Late Season BH45 ...

[WaltAlpine]

Not much of an update other than I have hunted my arz off ..I have seen a couple dandy bucks but they seem to be avoiding death ! After my last encounter I am having doubts if it will happen ..When you have a nice one coming to you on a string and with all conditions in your favor and your knowing this is it and he comes to about 50 yrds and stops and turns right into the brush you have to tell yourself this is BS ! I am beat into the dirt and have turned over about every stump in the county ! I can not do much more except hunt my arz off Sunday and Monday ...I am not giving up because I know when your at the point you do not care IT WILL HAPPEN ....I SURE HOPE THAT STATEMENT WORKS OUT 

Today I am off to the STATE CHAPIONSHIP 2a football game ..I always back up my High school Football Team ...Even being Deerless  GO CUBS !!!     Lynden and Woolley for the state title ...

Good Luck to you and GO CUBS!

[Gobble Doc]

Keep goin!

[skagitsteel]

Not much of an update other than I have hunted my arz off ..I have seen a couple dandy bucks but they seem to be avoiding death ! After my last encounter I am having doubts if it will happen ..When you have a nice one coming to you on a string and with all conditions in your favor and your knowing this is it and he comes to about 50 yrds and stops and turns right into the brush you have to tell yourself this is BS ! I am beat into the dirt and have turned over about every stump in the county ! I can not do much more except hunt my arz off Sunday and Monday ...I am not giving up because I know when your at the point you do not care IT WILL HAPPEN ....I SURE HOPE THAT STATEMENT WORKS OUT 

Today I am off to the STATE CHAPIONSHIP 2a football game ..I always back up my High school Football Team ...Even being Deerless  GO CUBS !!!     Lynden and Woolley for the state title ...

Got two to respond yesterday with the shorter bleats!  One of them was decent, came in to 20 ft before i saw him, unfortunately behind a tree so no shot

[BOWHUNTER45]

Well I have not seen much in the last couple days but I am sure I found the reason  After walking into one of the areas I have been hunting hard I happened to hang a right off an old grade on a well beaten deer path . As I crossed the creek I happened to look down and seen this 
                                                               LION TRACK ! Everything seems to be running from me 

[BOWHUNTER45]

Most likely he seen me coming because it has been peeesing cats and dogs all night and as hard as it has been raining I think this track would be gone in no time !

[bearhunter99]

JB,
You just need to take me with you.  My luck is worse than yours so you might actually get a shot because they will be so intent on not letting me see anything but horns and ears.   

[kodiak 907]

Looks like a pretty small lion or a really big bobcat. That alder leaf looks pretty large compared to the track

[BOWHUNTER45]

Looks like a pretty small lion or a really big bobcat. That alder leaf looks pretty large compared to the track

I go back tomorrow with my tape measure  Only little cougars around Big lake 

[kodiak 907]

Big cats around big lake. They have all the deer cleaned out of that area. I would try a different spot 

[Jonathan_S]

Looks like gold in the lion track pic   

[Boss .300 winmag]

Looks like gold in the lion track pic   

Oats so the deer follow him in! 

[BOWHUNTER45]

Been sick for the last 3 days ..Flu 

[BOWHUNTER45]

I know you guys are about bored with my late season post but I am here to tell you I have never hunted this hard in years and have not let one arrow fly ...But I seem to be hunting where there is an over abundance of cougars ..I hunted all day yesterday and its like the woods have become extinct of wildlife ...I think I seen one squirrel yesterday    So I head to my last spot of the day and I been wanting to hit a new spot where I have not been all season thinking it may be the spot ...NOT ! I figured I would go and knock on a door and try to get permission to enter the area from a different direction ..I walk up to the door and out comes the owner . I introduced myself and ask if I could hunt his property .. He said yes .. We talk for a few minutes and here comes his wife ..  I am thinking this hunt is over before it gets started  To my surprise she says to me ..John we do not care if you hunt but DO NOT SHOOT MY CATS  I ask her why would I shoot your cats She says our Bobcat and Cougar  She then goes on to tell me that they have had a bobcat and cougar hanging around for months and I do not want you to kill them if you see them ..I ask her why wouldn't you want me to kill the cougar ..She says I love cats and I see no reason to kill them...I think about it for a minute and tell her O.K I will not kill them if I see them ...I did not want her to tell me to beat feet  Lucky I kept my mouth shut about the one I killed a few years ago not a mile from her house ! Seems to be a lot more cats than people realize ..I crab my pack and bow and head up the trail . It did not take long before I find evidence that they were serious ....This track measures 4.5 inches across ...This is a Big Tom for sure ...I laid my arrow beside it So you can see how big it is ...The 1st track I found weeks ago was smaller but this one is a Big in ! I wish I could post a big old buck but that has not happened yet ..I have hunted my tail off ..These bucks are most likely alone and in the nastiest crap known to man ..I have a couple days left but I am seriously beat from hiking and covering miles and miles of land ..I have only seen 3 doe in the last 4 times out and I covered a lot of ground ...Just giving it to you the way it goes down ..No T.V show , that's for sure 

[BOWHUNTER45]

 Season over  I had fun and had chances but it seems it is tag soupy for me  I best stick with Turkey hunting  Hell ...that's about here 

[blackveltbowhunter]

   Nice job sticking with it Good luck with them turkeys...... I gotta try it one of these days.