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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2013, 04:36:13 PM »
I would have waited for him to come back and nailed his butt ///he was not far and would have been back real soon !! :yike:

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2013, 05:22:49 PM »
I would have waited for him to come back and nailed his butt ///he was not far and would have been back real soon !! :yike:

 :yeah: I want a cat so bad, I would of called in sick the next couple of days and sat on it until he showed up.  No way I would of let a situation like that pass.  I dream of this scenario.

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2013, 06:39:01 PM »
Awesome story and nice buck.  Spooky thought is, the cats were probably watching you the entire time. my nephew went to pack out the remainder of his buck a few years ago and encountered a cat that had found it. Upon seeing my nephew the cat took off, but as he began heading down the draw with the load, he spotted the cat laying not 30 yards above him on a bluff watching him. The cat escaped, my nephew had to through his scivvy's away.  They are sneaky.

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2013, 07:37:22 PM »
Awesome story and nice buck.  Spooky thought is, the cats were probably watching you the entire time. my nephew went to pack out the remainder of his buck a few years ago and encountered a cat that had found it. Upon seeing my nephew the cat took off, but as he began heading down the draw with the load, he spotted the cat laying not 30 yards above him on a bluff watching him. The cat escaped, my nephew had to through his scivvy's away.  They are sneaky.
Exactly that .... guarantee that cat was watching his every move ...Definitely let a perfect scenario go away !! Not cutting you down or anything ..I am sure you were excited about the deer but a guy needs to take advantage of this kinda thing ...it does not come easy  :tup: Nice deer and congrats  :tup:

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2013, 07:50:09 PM »
No worries  ;) I thought I heard something scurrying away as I entered that draw before finding my buck and definitely felt like I was being watched the whole time. There are resident cats that are always there. I saw one last season within a quarter mile of where they got my buck.
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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2013, 08:00:10 PM »
Cool. After u find ur Deer.  You know what. Cat possible is up on tree watching you!  If u walk outside of Ur deer start walk circle then bigger circle to find Cat fresh track with blood on it or dirty on paw and follow out to where cat possible climb up with in 100 feet! I promise u Cat was up tree waiting for you to leave!   Keep ur eye Up any of tree next time don't look down. Cat is right around u or above you!  Congt. But don't give up on where cat go!   :tup:

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #21 on: December 05, 2013, 09:52:59 AM »
Awesome story and nice deer! Thanks for sharing!


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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #22 on: December 05, 2013, 05:49:24 PM »
Very cool experience! Thanks for sharing. Congrats on the recovered deer.


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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2013, 06:05:44 PM »
Seeing you live in Monroe were you in the north side of 460 down the Ben Howard?. There is a big Cat around  :tup:

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2013, 06:40:00 PM »
way to stick with tracking him. a lot guys would have gave up.

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #25 on: December 05, 2013, 07:32:42 PM »
I'm going on a 7 day late muzzy hunt in the north side 460 in that area I'll keep my eyes open and one track of a cat is a dead cat with snow... :tup:

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2013, 07:40:55 PM »
Congrats on finding your prize brother! I know I'd wish I had eyes in the back of my head when gutting that deer. I'm happy for you that you have some venison in the freezer... Tag soup so far for me.

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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #27 on: December 05, 2013, 07:55:14 PM »
Real cool deal there! :tup:
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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #28 on: December 05, 2013, 09:43:11 PM »
Great story! Glad you found him!
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Re: Late BT Harvested, Cougar alert!!
« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2013, 10:08:30 PM »
Thanks for all the kind words everyone, I was out today again and the cats are lying low. No fresh sign in the area since I stole my buck back  :chuckle:
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