Big Cougar

[deerhuntr4885]

My hunting partner and his step-son went out last night looking for a bear. My partner Chad got out of the truck and walked to a cliff to glass below. Donny (the boy) was still getting his gear together at the truck. He started hissing to Chad and pointing into the brush. Chad could not see what he was pointing at but Donny raised his gun and said he was going to shoot "it". After the shot Chad ran up to him and saw something flopping around in the brush.
He went in and found a HUGE cougar. Donny said he heard it hiss at him. He looked up to see it looking right at him at 15 yards. It stood its ground hissing at him. He shot it right under the chin. He said it was about 180 lbs. I saw it after it was gutted. It was enormous, although it was a female. But a really large one. I would say probably 160 lbs though. He could not pick it up off the ground. They took some photos. I will try to post them if I can get them.

It was taken in the Peaches Ridge area.

Mike Henne

[GoldTip]

Wow, congrats to your buddy, and he helped save some elk for hunting season too!

[bowpredator]

Holy crap! I hope I run into one of those while I'm over there scouting and elk hunting in sept. My father in law hunts over there a lot and has seen many cats while deer, elk hunting.

Congrats. Are you going to ge it mounted?

Rodger

[boneaddict]

Looks like the top of Quartze Mtn.   Nice kitty.

[saylean]

LUCKY! Grats man...I am hoping for one of those kitties this year...never got one. Again, great work.

[Cougar]

That cat looks really amazing, congrats on the cat!

[smdave]

Great looking Cat!! sorry the picture was really bothering me so I turned it over and got rid of the finger.
Dave

[billythekidrock]

Someday.....Hopefully I will get a shot.

Congrats.

[Ray]

Man oh man what a great looking cat!  If the fellow gets a rug or mount I'd love to see the finished piece.

[Cougeyes]

I really do not believe that, that cat is a female....I make this statement because I dont think there has ever been a documented female cougar harvested in this state, or even in the country that weighed that much.  The picture looks like a male cougar, but hard to tell by just looks.  I'm saying its a male just based on the weight of what they say it is.  Maybe they just guessed the weight at that much and it really only weighed 110 pounds.  Females dont really get to be more than 90-110 lbs tops.  180 pounds or even 160 lbs is a huge cougar and would be a male.

[wrangler]

that has to be the most unlucky cat this side of hell. iv never even seen one in the wild let alone share a parking spot with one!

[boneaddict]

I'd have to agree Cougeyes.
I just chalked it up to one nice putty cat.  180 pounds is ginormous.  It would be hard to judge just by one pic, size of guy, facial structure of cat and  I haven't field judged many cougs, but always take weights with agrain of salt.  Sort of like the 300 or 400 pound bear. No matter.  Its a
Beautiful trophy and can't wait to see what the finished product is.  I wish I could be as lucky. Thanks for getting th pic and story on here! 

[Machias]

Believe it or not folks make mistakes about the sex of cougars all the time since things aren't located in the places folks expect them to be.  Here is a good guide.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/docs/cougar_article_web.pdf

[Machias]

One more which states female cats in WA can weigh up to 120 pounds.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/factshts/cougar.htm

[Cougar]

Wheres Peaches Ridge area in Washington?

[caseyv21]

peaches ridge is about 20 minutes west of naches, just take chinook pass and it will be on your right hand side just across from whistlin jack's lodge. i've been there many times before and called in some nice bulls in that area.

[deerhuntr4885]

Sorry guys.  I could not get logged back on here for a long time.  My password was messed up.  Anyway....The cat WAS a male, yep, they did not know how to sex it and it is the new state youth record cat. 

Mike Henne

[billythekidrock]

The cat WAS a male, yep, they did not know how to sex it

And they didn't notice the twig and berries?

[Hunting Cowboy]

and they didn't notice the twig and berries?
[/quote]

We had a neighbor kill a cougar in their back yard some years ago. The homeowner called the game officer and the newspaper.. during the interview, both the homeowner and the game officer thought the cat was a young female on first glance. It wasn't until I skinned the cat that I found out it was really a young male. I think to those that haven't seen many cats that the first impression can fool ya.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Cats are not built the same was as deer, dogs, and cattle. 

[billythekidrock]

Cats are not built the same was as deer, dogs, and cattle. 

That why ya "removed" the balls?

[LongTatLaw]

man thats purdy.

Ill take two please!!!