Taylen Robert Claude Brooks, 21, was killed Saturday in a remote area northeast of Sacramento in the first fatal encounter with a mountain lion in the state in two decades.
over the weekend tried to scare the cougar away once they realised it was stalking them, and then fought with the animal after it pounced, according to a family statement on Monday.
"We are all devastated by the tragic loss of Taylen yet thankful Wyatt is still with us and are well-aware the outcome could have been even worse," the family statement said. The brothers from rural Mount Aukum were hunting for shed antlers on Saturday afternoon near Georgetown, a historic town about 80 kilometres north-east of the state capital.They had hunted and fished together almost daily.As they were taught, the brothers raised their hands in the air to appear larger, shouted and threw a backpack at the lion in an attempt to scare it away, the family statement said.
His brother is home recuperating after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his face and neck, the family said.Mountain lions have attacked humans previously, but the last fatal encounter was in 2004 in Orange County, according to a verified list kept by the agency.
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