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Offline Buck Rub Jr

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Cougar hunting
« on: December 16, 2014, 04:06:38 PM »
I plan to go cougar hunting with my pops and some people this winter, I saw a ton of sign hiking around last year and we've always known thy they're up there. It seems like they're starting to put a good dent in the deer population which has fueled my fire a little more to go get one. We're planning on using a fawn/deer in distress call, we have a doe decoy that we're thinking about using as well. We found tracks in two separate areas and a decently fresh cougar kill in another, having never hunted cougar before, any suggestions on if I should try and set up by where the kill was or just where we find tracks? Anything helps!
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 04:33:59 PM »
electronic caller?


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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 04:54:15 PM »
electronic caller?
Yep, don't feel comfortable trying to call a cat right to me :chuckle:
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 05:16:54 PM »
I would check out rainshadows site. I love reading threw his call in story's
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2014, 05:28:57 PM »
1) hide the Ecaller, make sure the cat can't see it until it's right on top of it. I messed this up a few times and had a cat just sit down and watch the caller, fixated on the decoy.  forget the decoy.  You don't want the cat to be able to see anything. 


2) Don't move a muscle! don't even blink!  I messed this up a few times when a cat busted me when I moved my head *just a tad* to see what button I wanted to push next on the caller.  Amazing how little movement they can catch.


3) When your setting up take a trail that hides your approach,  sound won't matter so much as hiding your outline.  Don't skyline yourself or walk in the open.   (ya, I messed that up too) 

4) hunt below the cat, don't try to pull one up hill.  Pull them down to you and watch above the Ecaller.  Call below rocky spines that drop into deer habitat.

5) don't give up!  (I haven't messed that up yet  :chuckle:  )
« Last Edit: December 16, 2014, 05:41:28 PM by KFhunter »

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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2014, 05:36:44 PM »
:yeah:  great advice!
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action  It takes 10 seconds and it’s free. To easy to make an excuse not to make your voice heard!!!!!!

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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 06:34:52 PM »
I would check out rainshadows site. I love reading threw his call in story's
will do! Thank you!
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2014, 06:36:06 PM »
1) hide the Ecaller, make sure the cat can't see it until it's right on top of it. I messed this up a few times and had a cat just sit down and watch the caller, fixated on the decoy.  forget the decoy.  You don't want the cat to be able to see anything. 


2) Don't move a muscle! don't even blink!  I messed this up a few times when a cat busted me when I moved my head *just a tad* to see what button I wanted to push next on the caller.  Amazing how little movement they can catch.


3) When your setting up take a trail that hides your approach,  sound won't matter so much as hiding your outline.  Don't skyline yourself or walk in the open.   (ya, I messed that up too) 

4) hunt below the cat, don't try to pull one up hill.  Pull them down to you and watch above the Ecaller.  Call below rocky spines that drop into deer habitat.

5) don't give up!  (I haven't messed that up yet  :chuckle:  )
Thank you very much for the info!! It will definitely help!!
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Re: Cougar hunting
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2014, 10:30:20 AM »
If you know a cat is in the area, stay as long calling in one spot, then stay fifteen more minutes.  A buddy and I made this mistake yesterday.  We got too jumpy, left the spot we started made a loop to go after a pack of coyotes we passed up cause we were trying to kill the lion in that spot.  Made it just below where we were calling the cat from after no luck finding the coyotes and low and behold here is a cat track in our tracks we made walking in from the truck.  Back tracked him to where he crossed ten yards in front of my truck.  He is sticking more to private land and I was hunting with the landowner so we should have another chance at him.  Good luck, hope you get him.

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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2014, 03:35:26 PM »
If you know a cat is in the area, stay as long calling in one spot, then stay fifteen more minutes.  A buddy and I made this mistake yesterday.  We got too jumpy, left the spot we started made a loop to go after a pack of coyotes we passed up cause we were trying to kill the lion in that spot.  Made it just below where we were calling the cat from after no luck finding the coyotes and low and behold here is a cat track in our tracks we made walking in from the truck.  Back tracked him to where he crossed ten yards in front of my truck.  He is sticking more to private land and I was hunting with the landowner so we should have another chance at him.  Good luck, hope you get him.
will do! Theyre smart animals, hope you get him!! Post pics if you do!
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2014, 04:54:51 AM »
I've called in a cougar when trying for coyotes. He stayed about 150 out across a field but it still got my heart racing. Never new that was one way to hunt em. I might have to try it next year.
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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2014, 06:20:56 AM »
1) hide the Ecaller, make sure the cat can't see it until it's right on top of it. I messed this up a few times and had a cat just sit down and watch the caller, fixated on the decoy.  forget the decoy.  You don't want the cat to be able to see anything. 


2) Don't move a muscle! don't even blink!  I messed this up a few times when a cat busted me when I moved my head *just a tad* to see what button I wanted to push next on the caller.  Amazing how little movement they can catch.


3) When your setting up take a trail that hides your approach,  sound won't matter so much as hiding your outline.  Don't skyline yourself or walk in the open.   (ya, I messed that up too) 

4) hunt below the cat, don't try to pull one up hill.  Pull them down to you and watch above the Ecaller.  Call below rocky spines that drop into deer habitat.

5) don't give up!  (I haven't messed that up yet  :chuckle:  )


  All of this is GREAT advice, thanks for taking the time!

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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2014, 06:32:39 AM »
Done it

 50 yds and 1 shot to the head with the mini 14 and dead kitty

I used a mouth call and a feather

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Re: Cougar hunting
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2014, 06:59:59 AM »
i have called in a couple using raishadows tactics, except i didnt close the deal on the cats, i think i get to impatient and move to much, i think next time i am gonna get as far away from the ecaller as possible and get up in a tree. a buddy of mine was huntn out of a tree stand for deer and had been sitting there for a couple hours when all the sudden he notices a cat sleeping in the sun, cat had been there the whole time... except he smoked the deer killer  :tup:
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