GeoJack Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The big King Fire from last year has critters coming down to the foothills. Near Georgetown, CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahorton10 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thats my worst nightmare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 A new "Gang" in the hood!!! Well at least they ain't spray painting graffiti, selling drugs, robbing stores or shooting each other! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Got a single one in the canyon below our house. Been seen at our lake in the subdivision. Scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Two years ago one of the farmers not far from here went out at night to check what was causing his horses to act up in the corral. Neighbors found him the next morning, no more face left and his stomach was gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 the only one in our neighborhood is a matching red head to Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Now that's trouble on the prowl for sure. Don't like 1 but a pride...... time to lock and load and grow eyes in the back of your head as that's where they attack from. BUMMER John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubstake Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Only one here, is Mouser my cat. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 This is one of three, about a mile from my place. Not the same group as above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM not a nice kitty-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That is one well fed killing machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 A lot of house cats will disappear. Those big cats feed on them..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 This is one of three, about a mile from my place. Not the same group as above.GJ how did you got those pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Garimpo,I didn't take them. A photographer in the area did at his home. Snagged it from Facebook. There, I said it, I am on Facebook. Yeesh.It was reported by the photographer as a pride of three cats, momma, yearling and a cub. Edited February 26, 2015 by GeoJack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 We have had sightings around Foresthill too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Keep your doors closed and don't go out after dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoJack Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I have about 100 yards to walk out my driveway to set out the trash cans for pickup. Normally I do this after dinner. Last night the hair was standing up on the back of my neck. Spooky knowing those cats are around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Simple solution GJ:1. eat dinner earlier2. set the trash cans out while it's still day light3. ask your wife to take the trash out because your back hurts4. wait for other suggestions which are bound to be here quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 #1 always carry day or night.......err on the side of caution always....wish you fellas all the luck in the world as bears no big deal but them sneaky silent cats welllllllllllllllllllll - John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleforkminer2 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 #1 always carry day or night.......err on the side of caution always....wish you fellas all the luck in the world as bears no big deal but them sneaky silent cats welllllllllllllllllllll - John I started to reply earlier, but figured I'd let someone suggest this first....Long story short....I used to fish, pan/prospect quite often unarmed...did so since I was a kid....no problems....but after 20+ years of not being hunted in Ca. I was finally confronted by one back around 1991. Thought sure I was gonna get eaten & ain't entirely sure why I wasn't....probably because I instantly grew 10-12ft. & suddenly smelled like poop.... either that or he wasn't hungry. if I think there's even a "REMOTE" chance of an encounter, I'll be packin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Never turn your back on a big cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I was hiking one time in the mountains. Stopped to take a breather near some rock outcrops. While I was standing there, I heard a cat "purring". I looked up and a "bag cat" was about 10 feet above me purring like crazy. We looked at each other for a few seconds and then it disappeared... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I camped in the wrong place near Mad River in N. CA in 1975 ... Big moma cat and her cub were headed to the river and I was in their path ... Moma left the baby in the rocks and started stalking me ... Ended up about 10 feet from me and i fired a .22 into the ground about 5 times...She didn't even flinch, just dropped down on her belly like she was going to pounce ... I was standing at the end of my pickup bed and made it to the door of the cab in two big strides, got inside and just sat ... Cat circled the truck a bunch of times, screaming all the while ... Finally, she and the little one headed on through the timber toward the river ... The experience was a thrill AFTER it was over ... I was being all brave and self assured about it when she first started coming toward me until I realized she was hard core serious and really was going to attack ... I've encountered the big cats quite a few times, but that was the only time I have to say I got scared!!!! ... Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 One time I was following a skid road down a ridgetop. I heard time lion yell at me and I looked to my right. There it was about 25 yards away. I picked up a rock and pitched it at it. It ran down the hill. I went on down the road about 100 feet and there it was... yelled at me again. I pitched a rock again. To make a long story short, it did it about 6 times again. When I got to the landowners house at the bottom of the hill, he asked me if I had seen the lion with its cubs? He said he forgot to warn me that she lived up there....thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I have heard that since most big cats when they're stalking prey or "you" they will never approach from the front and always attack from behind when in stalking/hunting mode, so some experts have said it helps to be "two faced" and that wearing a face mask backward so it appears it's your face instead the back of your head will usually stop or at least delay a big cat from stalking and or attacking from behind, not sure if it will work but makes sense because in most lion attacks I have read about the victim was always attacked from behind, other advice I've read from lion experts is if you're aware of a big cat stalking you or nearby to always try and face them down never turn your back to them or run, try make yourself appears bigger if possible by raising your hands and or if you have something you can hold in your hands/arms that will make you appear bigger often will help stop an attack, also in one such incidence a bicyclist was attacked from the rear but got out of the lion's grasp long enough to face the cat and hold his bicycle in front of him which made him appear bigger but also the bike was a shield of sorts between him and the cat, it worked, the cat after a few minutes gave up and left, the bicyclist escape with a few nasty wounds to the back of his neck, much better than having his neck snapped by the lion's jaws and pulled off the trail into the forest for dinner!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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