yes I've had that happen two time both times they came at my head ,not fun one cut my hand pretty good ,right thru leather gloves

if theres any chance at all you got scratched during all that id be worried about rabies

Crazy!

I released a few.before season this year and this one stalked.me.back to the truck. I wanted to remake.the set but it was sitting on the trap bed and wouldn't move. I waked up with my catch pole and tried to run it off. It had other ideas. Started doing the hunting stalk toward me and I backed.to my truck and hopped in. I set in truck for.a minute and it was looking at me. It finally left when I say the truck to drive off. Most will run away when I approach them.

Man, I don’t know if I ever want to catch one now

I had a ferrel cat in a tizzy earlier this year. Half made me jumpy. If its bigger brother version acted like that I'm not sure what I'd do. Can't imagine a lion out West.

Yea I about shirt my pants for sure, I couldn't imagine a mountain lion

Yea I about shirt my pants for sure, I couldn't imagine a mountain lion. I was fortunate I didn't get nicked when she swung at me when u was releasing her. A man could get rich selling videos of trapping bloopers if he videod everything. Lol

She's madder than a wet hen! Usually it's a male that refuses to leave, I guess you ticked her off pretty bad!

Apparently I did tactical20, it was a pretty easy release except for the pole slipping once, not sure why she was so PO'd

I bet. I agree releasing a lion would be a new set of clothes and boots for sure. Lol a trapper blooper video would be a hit

Never heard of one acting like that before. like someone else said, I've had them sit there growling not realizing they've been released and had to shoo them off but, never heard of one stalking a trapper after release.

Can't imagine releasing a mountain lion.

It was a female, they really don't need any other reasons.

Never had it happen except in a nightmare. I've jumped awake in bed during a dream where I'm looking for a cat caught in a trap on a drag and step on it before I even reach where the trap was set, too. That could happen easily.
You are lucky and must be quick. Glad you weren't hurt.

Yea dublelung seems the females are always the meanest no matter what species

I remember when Fishers first showed up in our County. I wasn't trapping then, but a buddy was. When he was releasing his first one it was trying to get him at full throttle. He was thinking they were all going to be a handful like that. Thankfully they weren't. I'm a new trapper, but I've been in the woods long enough to know every animal can act unpredictably. Glad you got away clean!
Joe

And never leave your truck doors open when releasing a critter!

Interesting story. I couldn't help but laugh at your response when she wouldn't let it go. I would have done the exact same thing. Probably a notch earlier. I'm not at the point of releasing cats yet anyway - unless they are really small.

Yea wolverine I usually don't release anything unless season is closed, but for some reason I thought since it was a female and it was on family property I'd let her go so she could reproduce. But my plan and hers were apparently different

First one I had to release, I had a home made pole, a hog noose one, I put it on the Tom, he jumps around a little, I thought wait a minute, the other three legs are just as long as the one in the trap, and they have like one inch claws on them, I decided for some reason to cinch the loop tighter, he went limp right away, I let him out, camera running, I made the mistake of not moving him off to the side, he wakes up, snarled-growled, and stood his ground, he finally ran off when I threw my trowel at him.
Another one I couldn't get to leave no matter what I tried, I ran my truck up hill towards him, I spun out about 10 ft below him, he finally got intimidated and took off