Help Hunting Kitty Cats

[Jonathan_S]

Seeing the lack of fawns this year in the NE is frustrating.  There are plenty down in the fields in lots of places but up in the mountains I am not seeing as many as I usually see on camera.

I have seen a good amount of elk calves in a few specific areas though so that's good.

[cookingdaily]

It seems like there are units on the east side that have a lot of kitties, how about on this side 

[h20hunter]

Cook...look up a members thread from last year.....Sled is his name. He popped a cat while out bear hunting. I think his hunt and story depict a pretty good example of how some get shot. Pretty much right place right time.

[Jonathan_S]

It seems like there are units on the east side that have a lot of kitties, how about on this side

Anywhere there are deep dark woods, there are cats.  Nobody really targets them since hound hunting is outlawed so I wouldn't expect much accurate info.

Hit the woods and cold call, look for tracks in the winter snow. 

[h20hunter]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,160501.msg2117488.html#msg2117488

[cookingdaily]

That was a good read, I hope I get the opportunity to reduce the population by at least 1   

[h20hunter]

Sled was unstoppable. A cat and two bears in one season.

[cookingdaily]

That is awesome

[sled]

I'll tell you what, that was an awesome experience.  Probably never happen again.  Only help I can give is spend time in the woods as much as you can, and stuff your pack with as much luck as you can!
Good luck!

[cookingdaily]

while i'm thinking of it any good recipes anyone want to share

[RadSav]

When in Oregon there never was even a draw opportunity on the coast.  I'd stalk within 30 yards of a couple every year!  Really hard to pass them up when all our blacktail were disappearing.  Called in a good number of them here in Washington while varmint or turkey hunting.  Never once during an open season though.

I've eaten cougar and bobbies a few times.  Good stuff!  Haven't had a lot but never a tough piece of meat.

[cookingdaily]

so what did you use to call them in?

I heard that if you cook them thai style it's pretty good

[RadSav]

so what did you use to call them in?

Usually turkey calls and double reed extra raspy cottontail calls.  One during bear calling with a double reed extra raspy jack call using long breath calling with no shake.

[jasnt]

I would contact rainshadow1 for cougar sounds and cougar calling.  I see a lot of cats in 117,121,113,

Fawn distress, elk calf distress, any kind of cow talk and cougar vocals will get you a response. That's not nessasarily the hard part. Hard part is seeing them before they see you. I've called in a few cats sofar and only one could I see first. Unfortunetly I had already tagged a tom that year so I had to let it walk.  Good luck

[Elkterd]

Here's one we just picked up on our cam this week