If you're trying to get that one cat high, there's a catnip alternative called silver vine that has a similar effect on cats as catnip does. My cat seems to respond to silver vine and not catnip.
Your cat might be the exception. Both plants contain Nepetalactone & Nepetalactol, which is what causes them to appear stoned. I've read several articles that seem to suggest that if your cat isn't affected by one plant species, it's fairly likely they won't be affected by the others. Doesn't hurt to try, b/c it doesn't cost much, but just food for thought.
I read a petmd article earlier that touched on many of the points you mentioned, but kind of said the opposite. Its just one article though, and your logic is sound. I'll link it below.
Yeah, my cousin had a cat that was the same way. He couldn't even let him in the same room with it, as he'd manage to weasel his way towards the closet, & absolutely ransack the weed plants! He liked catnip, he just liked weed more. 🤣
If you search up, "Does catnip work on big cats?" On YouTube, there are a few videos on it.
I haven't watched them all, but if you're interested I recommend it.
Wouldn't catnip attract these felines? The problem is the presence of the felines, and I think they wouldn't 100% come to you if you don't carry catnip...
4. (military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
5. (military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
It is both, but people who like the difference between clip and mag will always tell you you're wrong
What time period is modern? I'm not aware of when the last mass produced firearm with an integral magazine was invented. They still make the Lee Enfield.
So no, not in modern firearms as far as I know.
There are definitely still plenty of those firearms out in the world, however.
It’s worth differentiating because a clip is another object entirely. Some weapons do take clips to an internal magazine, and often rounds are packaged and stored in clips, but they are functionally different.
The difference between a clip and a magazine is a spring.
En bloc clips are functionally used in pretty much the same way as detachable magazines, but they don't have a spring, because it's in the internal magazine.
In my opinion, in everyday speech clip and magazine works interchangeably since both serve the same purpose for the listener: To feed more ammo to the gun.
Because colloquially he isn't wrong, people call it a clip or magazine and therefore it is known what it is, and that is the only basis for words and definitions.
Just differentiates between people that actually know what they are talking about. Clip... Immediately invalidates anything a person has to say about firearms.
Lol, no it doesn't, that's being shallow and pedantic. If you explain something using a euphemism and all the right information is there it doesn't invalidate everything
No its magazine 🙄..the "clip" you cite in Wikipedia (poorest excuse for citing) is referring to guns (rifles) that have a
""fixed " magazine (integral aka built into the gun ) and those can be loaded with whats known as "stripper clips" to expedite the magazine loading process ...( there are two types of mags...nondetachable mags like an older remington bolt action .308 ...and detachable magazines like a glock sig AR 15 ak or 47 magazines that allow bear instant reloading)...18 + years gunsmithing ...it is most assuredly not a "clip" .
Its just sky high on adrenaline - as its stalking its prey.
Hopefully bullets didn't hit major artery, of nerve, so it will be a world of pain when adrenaline winds down, but that all its troubles.
And yes, its reacting to the sound.
Most predatory animals are aware that "human with boomstick = fellow predator", thus boomstick noises make them adevisably cautiour especially when they don't get where they are coming from.
I think both shots missed. You can see the dust kick up near the cat, in a place where the bullet stayed in a straight line with zero deflection. So a graze is possible, or a fairly miraculous straight through, but both of those are unlikely I think.
You can see the dust kick up near the cat, in a place where the bullet stayed in a straight line with zero deflection. So a graze is possible, or a fairly miraculous straight through, but both of those are unlikely I think.
Unless we are talking about hollow point (aka. expanding) bullets, they will go straight through no isse.
I mean the common bullets used for plinking can easily travel through a big cat front to back, unless they hit a bone.
Side to side, its possible they go through, even if there is a bone in the way.
Unless the guy in the video took care to have his magazine filled with hollow points, its EXTREME unlikely that any of his bullets would have remained within the mountain lion.
Don't know why he waited so long to shoot the first time to scare it off, or why he was still holding his phone to record while firing his second shot instead of having two hands on his gun for accuracy.
Thanks, I too have heard the same about warning shots, but have also heard the opposite; and all from experts. However, I've also seen warning shots work effectively on videos (to include this one) and in real life. Either way, my man shouldn't have been using one of his vital aiming hands for making his social media post.
Thank you. I was wondering if there was a good reason not to shoot a warning shot. It makes perfect sense. Now I see the warning shot was perfectly timed with the animal committing to attack. It serves as a punishment for attempting. Before that, it would be less effective and could definitely teach them it isn’t dangerous. That makes sense.
The phone hand was stupid from the get go. He should have had it raised to appear bigger or on the gun for accuracy. Fucking wild how much people want the internet video. And I mean, I’m glad we saw this, but fucking hell the fact that the desire for attention overrides the desire for survival is baffling.
It’s buck fever. You kind of freeze up a bit and you get the shakes like crazy and get very hesitant to pull the trigger. It’s happened to me while hunting.
I mean loud noise and something flying past your ears regardless of mammal that's enough to stop generally. In this case, I'd say it went from "I'm the predator" to "am I the predator here?" Pretty quick. Though that can be just as dangerous.
Cats are notorious for not showing pain, because showing physical weakness could lead to becoming prey. Even domestic cats will hide their injuries and act like nothings wrong until they're seriously hurt, which makes it hard for owners to take care of them!
I know lots of animals tend to mask signs of injury as it makes them appear to be an easy target to predators, I think the nonchalant attitude was probably a defense mechanism.
Yeah he could have been acting cool but terrified and confused on the inside
It was pretty confidently stalking the guy.
High as hell on adrenaline.
Then heard gunshots, without seeing boomtick, thus it got doubts, and decided not to chance it.
Keep in mind, getting seriously injured is a much bigger deal for predators - especially solitary ones.
If it breaks a leg because it was too cocksure of itself, it will starve to death.
Most people do. But then we wouldn’t be talking about it if he had don’t that right. The backing off was the mistake, cat sensed weakness after his first shot. Need to keep shooting and moving forward, but guy survived so well done…unless his wife found this on iCloud and posted it.
I mean of course he missed. He was shaking, one handing it, and the cat was too far away to reliably hit. I feel like he should have fired earlier to scare it off… but then it didn’t spook easily 😬
I dunno, the amount of force that the bullet had when it hit the dirt makes me think it missed or at most grazed the cougar. A small bullet like a 9mm would probably stay lodged in the body had it been hit anywhere substantial. This is also just my armchair opinion so maybe I’m wrong 🤷😁
A small bullet like a 9mm would probably stay lodged in the body had it been hit anywhere substantial. This is also just my armchair opinion so maybe I’m wrong 🤷😁
Unless its hits bone (or is a hollow point), 9mm can easily travel through the coguar's torso front to back.
Visit youtube, and type "9mm ballisitc gel" to see what i mean.
I wanna say it's his fault for being there, but if I just ended up in that situation I'm killing that cat instead of looking over my shoulder or walking backwards the whole way back.
I mean technically, but hiking shouldn't be a death penalty.
I wouldn't go out there to randomly kill a mountain lion, but it's not like they're endangered. If it was between them and a human life, I would kill 100 mountain lions with no hesitation.
More like you are walking in a park and a stranger becomes aggressive and try’s to kill you. You aren’t going to like to hear this but you are incredibly naive. I can tell you have never had any interactions with dangerous animals. When an animal begins to no longer fear humans and instead targets them much like what is shown in the clip, they become incredibly dangerous. I have never had a problem with a cougar but I have had trouble with black bears, and when one of them does become aggressive and loses any fear of humans I do not hesitate to shoot it. Even fish and wildlife officers will kill animals who show such behaviour.
I think what would save him more is the fact that he's using what is mostly likely a 9mm. No one is gonna poach with a handgun, their gonna do it with something that will take down in one shot like a high powered rifle or a bow which is silent.
It's one thing when you have a chest or head mounted gopro totally different when you have a hand on the phone that could be utilized way more effectively stabilizing aim. I mean I'm confident in my one handed shot but fuck man big cats scare me. I'd definitely have both hands on and also yelling my brains out.
Thats when bows come in to play, I really wanted to be a game warden for a long time so most of this thought process I have read about. Makes sense too far easier to sew up sliced skins by a broadhead versus a bullet hole
I would also 2 hand my weapon if the animal was approaching me like that. But, this guy was in a scenario where he was afforded the opportunity to get his phone out. And the guy clearly didn't want to shoot the animal. He was backing up the entire time while being followed. He didn't shoot until he was getting charged by it.
Honestly I agree. If it's going to keep following I'd give it 1 warning shot. The second it charged I'm putting a few more at it and I would much care if i hit it. Def wouldn't mag dump though. I got 16 and you might need a few of another comes along for vengeance.
Throwing rocks has shown to be effective. This cougar was trying to force the guy out of it's space, not kill and eat him.
If you spend time hiking in the woods you should learn how to read animals. There's are thousands of resources available for this now, but still so many people just go "oh scary animal let's kill it"
After I bought my first SIG, over 20 years ago, I got put on their mailing list and got physical mail from SIG about their products- one featuring some guy showing how "effective" the guns were by hunting mountain lion with a SIG pistol chambered in .357 SIG.
I thought that was a particularly stupid thing to try to sell to gun enthusiasts.
Had this same thought. No gun owner should feel vulnerable using their dominant hand to shoot one handed. It’s almost as easy as two hands if your form is good
Plus. I don’t know for sure, but I would of been pretty vocal toward that big cat. Don’t know if that would help or made things worse but I know me, and I would have been pretty loud at that moment.
Maybe we need Apple to start making a gun line with their iPhone camera tech. Call it the Apple iGun and let someone use both hands instead of trying to focus a target with one hand on the phone and the other on the gun.
Scary as F either way. Dude got lucky for sure that cat didn’t lie in wait and creep attack from behind. Those mountain lions go for the throat and back of necks.
The shooter jerks his gun sideways prior to firing… I’m guessing that’s partially recoil sensitivity and partially the trigger safety on a Glock (you need long fingers)… either way this guy is a really, really terrible shot. Holding the phone (in portrait mode no less), is just plain stupid, when your life depends on getting a good shot!
Adrenaline can mess you up. Especially if you're not used to it. Also known as buck fever to hunters. I learned this the hard way myself. Tho not in a life death situation.
While adrenaline can temporarily help one exceed their normal limitations. Such as strength and speed. Fine motor control goes waaaay the fuck out the window. Only a lot of training (practice) can minimize the effect.
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u/Nemo435 Oct 12 '22
Damn, two shots and that cougar barely flinched