Things that Go Bump in the Night

[gmdiaz]

Originally Posted by RPfeiffer

My husband had some mountain lions stalking him and a friend once while hunting...he said it was pretty spooky....now we have one of em hanging in our living room...lol. I'll post a picture if any one requests me to....I guess if one was going to eat me for dinner to I would have to do the same....but I wouldn't purposely hunt for one like some people do....all kitties are just way to cute!

Did you know that they can pounce something like eighteen feet? Just so you know. lol

Me too, I would hunt, if i had to but I do not want to ever have to. And I certainly would not trivialize it as just sport.

But it really doesn't bother me. . .my sense of rightness. . .for someone to hunt if they're gonna eat it. I really hate to see life wasted or for someone to do so, disrespectfully. It's no small thing to take a life.

And if it was trying to eat me or my hubby for lunch, that kitty is going down.

There was a lady that did just that recently, about a year ago I guess. Somewhere near Boulder, CO, a mountain lion grabbed her husband and was dragging him off. . .she beat the tar out of it and saved her husband's life. That cat did NOT want to let go. . .she had to use sticks and rocks and I think finally ended it with a BALLPOINT pin! If she hadn't been around, he'd have been a goner.

So. . .have a little respect. That's all I've got to say.

[Becca]

Originally Posted by gmdiaz

Did you know that they can pounce something like eighteen feet? Just so you know. lol

Me too, I would hunt, if i had to but I do not want to ever have to. And I certainly would not trivialize it as just sport.

But it really doesn't bother me. . .my sense of rightness. . .for someone to hunt if they're gonna eat it. I really hate to see life wasted or for someone to do so, disrespectfully. It's no small thing to take a life.

And if it was trying to eat me or my hubby for lunch, that kitty is going down.

There was a lady that did just that recently, about a year ago I guess. Somewhere near Boulder, CO, a mountain lion grabbed her husband and was dragging him off. . .she beat the tar out of it and saved her husband's life. That cat did NOT want to let go. . .she had to use sticks and rocks and I think finally ended it with a BALLPOINT pin! If she hadn't been around, he'd have been a goner.

So. . .have a little respect. That's all I've got to say.

We have total respect for all animals....I see them and they are so beautiful....and the way mother nature made them to effortly live and climb around in areas that are hard for us humans to deal with. We never waste a thing....most of our grocery's come from our game meat....it makes me sick when I have to pay high retail prices for beef, even though it is good....and yes when you add up the cost of gas and sometimes taking time off from work and food and the proper clothing to keep warm....it does get expensive, but we are outside with mother nature enjoying ourselves hiking around. I just wanted to clarify that we do not sport hunt....and I have no desire to. We try to eat everything we get, fish, duck, goose, elk, deer, and bear.....with the deer and elk...we even try to bring home the liver if it is not destroyed....liver and onions are yummy! My husband also archery hunts as well....one of these days I will try it when I am confident I will not just harm and animal....so far I have been lucky to bring everything down with one shot very quickly...I don't want to have to see an animal suffer. That brings me to another reason for hunting....wildlife conservation.....if you live in over populated areas then many of the wildlife such as deer and elk will starve to death due to lack of enough habitat to support the wildlife population through the winter.....so I look at it as....meat in the freezer, and one less that will have to die from starvation slowely and painfully......thats just my two cents and I know not every one will share the same opinion....but don't forget what we are all here for......ORCHIDS!