IA: 17-Year-Old Shoots Mountain Lion in Self Defense

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- Jake Altena was hunting deer in Iowa, on private property near the Little Sioux River. Jake is 17 years old.

He started hunting when he was 12. On Saturday, 9 December, he heard a noise. He carefully and quietly investigated the origin of the sound.

From siouxcityjournal.com:

Armed with a Savage bolt-action 20 gauge shotgun, Altena found an uprooted tree that appeared to have enough clearance for a person or creature to be able to move underneath the branches.

“I was about 15 feet away and a mountain lion poked his head out and it was looking at me dead in the eyes,” he said.

“I immediately pulled my gun on him; I was pretty scared at the moment. When I had him in my sights, he kind of made a quick jump at me and I instantly pulled the trigger.”