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Offline Archery King

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My first cougar!
« on: December 24, 2013, 04:53:09 PM »
Gave this 100 lbs Tom a snow nap at 100 yards as he ran away from me today.  50 gr v-max out of the 22-250 right to the back of the neck.  Out coyote hunting and and came across him sitting in the grass.  Not much of a story, but I'm jacked to have my first cat!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2013, 04:55:03 PM »
Nice kitty, good job
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2013, 04:55:21 PM »
That's awesome :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2013, 04:55:39 PM »
Congrats. Nice cat
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2013, 04:55:53 PM »
Lucky dog. Very nice mount for the wall....

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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2013, 05:03:02 PM »
 :bfg:       :tup:  good job.
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2013, 05:13:38 PM »
Awesome!  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2013, 05:25:41 PM »
Congrats one more deer killer down!  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2013, 05:31:05 PM »
Nice shot thank you.
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2013, 05:54:12 PM »
Congrats...
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2013, 05:54:55 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2013, 06:19:38 PM »
Early Christmas gift! Nice job!

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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2013, 06:25:58 PM »
Cool! Nice cat, and congrates!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2013, 06:35:05 PM »
Saaaweeeet!  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2013, 07:47:21 PM »
I must say, I am happy and mad at the same time.  Very happy for you, but mad that I have never uttered the words, MY FIRST COUGAR.  I want one so bad but for the life of me I just cant make it happen.  The hard part is when I hear the stories of guys that do kill them, it always goes like this; I was just walking in a the damn thing was just standing there.  Way to go and happy for you and all the deer in the surrounding area
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #15 on: December 24, 2013, 08:11:30 PM »
Nice! Waiting to utter those words some day myself.
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2013, 08:25:00 PM »
 :tup: good job keeping your eyes scanning  :tup: congrats
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2013, 09:08:14 PM »
NICE :tup: :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #18 on: December 24, 2013, 11:12:36 PM »

Very cool... Congrats!  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #19 on: December 24, 2013, 11:39:19 PM »
Congrats that's awesome  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #20 on: December 25, 2013, 12:38:26 AM »
Nice kitty!!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #21 on: December 25, 2013, 01:05:04 AM »
Congratulations!  I've got myself a decent pile of un-notched cougar tags, the one time I've had a cougar at point blank range ................. I hadn't bought a tag that year. :bash:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #22 on: December 25, 2013, 06:05:25 AM »
Awesome  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #23 on: December 25, 2013, 06:11:21 AM »
Good for you :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #24 on: December 25, 2013, 06:27:10 AM »
Now how cool is that?  Best Christmas present EVER!  Congratulations.
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #25 on: December 25, 2013, 07:18:35 AM »
Congrats,are there cougar steaks in your freezer now?
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #26 on: December 25, 2013, 08:04:15 AM »
Good job ... :tup: :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #27 on: December 25, 2013, 08:59:06 AM »
Congrats
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #28 on: December 25, 2013, 10:45:06 AM »
That's as good as it gets AK, Merry Christmas to you. :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #29 on: December 25, 2013, 10:52:26 AM »
Target of opportunity... taken! Great Job!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #30 on: December 25, 2013, 08:20:24 PM »
Thanks guys!  I honestly almost feel guilty for getting this one so easy, but that being said I have spent many of hours and days in the woods looking for these elusive cats.  So I guess all I can say is you can't ever plan on killing a cougar just keep getting out in those woods!!!      I shot the cat in 133
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #31 on: December 25, 2013, 08:34:33 PM »
Score !! Got my first cat this year too. You'll be high on it for days!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #32 on: December 25, 2013, 08:36:51 PM »
52 deer safer this year in 133  :tup:

Way to go man!  I have a stack of unnotched tags myself.  Still waiting for my time to come... :P
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #33 on: December 25, 2013, 08:59:11 PM »
Can't ask for more than that!   Congrats!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #34 on: December 25, 2013, 10:57:07 PM »
sweet cant ask for anything better than that!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #35 on: December 26, 2013, 07:31:41 AM »
awesome, definatly no need to feel guilty, takem any way you can gettem. look at all the deer you saved and you get a nice fuzzy pelt to boot  :tup: cats are hard to come by, now that we cant use hounds.
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #36 on: December 26, 2013, 07:42:13 AM »
Nice whack job!
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #37 on: December 26, 2013, 10:12:47 AM »
Congrats.  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #38 on: December 27, 2013, 05:37:19 PM »
Nice kitty cat :tup: Congrats
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #39 on: December 27, 2013, 10:44:17 PM »
Good job.congrats :tup:
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« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2013, 11:30:21 PM »
very cool......expensive taxidermy season...good thing you know where to find a good taxidermist.
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« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2013, 01:07:19 AM »
good deal, congrats...  :tup:
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #42 on: December 28, 2013, 05:33:04 AM »
Congrats AK. What kind of mount you doing? I have yet to see one of these things and I've been around 133 for 60 years.
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #43 on: December 28, 2013, 06:09:23 AM »
Great job bud and congrats :brew:.  I know the feeling of killing one of those critters.  I still smile every time I look at the pics.
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« Reply #44 on: December 28, 2013, 03:29:16 PM »
Nice job I'm envious
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Re: My first cougar!
« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2013, 04:33:29 PM »
Think I'm gonna an aggressive walking down a rock looking up full body mount.  Closed mouth but with an intense look on his face.  Good thing my dad is the taxidermist!
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« Reply #46 on: January 22, 2014, 10:56:38 AM »
That's assume  congrats
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« Reply #47 on: January 28, 2014, 02:06:27 PM »
Great job!
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« Reply #48 on: February 26, 2014, 08:01:22 AM »
nice cat & hat
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