Originally Posted by
Howler
The chances of a "dangerous" encounter are very VERY small. You really have very little to worry about. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't be aware of your surroundings, but very few people/hunters ever see a mtn. lion, let alone have a close encounter with one.
Actually, I'd say bow hunters are more likely to attract a big cat because we use calling more so than rifle hunters do, and the calling will attract predators quicker than any thing else.
What he said........
The only beast I fear in the mountains while hunting generally stands on two legs and often carries a gun.
In nearly fifty years of BG hunting in the mountians of CO I have seen exactly 2 mtn. lions. One came to me probably because he smelled fresh elk kill, he retreated quickly. The other I saw cross a road in front of me while I was driving up a steep incline at very slow speed.