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07/17/09, 09:30 AM
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What brand of chainsaw is best for cutting cats?
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BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife officials are trying to determine why a mountain lion attacked a Colorado man who says he used a chain saw to fight off the animal during a camping trip with his wife and two toddlers in northwestern Wyoming.
Dustin Britton, a 32-year-old mechanic and ex-Marine from Windsor, Colo., said he was alone cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite in the Shoshone National Forest about 27 miles west of Cody when he saw the 100-pound lion staring at him from some bushes.
The 6-foot-tall, 170-pound Britton said he raised his 18-inch chain saw and met the lion head-on as it pounced — a collision he described as feeling like a grown man running directly into him.
"It batted me three or four times with its front paws and as quick as I hit it with that saw it just turned away," he said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
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The wounded animal retreated after Britton inflicted a six- to eight-inch gash on the lion's shoulder, leaving him with only a small puncture wound on his forearm.
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The mountain lion was shot and killed Monday after it attacked a dog brought in to track the animal, which was 4 to 5 years old. Authorities say it was in poor physical condition and appeared to be starving.
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From: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...0rFZAD99G2C5O0
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07/17/09, 09:40 AM
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I believe that would be a Pawlan brand.
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07/17/09, 09:44 AM
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and I'm the person that does the "what if" thinking. "What if" that hungry mountain lion had attacked his two toddlers? Hunger equals desperation for wild animals.
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07/17/09, 10:12 AM
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In Remembrance
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Wouldn't a chainsaw ruin a nice lion skin rug?
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07/17/09, 10:46 AM
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sheep & antenna farming
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If the cat was starving, his pelt wouldn't be in very good shape anyway.
Husky-varna would NOT be a good brand, it would rather chase the cat off than cut it.
For a minute, I thought Oggie was trying to neuter his cat with a chainsaw. Whew! Sorry, Oggie, for jumping to conclusions, but for some reason you have a reputation regarding cats.
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07/17/09, 12:14 PM
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I had to look to when I saw the title and posted by Oggie, quite a reputation there.
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07/17/09, 01:36 PM
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07/17/09, 02:23 PM
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07/17/09, 06:09 PM
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I thought it said best for cutting OATS.
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07/17/09, 09:02 PM
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Makittia?
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07/17/09, 10:26 PM
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I had to look to when I saw the title and posted by Oggie, quite a reputation there.
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LOL me too, when I see a thread started by Oggie I have to look.
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07/18/09, 08:54 AM
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If he was using my saw he would Stihl be whacking at him!
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07/18/09, 09:11 AM
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love love love this one
i know that mtn lions are getting a larger range and have been seen in our area of Mi..but I haven't seen any yet..good thing..i don't think either of my pussy cats would like them very much !
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07/18/09, 11:41 AM
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07/19/09, 03:37 PM
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Hmmm
Brought a chain saw campin
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07/19/09, 03:44 PM
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Hmmm
Brought a chain saw campin
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Right! That's a whole different type of camping than I am used to.
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07/19/09, 04:33 PM
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I'm another one that had to look after seeing the title and who posted it. For some strange reason Oggie does have a cat connection in my mind.
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07/19/09, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by soulsurvivor
and I'm the person that does the "what if" thinking. "What if" that hungry mountain lion had attacked his two toddlers? Hunger equals desperation for wild animals.
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Folks fail to remember that we are just food to the larger predators. Exotic food, but a toddler is just a big rabbit to cougar.
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