We gotta get together up here, Rick. I'll sit with you and put that WT through its paces! Thanks for the hunt and the ride Sunday. I'm glad you got home safe.
Got close on the San Carlos, got a good vocal response, but I wasn't thinking clearly and didn't pressure the cat and call again after the first stand. Too excited I guess. The Cougar was challenging me in defense of the cow kill over the hill, then left and (probably) went back to it. I should have closed a couple hundred yards and called again, but I just assumed I was busted and left the area. Hindsight is always clear. If I had it to do over again, I'd have moved in and made it commit to the call in defense. What did I have to lose? If I was busted it wouldn't come in, and the result would be the same. If I wasn't busted, it would have thought I was another cat moving in and challenging for its kill, it would have had to do something about it. Pretty intense, yeah, but hey, hunting the "Yutin" is supposed to be intense!
("Yutin" is Apache for Mountain Lion.)
Go get 'em, Rick!
