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what would you rather fight a wolf or a puma?(I personaly wouldn't enjoy fighting either of them)
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A mad kittie of any size scares me more than a canine. I'd take the wolf if it came down to that! I hope I never have to deal with either.
I hope i never run across either of them but i think the cougar would be the worse of the two.
At least you know when a wolf is attacking you. I would take a wolf, they fight more fair.
not to sure most likely a wolf. i think you have a better chance with a wolf than a mountain lion
If I had a choice Fangs only, not Fangs and CLAWS!!!!
But why would you be in an area to meet either one without a gun.
First off why would you even want to fight either of these animals? Now to the question, I am with Moishe mountain lions are the ultimate predators. They are killing machines,easily able to kill you with just a blow from their paws. A wolf is large and powerful but it only has one offensive weapon, it's mouth. If you can get ahold of it's mouth you can rip it's jays apart.
I once read that the big cats like to hold a human target by the head and shoulders with their front claws, while ripping out his guts with their hind claws. The wolves would not have a stunt like that in their playbook.
That said, I've heard that the puma is a real pussycat compared to the African leopard when it comes to fighting. Bring on the wolf.
If it's not a pack, then the wolf.
I have asked my self the same kind of question. Except i used a lion and a blk bear. Wolf or bear I would not want to tangle with a lion.
If truly wild, neither would do anything but run from you most of the time.... well, if hunting isnt allowed I dunno maybe they lose their fear of humans.
but, anyway, if a normally wary either one sinced you were helpless and could get you, I think a Cougar since a wolf would eat you alive and the cat will finish you off first. So I hear.
I would rather fight a wolf because it does not have as much leg muscle power as a puma. Both have strong teeth but the puma has claws as well as powerful jaws. So I would rather fight a wolf.
Definitely a wolf. A cougar can do plenty more damage with its paws than a wolf can.
Obviously you are all fortunate that the government has chosen the west to infest with their wolves. Wolves hunt and attack in a pack. One does not fight off A wolf. Fortunately wolf attacks are rare. Should you be attacked by wolves you will be facing a fast advancing foe that will be trying to flank you. Mountain lions on the other hand will stalk unseen or strike from cover taking you by the head. With its fangs imbedded in your skull it will quickly snap your neck and drag you off. We had a guy knocked from his horse while hunting by a mountain lion but avoided the jaws and was able to hold it away from his head and neck by kicking it with his spurs until his son was able to shoot it. Had it been wolves, while kicking away the one the others would have killed him. Last year my neighbor down the street spotted a wolf in his yard. Where I hunt I compete with wolves mountain lions and bears from the tracks I see. I'm so happy that the government protects them so well. Not! My .44 protects me.
I too would rather fight the wolf if it came down to it and I had the choice. Cats are just WAYY more agile and better at fighting. Dogs are not quite as quick and agile as cats. I would still hate to fight either one though.
neither, i would rather not fight either of them.
i dont have a preference a wolf would be a lot easier to fight of but if you did somehow fight off a puma that would make an amazing story
Ok. just wanting some opinions. My opinion would be to fight the cougar. Most people think wolves can only use their jaws but they run 5 mph faster than a cougar and will sometimes just lower their head and break your leg. Also dogs are way underated in arm and upper body strength. They have so much arm and neck muscle that they carry 70% of their body weight on their front legs. A puma only carries about 45% to 55%.(this is mostly because they have so much rearleg muscle.) Both wolves and cougars can break your back with one swipe. (also dogs and wolves have been known to stand up and wrap their arms around prey and strangle it.) A wolf in the lower 48 is usually smaller than a cougar but a far northern wolf is huge.Don't beleive me? here are some wolfs that would most likely kill a cougar.www.savageencounters.com/page_display.asp?pid=37 the smallest wolfs are around 140 and the biggest are over 200 pounds. I wonder why these alberta monsters aren't in the record books.
The wolves at that website are the same kind of wolves in the mountain west, Canadian Timber Wolves. They are also the same size, these are two wolves shot in Wyoming last year:
http://skinnymoose.com/racktracker/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wyo-wolf08...
I agree with you that a pack of wolves will kill a cougar, it happened in my state. But I am more scared of a cougar for my life, and scared of the introduced canadian wolf for my hunting future.
Oh yea, here is the link to the wolf pack killing the cougar.
http://passtheammo.com/2009/03/idaho-wolves-kill-cougar/
I'd take the squirrel watching me get eaten alive.
Wolf. They couldn't climb the tree I'd be hiding in.
Well if i had to pick one i'd pick the wolf. Like alot of the others metioned you dont have to worry bout the claws on a wolf. If i didn't have a gun i think i might be able to fight off a wolf with a good sized stick or climb a tree.
Wolves do have powerful arms and claws to deal with. Only an idiot would say they have sharper claws than a cougar though. But if you ever look at a male wolf they hqave a hump over their shoulders. No, this is not fat it is a massive hunk of shoulder muscle that lets the wolf break animals spines with a swipe. The cougar would be more likely to attack and the way cougars attack you would usually be dead before you know it. They hide then spike you with all claws when they jump and bite your neck. A solitary male wolf will attack by making a full on charge at first slaming into you then lunging for your throat if you run it will either jump on your back and bite your neck or swing a front leg in front of you to take your legs out. then it will swing at you hard enough to break bones as you fall then jump on you and bite your head off.
Oh and another point for choosing to fight the cougar is that several kids under ten who got attacked fought them off very fell. i think one person has survived a wolf attack.
neither. but from what has been said above I choose puma.
Actually this should be a rhetorical question only, why in Gods name would anyone be stupid enough to go where either animal is likely to be with out a GUN?
hahahaha, A plus one for you Moishe! Why indeed.
Yeah even before I wrote this question i knew someone was going to say that. i agree (even though i would rather fight the cougar) you would have to be jacked up in the head to mess with either of these beasts. Another plus one for you Moishe!
I'm with you dangerous game. I would't want to get close to them at all.
wolf by far...a pissed puma has 5 times the damaging capability as a wolf which only has teeth.
well i think ya gotta be fair, wolves are pack animals by nature. One wolf IMO, definately wouldnt be as bad of a puma. But if youv got five wolves, all comin from different directions, and giving eachother moral support, i might have to say id take my chances with the puma.
thanks for all your opinions. For me if it came down to it I would chose the cougar because it has all it streangth in its hind legs but a wolf carries 80 percent of its body weight on its front legs and a puma only 50. A wolf is also like 75 percent muscle but a cougar is only 50
Well i used to have an arctic wolf as a pet...They really are afraid of man...He used to cower behind me me when i took him for a walk.He was about 150 lbs,But let me tell you,if you broke into my house you would'nt leave alive.I met a dog trainer who used to do movies n commercials and he wanted to use him for some movies.It took him quite awhile to train him to actually attack people,the only reason he did so was because he thought he was playing with the trainer.All that being said id rather fight the wolf,only because it would never happen they are just too afraid of man.I have a 20 lb cat that is a bugger, he has no front claws and still fights n chases off my Pitbull and American bulldog.Kitties are scary!
I rather fight a wolf than a puma because there's a greater chance of me surviving!!!
I agree with TJ if a wolf has a pack behind it, never. Puma can be pretty tough.
if i had to choose,i’d choose a wolf,not as big...i think?
Id take a wolf anyday.You wouldnt even know the lion was there until it was on top of you.
Wolf for sure. Puma has the speed and claws. Plus just as strong. Both have got crazy teeth but wolf doesn't have those razor blades coming out all wolverine on you.
Wolf because puma would be stronger
wolf any day the puma has claws and teath
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Actually this should be a rhetorical question only, why in Gods name would anyone be stupid enough to go where either animal is likely to be with out a GUN?
At least you know when a wolf is attacking you. I would take a wolf, they fight more fair.
neither, i would rather not fight either of them.
Oh yea, here is the link to the wolf pack killing the cougar.
http://passtheammo.com/2009/03/idaho-wolves-kill-cougar/
I once read that the big cats like to hold a human target by the head and shoulders with their front claws, while ripping out his guts with their hind claws. The wolves would not have a stunt like that in their playbook.
That said, I've heard that the puma is a real pussycat compared to the African leopard when it comes to fighting. Bring on the wolf.
The wolves at that website are the same kind of wolves in the mountain west, Canadian Timber Wolves. They are also the same size, these are two wolves shot in Wyoming last year:
http://skinnymoose.com/racktracker/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wyo-wolf08...
I agree with you that a pack of wolves will kill a cougar, it happened in my state. But I am more scared of a cougar for my life, and scared of the introduced canadian wolf for my hunting future.
I'd take the squirrel watching me get eaten alive.
Wolf. They couldn't climb the tree I'd be hiding in.
A mad kittie of any size scares me more than a canine. I'd take the wolf if it came down to that! I hope I never have to deal with either.
I hope i never run across either of them but i think the cougar would be the worse of the two.
not to sure most likely a wolf. i think you have a better chance with a wolf than a mountain lion
If I had a choice Fangs only, not Fangs and CLAWS!!!!
But why would you be in an area to meet either one without a gun.
First off why would you even want to fight either of these animals? Now to the question, I am with Moishe mountain lions are the ultimate predators. They are killing machines,easily able to kill you with just a blow from their paws. A wolf is large and powerful but it only has one offensive weapon, it's mouth. If you can get ahold of it's mouth you can rip it's jays apart.
If it's not a pack, then the wolf.
I have asked my self the same kind of question. Except i used a lion and a blk bear. Wolf or bear I would not want to tangle with a lion.
If truly wild, neither would do anything but run from you most of the time.... well, if hunting isnt allowed I dunno maybe they lose their fear of humans.
but, anyway, if a normally wary either one sinced you were helpless and could get you, I think a Cougar since a wolf would eat you alive and the cat will finish you off first. So I hear.
I would rather fight a wolf because it does not have as much leg muscle power as a puma. Both have strong teeth but the puma has claws as well as powerful jaws. So I would rather fight a wolf.
Definitely a wolf. A cougar can do plenty more damage with its paws than a wolf can.
Obviously you are all fortunate that the government has chosen the west to infest with their wolves. Wolves hunt and attack in a pack. One does not fight off A wolf. Fortunately wolf attacks are rare. Should you be attacked by wolves you will be facing a fast advancing foe that will be trying to flank you. Mountain lions on the other hand will stalk unseen or strike from cover taking you by the head. With its fangs imbedded in your skull it will quickly snap your neck and drag you off. We had a guy knocked from his horse while hunting by a mountain lion but avoided the jaws and was able to hold it away from his head and neck by kicking it with his spurs until his son was able to shoot it. Had it been wolves, while kicking away the one the others would have killed him. Last year my neighbor down the street spotted a wolf in his yard. Where I hunt I compete with wolves mountain lions and bears from the tracks I see. I'm so happy that the government protects them so well. Not! My .44 protects me.
I too would rather fight the wolf if it came down to it and I had the choice. Cats are just WAYY more agile and better at fighting. Dogs are not quite as quick and agile as cats. I would still hate to fight either one though.
i dont have a preference a wolf would be a lot easier to fight of but if you did somehow fight off a puma that would make an amazing story
Ok. just wanting some opinions. My opinion would be to fight the cougar. Most people think wolves can only use their jaws but they run 5 mph faster than a cougar and will sometimes just lower their head and break your leg. Also dogs are way underated in arm and upper body strength. They have so much arm and neck muscle that they carry 70% of their body weight on their front legs. A puma only carries about 45% to 55%.(this is mostly because they have so much rearleg muscle.) Both wolves and cougars can break your back with one swipe. (also dogs and wolves have been known to stand up and wrap their arms around prey and strangle it.) A wolf in the lower 48 is usually smaller than a cougar but a far northern wolf is huge.Don't beleive me? here are some wolfs that would most likely kill a cougar.www.savageencounters.com/page_display.asp?pid=37 the smallest wolfs are around 140 and the biggest are over 200 pounds. I wonder why these alberta monsters aren't in the record books.
Well if i had to pick one i'd pick the wolf. Like alot of the others metioned you dont have to worry bout the claws on a wolf. If i didn't have a gun i think i might be able to fight off a wolf with a good sized stick or climb a tree.
Wolves do have powerful arms and claws to deal with. Only an idiot would say they have sharper claws than a cougar though. But if you ever look at a male wolf they hqave a hump over their shoulders. No, this is not fat it is a massive hunk of shoulder muscle that lets the wolf break animals spines with a swipe. The cougar would be more likely to attack and the way cougars attack you would usually be dead before you know it. They hide then spike you with all claws when they jump and bite your neck. A solitary male wolf will attack by making a full on charge at first slaming into you then lunging for your throat if you run it will either jump on your back and bite your neck or swing a front leg in front of you to take your legs out. then it will swing at you hard enough to break bones as you fall then jump on you and bite your head off.
Oh and another point for choosing to fight the cougar is that several kids under ten who got attacked fought them off very fell. i think one person has survived a wolf attack.
neither. but from what has been said above I choose puma.
wolf by far...a pissed puma has 5 times the damaging capability as a wolf which only has teeth.
Well i used to have an arctic wolf as a pet...They really are afraid of man...He used to cower behind me me when i took him for a walk.He was about 150 lbs,But let me tell you,if you broke into my house you would'nt leave alive.I met a dog trainer who used to do movies n commercials and he wanted to use him for some movies.It took him quite awhile to train him to actually attack people,the only reason he did so was because he thought he was playing with the trainer.All that being said id rather fight the wolf,only because it would never happen they are just too afraid of man.I have a 20 lb cat that is a bugger, he has no front claws and still fights n chases off my Pitbull and American bulldog.Kitties are scary!
hahahaha, A plus one for you Moishe! Why indeed.
Yeah even before I wrote this question i knew someone was going to say that. i agree (even though i would rather fight the cougar) you would have to be jacked up in the head to mess with either of these beasts. Another plus one for you Moishe!
I'm with you dangerous game. I would't want to get close to them at all.
well i think ya gotta be fair, wolves are pack animals by nature. One wolf IMO, definately wouldnt be as bad of a puma. But if youv got five wolves, all comin from different directions, and giving eachother moral support, i might have to say id take my chances with the puma.
thanks for all your opinions. For me if it came down to it I would chose the cougar because it has all it streangth in its hind legs but a wolf carries 80 percent of its body weight on its front legs and a puma only 50. A wolf is also like 75 percent muscle but a cougar is only 50
I rather fight a wolf than a puma because there's a greater chance of me surviving!!!
Id take a wolf anyday.You wouldnt even know the lion was there until it was on top of you.
I agree with TJ if a wolf has a pack behind it, never. Puma can be pretty tough.
if i had to choose,i’d choose a wolf,not as big...i think?
Wolf for sure. Puma has the speed and claws. Plus just as strong. Both have got crazy teeth but wolf doesn't have those razor blades coming out all wolverine on you.
Wolf because puma would be stronger
wolf any day the puma has claws and teath
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