The best protection is someone smaller than you walking behind and in front of you.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> If I lived in cat country I think I'd carry a sidearm of some kind. Plus, I don't think I'd wait for one to charge. When he crouches down he's catching an arrow, a bullet or two, a couple knives and an assortment of rocks and stick.