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LAST EDITED ON Jul-24-08 AT 02:38PM (MST)[p]
OK, so here are the photos...Check them out and then read the story.
So I went out this morning to check on my trail cameras. They are a ways out there and I didn't want to hike in the heat, so I went early. I came over the ridge to where my first camera was and looked down the ridge to see if there were any deer in sight. There wasn't any, so I looked up the hill. There is a lot of grass and stuff and out in the middle there was something that didn't look quite right. I pulled up my binos and looked. Just as fast I dropped them and grabbed my pistol and my camera. Just 50 yards away was this big old cat. We stared at each other for about 5 minutes. I was thinking "what do I do?" I recorded him for a while then decided it was his move to make or mine. I put the camera down and yelled a couple of times at him. He didn't move. So, I did what I thought was best. I fired off a couple of warning shots. The first one he just tilted his head, the second one he took off. It was VERY creepy to go right where the cat had gone to check on my cameras. I checked the first two and on the way to the third, I came across the tom's tracks. Then I realized that I might have him on film. So, these pics are from a camera, they were taken about 10 minutes before we "met"(the time is off 2 hours). Going back out of there was a little creepy too. I kept looking back, thinking about him.
I have seen bears in the wild but this was my first cat(that wasn't treed) and we were a little too close for comfort.
Let me ask you, what would you have done???
Here's the video, sorry about the quality, I had to reduce it a lot to get it to fit. And of course I was freaking out while filming.
http://www.monsterhuntclips.com/view_video.php?viewkey=bd0c393da094e1967a72
Here is the Youtube link, it might be a little clearer.
CSO
It's all about the good times...
OK, so here are the photos...Check them out and then read the story.
So I went out this morning to check on my trail cameras. They are a ways out there and I didn't want to hike in the heat, so I went early. I came over the ridge to where my first camera was and looked down the ridge to see if there were any deer in sight. There wasn't any, so I looked up the hill. There is a lot of grass and stuff and out in the middle there was something that didn't look quite right. I pulled up my binos and looked. Just as fast I dropped them and grabbed my pistol and my camera. Just 50 yards away was this big old cat. We stared at each other for about 5 minutes. I was thinking "what do I do?" I recorded him for a while then decided it was his move to make or mine. I put the camera down and yelled a couple of times at him. He didn't move. So, I did what I thought was best. I fired off a couple of warning shots. The first one he just tilted his head, the second one he took off. It was VERY creepy to go right where the cat had gone to check on my cameras. I checked the first two and on the way to the third, I came across the tom's tracks. Then I realized that I might have him on film. So, these pics are from a camera, they were taken about 10 minutes before we "met"(the time is off 2 hours). Going back out of there was a little creepy too. I kept looking back, thinking about him.
I have seen bears in the wild but this was my first cat(that wasn't treed) and we were a little too close for comfort.
Let me ask you, what would you have done???
Here's the video, sorry about the quality, I had to reduce it a lot to get it to fit. And of course I was freaking out while filming.
http://www.monsterhuntclips.com/view_video.php?viewkey=bd0c393da094e1967a72
Here is the Youtube link, it might be a little clearer.
It's all about the good times...
