Trabuco Canyon: Man Shoots Mountain Lion

“I grabbed my gun and as I looked back, I’m looking about 20 feet, 15 feet from this cat and it sees me, crouches down, bares its teeth,” he said. “I don’t hear any growling or anything and at that time it started to move and I just instinctively cranked off two rounds at it. The first one I know I hit it because … the way it jumped.”

I know there are two different opinions on this. If indeed this was self defense I’m not too angry about this, although I know some people will be. Since mountain lions are protected, an investigation will determine whether or not this shooting was legal.

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