Helicopter rescue: fear of Mtn lions

[Poser]

Of course the rescuees were from Texas.

Family fearful of mountain lions rescued by helicopter north of Durango

A family of three, including an 11-month old baby, was rescued by helicopter last week north of Durango after the parents feared they were being stalked by two mountain lions. The rescue occurred Sept...

www.durangoherald.com

 

[jolemons]

Can't get link to work. I'll have to check it out later. Looks Classic

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[Nickofthewoods]

Flight for Life evacuates woman having panic attack. What a great use of resources.

 

[OXN939]

Flight for Life evacuates woman having panic attack. What a great use of resources.

Fixed link

Since the company that responded is private, I suspect the individuals who made this call will be treated to a little analysis comparing exactly how scared they were versus the cost of blade hours of a fully staffed helo rescue team...

 

[Moserkr]

Family fearful of mountain lions rescued by helicopter north of Durango

A family of three, including an 11-month old baby, was rescued by helicopter last week north of Durango after the parents feared they were being stalked by two mountain lions. The rescue occurred Sept...

www.durangoherald.com

Try that link. Ive had that situation happen before with 2 lions calling to each other. They were pissed at my presence and just letting me know. Funny how being armed keeps your fear level at zero.

 

[Hatchet Jack]

some people should stay indoors

 

[justinspicher]

This is just ridiculous.

 

[jfs82]

If they only knew how many times lions were watching them on other outings...

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Of course the rescuees were from Texas.

Family fearful of mountain lions rescued by helicopter north of Durango

A family of three, including an 11-month old baby, was rescued by helicopter last week north of Durango after the parents feared they were being stalked by two mountain lions. The rescue occurred Sept...

www.durangoherald.com

Must be CA folks that just moved to TX. I know no true Texans that travel un armed....

 

[Hunt4lyf]

Pathetic, I would love to see their faces when they get the bill.

 

[Stefan]

No kidding!

Some people just suck at life!

 

[TheTone]

Hey it’s more legit in my mind than the Utard influencer that called life flight because he cut his forearm on a rock while shed hunting

 

[ManyBullets]

So mean you guys. Karen and Gavin were scared for their lives! This could've ended as a Netflix special if the brave warriors from flight for life didn't come to their aid.

Seriously Texas you should be embarrassed to call these people residents of your state.

 

[GreenNDark Timber]

I almost did the same thing on a grouse flush once

 

[Moserkr]

I almost did the same thing on a grouse flush once

Hahaha seriously!! Grouse have nearly killed me with heart attacks. Cant say that about lions since 99.9% of the time you never know they are there.

 

[cuerro viejo]

Not too ridiculous as lions where observed by the Helo crew and didn't leave.... With that said obviously there where not use to wildlife regardless of where they were from. Unarmed Texans means Cali imports.

While elk hunting in ‘19, I bulgled one into 10 yards East of Durango. Interesting encounter. After yelling twice, He finally left unspooked as he casually walked away. Sure glad he left, was only the second day of my hunt, not sure how long the DWR investigations last but would of sucked to have to loose a bunch of days to lion nonsense.

 

[Rob5589]

Flight for Life evacuates woman having panic attack. What a great use of resources.

People call 911 every day for panic attacks. Had one this morning as a matter of fact.

 

[Nillion]

Must be CA folks that just moved to TX. I know no true Texans that travel un armed....

I'm not so sure, the amount of boneheaded things I've seen Texans do in the mountains of CO during the winter is quite remarkable. For every Texas farmhand, there's at least a dozen city dwellers whose closest exposure to the outdoors is that time they bought their cowboy boots at the saddle shop. There's a reason they have a reputation in those mountain towns.

 

[505Wapiti]

If a lion wanted any of them, regardless of the two hour rescue time being cut to 50 minutes by helicopter it would’ve had them. Wildlife officials said they believed a female was calling to her young one, hence all the vocalizations and that they didn’t think there was any predatory behavior. Last I checked I’m pretty sure a truly predatory act by a cat would result in it being on you silently before you know it. Who knows maybe the 11 month old was crying while on their hike. I know we backpacked both my boys all over the mountains when they were babies. There were a couple of times I was certain we were a walking predator call and a lion or bear was moments from charging in because one of my boys was beyond pissed and didn’t want to be carried anymore. A Foxpro can’t hold a candle to a extremely pissed baby or toddler wailing full throttle in a canyon. A couple of times my boys could’ve outlasted multiple sets of batteries in an electronic call . Comfort level was much better though because I was always packing heat.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

This is why you carry a sidearm in the backcountry.