09-08-2011, 04:51 AM
If you actually got attacked by a big cat (where you could not use your AR-15), I think a large tactical knife would be a better weapon than a handgun. One of the guys (there were 15 of us hunting that weekend) saw a big mountain lion the first night we were there. That same weekend a guide that belonged to the ranch (but not connected to our group hunt) was run up a tree by a big boar. He had to shoot the hog so he could get back to his truck after it showed no willingness to leave or let him get down.
