If I saw a cat in the wild in the midwest, I'd probably watch it do what I have seen it do in Wyoming when I have been hunting. Watch it run the other way! The chances of these things coming after you are quite slim, most of the time they don't want anything to do with you and will get out of there as fast as a whitetail busting you. They are neat to see, but arerare to see in the Midwest because they want nothing to do with humans!If I saw one in my stand, I'd sit there and enjoy it, with my gun or bow in hand, just in case!