A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision.

The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and decided HE wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose for the lion.

As the lion approached the dogs, the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every p ass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, then whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride as if nothing had just happened.
Fortunately, even though the hunter didn't get off a shot, his wife go off these four pictures.








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Thats fucking awesome.

Too bad it wasnt caught on video!

 

I heard about that, and saw the pics, like 2 years ago. Still 'bad-ass'. :rofl:

 

omfg... that's great

 

mountain mule > mountain lion :noes:

 

Holy crap! I hope they rewarded that mule with lots of sugar/carrots/whatever mules like to eat. :eek3:

 

holy shit... that's just awesome

 

what a jackass

 

john needs to get one of those when he moves to montana

 

i'm going to venture a guess and say that was one very inexperience cat, looks and sounds to be. mules arent exactly fast animals ... that cat learned a lesson but sadly it was a lesson one can only learn through death.

must of been a hungry cat too to approach two humans, two mules and two dogs by itself.