#1730 - Cameron Hanes

Joe Rogan (0:13)

I told you about the mountain lion Colton I saw in Utah.

Cameron Hanes (0:16)

No, but I... you didn't. But I heard...

Joe Rogan (0:23)

Yeah.

Cameron Hanes (0:23)

Yeah, yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:23)

Dude.

Cameron Hanes (0:24)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:24)

It was giant.

Cameron Hanes (0:25)

You said it was huge, and you were in the truck.

Joe Rogan (0:27)

Oh my God, I was scared in the truck.

It was like a giant pumpkin head. It was huge. It was a 170 plus pound cat, like big, big cat.

Cameron Hanes (0:36)

I've never seen one there, but they're there.

Joe Rogan (0:38)

I've only seen a little one, like a 60, 70 pound one running across the street in Santa Barbara, and then one in Colorado I saw in the woods, like a glimpse, quick glimpse.

Might even have been a bobcat, honestly. The one in the Colorado was so quick. The one in Santa Barbara was definitely a mountain lion because of the tail.

But this one was unmistakable. This was 30 yards away underneath a tree in like at 7 p.m. light. So it was like just starting to get dark, but I was looking at him through the binos.

Cameron Hanes (1:11)

That was this year?

Joe Rogan (1:12)

Yep. I was like, oh my God. We were both freaking out. He was so big.

Cameron Hanes (1:17)

He just crouched down there.

Joe Rogan (1:19)

His head was so huge.

It was a big tom, man, giant paws, his forearms freaked me out. The forearms were like my legs, man, like big, thick ass forearms.

Cameron Hanes (1:29)

You got to kill shit. Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:33)

Oh, God. Meeting one of those fucking things in the woods would be terrifying.

After doing that, it makes me want to carry a gun.

Cameron Hanes (1:43)

Really?

Joe Rogan (1:43)

Yeah.

Cameron Hanes (1:44)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:44)

Because if you're in a situation like that, have you seen that video where that guy had to shoot that cat?

Cameron Hanes (1:49)

Yeah, I did.

Joe Rogan (1:50)

Yeah.

Cameron Hanes (1:50)

That was intense.

Joe Rogan (1:51)

That's intense.

Cameron Hanes (1:52)

I know.

Joe Rogan (1:52)

Well, he's like, no, get out of here. Get out of here. And the thing's just looking at him like, I think I'm going to eat you. And if he didn't have a gun, what the fuck?

I mean, I don't know if he was bowhunting or what kind of hunting that guy was doing.

Cameron Hanes (2:04)

Not sure. I saw that clip though.

Joe Rogan (2:07)

He didn't feel comfortable enough to draw his bow if he did have a bow, you know? Be shaking and shit, holding it full draw.

Cameron Hanes (2:15)

Those things are so strong. I mean, all animals, even bear.

You know, you look at bear forearms.

Joe Rogan (2:23)

Oh, they're massive.

Cameron Hanes (2:24)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:24)

Well, I remember that video, this one video of you and Alberta with that one bear that you shot and as it runs, like after arrow hits it, it runs like, whoa, I did not know they could run that fast.

Cameron Hanes (2:38)

That was seven yards and it closed that distance in a second, maybe it was crazy. It was intense.

Joe Rogan (2:45)

You don't, you think, because normally they're kind of lumbering, you know, they're like, they're kind of slow, I guess they're conserving energy.

Cameron Hanes (2:53)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:53)

Because when they want to go.

Cameron Hanes (2:55)

When they can explode, they can explode.

Joe Rogan (2:56)

It's weird to watch. It's like, because you don't think something that big can move that fast.

Cameron Hanes (3:02)

No, no, they're amazing. But those wild animals who, you know, especially cats, I mean, they got to be predators, so they got to kill with their face, you know, as you've talked about.

But bear, too, you know, I mean, incredible.

Joe Rogan (3:16)

It's a wild world out there, mister.

Cameron Hanes (3:18)

It is.

Joe Rogan (3:19)

It is. It really is.

So you're just back from Colorado.

Cameron Hanes (3:22)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:23)

You've had a wild season, man.

Cameron Hanes (3:24)

Yeah, it's been.

Joe Rogan (3:25)

Is this your best season ever for bowhunting?

Cameron Hanes (3:28)

I don't know.

Joe Rogan (3:29)

You got plenty of meat, I'll tell you that.

Cameron Hanes (3:31)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:32)

Giving a lot out to friends, huh?

Cameron Hanes (3:33)

Yeah. No, I, it's pretty cool because I take like, I have these two coolers at work in the lunch room, and I just take meat in there and fill up those coolers and say, you know, free meat. And people love it there because there's a lot of people who don't hunt, you know, have no interest in hunting, but they love eating elk and different things. I always ask where it's from.