Hiking on a trail in California without a weapon and knowing how to use it is crazy nowadays...I have seen more and more cats in the last 5 years here than I have seen in my entire life...they are all over the Cleveland NF and the San Bernardino and Angeles NF these days...California needs to smarten up and take some of these cats out, or they will over run this place. When hunting here in California just remember you are probably the one being hunted or stalked at some point.