I tried the choking method with some tie wire on a stick last year. Got the noose around his neck no problem, but when I pulled he lunged forward and sent the trap into me! Luckily I kicked back but holy moly did he get some good scratches into my boot. The scene for anyone that would’ve walked up... me cursing and jumping around trying to get my boot somewhere he couldn’t reach, realized I had to much wire so I was winding it around my hand taking up slack until he pulled back and did the old reverse uno and was then choking out my finger tips, him jumping and kicking and reaching those razors through the bars for anything he could grab. Dang near lost my footing tripping on a stick and he lunged again. Tore my jeans. I finally got my boot against the upper bar and grabbed the wire two handed and did a power lift and that finally got him to stop. Think it was more neck breaker than choke. That was a fight and a half. 41” kitty had me whooped! Lasted maybe 30 seconds but felt like 10 minutes.
