<p>^^^ In a situation like the one seen in the video (which could easily be a person, not a deer), you need a gun, possibly a knife.</p>
<p>If you confronted a mountain lion in the wild who wasn’t stalking you, simply yelling and waving your arms could be enough to scare them off. Whatever you do, don’t run. They have a chase/hunt reflex that goes off as soon as prey (you) begins to retreat. </p>
<p>Stand tall, open your arms and start clapping and yelling. If the animal doesn’t back off, then you could deploy some OC in the area, which will hopefully burn it’s nostrils enough to back away.</p>
<p>The problem is that mountain lions are very much ambush predators. You could be running on a trail and, BAM! It’s on you before you knew it was there, and you will be much like the deer in the above video.</p>
<p>While a person is getting mauled (mostly likely at or close to your jugular), deploying pepperspray will be unlikely. Retrieving it from your pocket will be difficult, then being able to correctly aim it at the animal will be extremely difficult. Your best chance is to just spray as much as you can and hope they get a big whiff of it. Even then, it’s unlikely that they will be so stunned that they would let go of a potential meal, and if they did you will still have to run away…leaving a blood trail they could easily sniff out, plus you will be pretty wounded. Lets not forget that you will most likely also be affected by your wild OC spraying, so your vision will be impaired.</p>
<p>If it’s all you got, give it all you can.</p>
<p>What you need to do is incapacitate the animal.</p>
<p>This is really when you need a gun. If the animal is on top of you, pull your weapon from the small of your back or ankle. Once in your grip, you could simply press it against the animals side and fire. Three shots to wound/create distance - then unload your weapon into vital organs (two in the head).</p>
<p>Never, ever go on a hike without a good knife. I carry a Ka-Bar strapped to my ankle which would be used for most “industrial” activites like cutting branches or meat. I carry a separate pocket knife clipped to my pocket that is a personal protection knife.</p>
<p>This knife is carried by bodyguards/Executive Protection specialists.</p>
<p>It can open kinetically, meaning you could open it with one hand, by pressing it against a person/animal. Which is pretty handy when you are getting mauled by a mountain lion.</p>
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<p>Good pepperspray.</p>
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