I don't know how legal it is for you to shoot them. But if you are going to do it, use the 30-06. They are big cats and you DO NOT want to piss them off with a smaller round or miss placed shot. They will take you out with one swipe and if you just wound them they will be on top of you before you get the chance to chamber another round.

Oldelk, Bobcats will shadow you in exactly the same way. I am not particularly worried about bobcats though.

Hello everyone! Im new to this forum not new to hunting tho. For what time i've been on this earth I try to asorb everything I can from what I read and from what learn and from other hunter and my own experince. Well for what its worth I would say 3 people would be the Min that u should take 1 caller, you, and a backup armed with a 12 gauge filled with OO buckshot(OO buckshot is the Preffered followup for leopards in africa and has even been know to stop lion dead on charges.) or maybe on the caller setup a eletronic call and have the other guy as a lookout armed with a 12 guage and OO to well thats just my Suggestion.

It must be a cat thing Christine..I am not worried about Bobcats either but the bigger tabbies are pretty unnerving.

Oldelk....yep, I have to agree might be more that a tad bit unnerving...

I am going to go Spring Bear hunting in Souther Oregon and my Brother in law says the Cougar and Bear population is way up. I don't think I 'll be using predator calls for the Bears..

There is only two things in the woods that really scare me; a mountain lion and a cold north wind.If you are going after them er on the side of caution and good luck.

My friend george was squirrel hunting with his young nephew and a cougar snuck up from behind just as the cougar was leaping at george, some reason george turned around at that moment george emptied his 10 round magazine from his ruger 10-22 killing the cougar in mid flight, the cat landed just a few inches from his feet.
This was in northern arkansas around there they recommend hunting in pairs just for that reason of possibly getting attacked by a cougar.

Also I wanted to add dont go stalking the cougar it may stalk you and have you for lunch, An old trick that farmers used to use to get just about any kind of predator. Go to a pet store and buy a feeder rabbit (what people feed to their large reptiles b/c they are cheaper), put a cat size collar on the rabbit, attach a 10 foot piece of twine or rope to the collar tie the rabbit to a stake secured in the ground on a field about 15 yards from a tree line the 10 foot rope give the rabbit about a 20 foot circumfrence to move around, cougars use the tree line to stalk their prey. with everything setup so far you will need to break one of the rabbits hind legs, thus creating a wounded easy meal for a cougar. do this in early morning hours or evening or at night where legal also might note on the legallities only do this where permitted or dont get caught. Anyway setup a blind about 150 to 200 yards away from your bait, watch your bait through your scope and have a buddy with binoculars scoping the surrounding areas be very quiet cougars can hear for hundreds of yards you might want your buddy to have a 12 ga loaded with buck shot incase the cougar doesnt take the bait and decides he wants you guys instead. When the cougar nears your bait be quick on the trigger b/c at any moment the cougar realizes something is wrong he will be gone.

Im going lion hunting this year for the first time. What im going to do it is ill go up right after a good snowfall of 4 or more inches. Then put on my snow shoes and start walking back into the hills. Ill be hunting outside of boulder colorado, there is an extremely high population of lions and mule deer here. Im just going to start snow shoing and hope i cross lion tracks before noon. then ill follow the tracks of the lion untill the tracks get hurried or untill i stalk within eye site of the lion. if the tracks get hurried then i will kick it up my pace to gain ground on the lion. hopefully the lion will realize its being chased and it will tree itself or i will be able to get a shot before its know about me following it. I will be hunting the wintering grounds of the deer so there WILL be lions in the areas i plan hunting. Also the season is 4 1/2 months long so my chances are pretty good of crossing fresh lion tracks. Ill will be using my 30-06 with 180 grain bullets cause the last thing i want is to track a wounded 180 pound lion 1-2 miles away from my truck or crest the top of a ridge and find a lion eating a mule deer less than 50 yards away. I will be hunting alone and i understand this method of hunting has the possiblity of being life threatning. So i will also be packing winter survive gear, a gps with extra batteries, a cell phone and a 44. revolver. plus i will let my family know where i m going and when to expect me to return home. As a side note there have only been 12 reported lion attacks in the state of colorado ever and 4 of the 12 were in boulder county were i will be hunting.