Went out scouting this morning at a spot near the house where a friend shot a nice buck last year. I took my 6 year old son along. The second spot we hit had a small creek that ran into a meadow. We got about 200 yards from the truck heading down towards the creek. I heard something moving up ahead and snuck up to a big tree with the boy. I peeked around the tree and saw a big cougar sitting back on his haunches staring at me from about 80 yards. He was on what looked like a fresh doe kill. We started making a lot of noise and backed out slowly. The cat didn't budge the entire time. This was the first cougar I have seen that has not been on a dead run away from me. Got back to the truck and decided taking the kid shooting was a better idea for the morning.
