Digger said: "I saw a very interesting show on Mt. Lion attacks (on Discovery I think if you are interested), one thing all the attacks had in common was that the victims NEVER saw it coming.
I will add to that the rest of what I posted on that other thread. At a golf course I often play, next to a wooded pond but surrounded by homes, a golfer happened to turn around and almost had a heart attack. A mountain lion kitten, estimated age 4 months, was a yard behind him, about to spring. The deputies had to shoot it. Along that line, several joggers up in the next county have been killed or badly injured by mountain lions who jumped them from the rear.
Moral of the story: you most likely will not know there is a mountain lion in the same county with you until it is too late. Your best defense, I was not kidding in my previous post, is a halloween mask on the back of your head. The caliber of your weapon, be it .22 or 105mm, will not matter if a lion has you by the neck.
Cordially, Jack