Hunter Attacked by Cougar; Shoots Same

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The first round of shots cost the woman who choked the rabid bobcat to death about $10K.

""DeDe was attacked by a Bobcat that tested positive for rabies and now has to have treatments to keep herself safe. The shots are around $10,000 each set and she needs at least 4 more.," the page's description reads. "As we all know money doesn't grow on trees, so Im asking on behalf of her and her family that you donate anything that you can! She is a lady who would give you the shirt off her back and will drop whatever she is doing to come help! I know because she has for me! She loves hard and is one heck of a woman!""
https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/state/georgia/article213253584.html

Yes... something many folks do not consider is the potential 'cost' of medical treatment IF/When an outdoor activity goes wrong.

The case cited above was just a rare happenstance...but (rabies shots) and other medical treatments will surely exceed $50K before its all said and done...and she was just minding her own business. Those of us who routinely seek our pleasures hunting, fishing, etc...must realize there is real potential for mishap even when we are being careful.

Snakebites for instance (depending upon how severe) can quickly go well North of $100K.
 
Yes... something many folks do not consider is the potential 'cost' of medical treatment IF/When an outdoor activity goes wrong.

The case cited above was just a rare happenstance...but (rabies shots) and other medical treatments will surely exceed $50K before its all said and done...and she was just minding her own business. Those of us who routinely seek our pleasures hunting, fishing, etc...must realize there is real potential for mishap even when we are being careful.

Snakebites for instance (depending upon how severe) can quickly go well North of $100K.

Years ago, the health department would give the shots for free and today is very different.

In other articles, I read DeDe Phillips "knew" if she clapped her hands and made noise the bobcat would beat feet. As this bobcat had rabies, the usual didn't work.

Here, we have black tail rattlesnakes and yes, I have pictures of a road kill.

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OTOH according to Wiki, Crotalus molossus is only found in the SW US. I guess Georgia is in the SW?
A neighbor few miles from here killed one with 21 rattles and at the river launch another was killed with 13 rattles. The Chattahoochee NF is huge and not many have a clue what people who live here see.

IMO, there is no way of being very careful when dealing with the unknown.
 
Except the tail is curved. Matt said the hanging tail rather than a curved one..

Due to rain and mist; even the poorest NV pictures I have show spots.

This picture isn't bobcat and it has a short tail . https://www.wildcatsmagazine.nl/images/poemawcm1.jpg

I'm not giving you a hard time. I've learned Matt and Jonathan are pretty sharp with animals in their area.
The local newspaper ran a picture of a lion.

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Unfortunately, the Record didn't include the picture.

depth perception for the general public is reasonably acute, but it isn't for everyone. the "short" tail on that mountain line is an optical illusion. the same that shows hummingbirds flying with no wings.
 
depth perception for the general public is reasonably acute, but it isn't for everyone. the "short" tail on that mountain line is an optical illusion. the same that shows hummingbirds flying with no wings.

The short tail on mountain lion is a genetic defect created by inter breeding.
Go here: https://hubpages.com/education/The-Florida-Panther-Facts-and-Conservation-Efforts and scroll down
And you'll see this: https://usercontent2.hubstatic.com/8032137.jpg

People who live here, know what we see. Meanwhile, others know what we didn't see or hear..
https://uga.forums.rivals.com/threads/nd-mountain-lions-in-n-georgia.383329/ Lots of people have seen cougars or whatever..



 
The short tail on mountain lion is a genetic defect created by inter breeding.
Go here: https://hubpages.com/education/The-Florida-Panther-Facts-and-Conservation-Efforts and scroll down
And you'll see this: https://usercontent2.hubstatic.com/8032137.jpg

People who live here, know what we see. Meanwhile, others know what we didn't see or hear..
https://uga.forums.rivals.com/threads/nd-mountain-lions-in-n-georgia.383329/ Lots of people have seen cougars or whatever..



the picture shown in the other post shows a tail that was in motion and a photo taken when it was not completely sideways in the photo. as I stated before, the confirmed mountain lion sightings in Georgia were found to be exotic pets that escaped; the most recent one was several years ago in Troup county where a hunter shot and killed it and of course of fined by the DNR for doing so. There are no confirmed natural populations in Georgia. as to what people see, well they have also seen bigfoot et al. but none have been confirmed.
 
Years ago, the health department would give the shots for free and today is very different.

In other articles, I read DeDe Phillips "knew" if she clapped her hands and made noise the bobcat would beat feet. As this bobcat had rabies, the usual didn't work.

Here, we have black tail rattlesnakes and yes, I have pictures of a road kill.

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OTOH according to Wiki, Crotalus molossus is only found in the SW US. I guess Georgia is in the SW?
A neighbor few miles from here killed one with 21 rattles and at the river launch another was killed with 13 rattles. The Chattahoochee NF is huge and not many have a clue what people who live here see.

IMO, there is no way of being very careful when dealing with the unknown.

A Black-Tailed rattler in Georgia would be quite an anomaly unless brought in. We have some in certain areas of Central Texas, West Texas and Westward. But I think the traditional cut-off range is pretty much Central Texas.
 
rabies vaccine series is not cheap either. $10,000 or more these days.

Rabies post exposure prophylaxis is 4 human rabies vaccine shots and one immune globulin. I would guess that insurance would pay the majority of the bill? Assuming a person had health insurance of course.

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This statement does not apply to ANYBODY on this or any other thread. It is simply a statement/question asking if health insurance would in fact cover a positive rabies treatment.
 
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Was out patterning various shotshells in a couple of shotguns this morning. Coincidentally...I had some 12ga. shotshells with # 4 & 5 shot.

Quite predictably....at TEN FEET (the same distance the ' charging' Cougar was shot at) resulted in one solid mass of lead passing through the target and this was from a Cylinder Bore 18.5" barrel. The shot isn't even out of the shot cup yet. Again, I sure as heck wouldn't have dropped
my shotgun to access my pistol.

Then also..if the picture below is the Cougar...why is he standing by a big tree with blood all at the base of it? Did he need the 9mm to shoot it out of tree? I know I'm probably laboring this...but it's hard to let this story go.


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A Black-Tailed rattler in Georgia would be quite an anomaly unless brought in. We have some in certain areas of Central Texas, West Texas and Westward. But I think the traditional cut-off range is pretty much Central Texas.

Do you mean one of these???
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It was a road kill and I snapped a picture; however, this is what we call a black tail. A neighbor killed similar one with 17 rattles.

And no, I haven't been to West Texas in many decades.
 
Do you mean one of these???
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It was a road kill and I snapped a picture; however, this is what we call a black tail. A neighbor killed similar one with 17 rattles.

And no, I haven't been to West Texas in many decades.

I’m talking about Crotalus molossus, not Crotalus horridus (timber rattler) which has a black tail…but is not the species.
 
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