It has been a few years back and I was hunting Buffalo Peaks. I found a small group of elk moving in the timber. I followed them for a ways, they moved up over a small hill to a little clearing. I eased up to the clearing edge and watched 4 cows move into the timber on the other side. I didn't see a bull and was in a bad place to call, so I moved across the clearing. I could see the shape of the elk in the trees in front of me. I was going to use my binoculars to look for antlers when I noticed a motion to my right. When I looked over there was a Mountain Lion 20yds to my right. The pace of my heart quickened a lot! The cat didn't know I was there, she was in full stalk mode. I was not sure what to do. Then the cat turned it's head and looked right at me. The cats eyes got very big and she bolted off into the elk herd. Elk went every where. Needless to say I didn't kill one of those elk, but I didn't get eaten either.
Gselkhunter