an amount of "up to and including my life."
US ARMY RETIRED
The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson.
Being "Over the Hill" is much better then being under it! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
Latest: patrad69
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 1
Overall: 13133
People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 123
Total: 124
Visitors:
BOT:
Forum FAQ
Search
Log in to check your private messages
Login
Yer right on the edge of a cliff here... 
