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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2007, 08:10:37 AM »
I've been reading a book on Africa hunting.  The author devoted a whole chapter to Leopards.  It sounds like, at least for Leopards, that there's more to it then just hanging a dead animal in a tree an waiting.  Sure sounds like it would be an interesting experiment if nothing else.  Assuming we've all read the reqs correctly I wonder what kinds of bait would be both legal to use and preferred by ol' tabby?  I seriously doubt that it's legal to use live chickens or goats.   

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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2009, 01:08:31 PM »

What other methods would u use?

Martini's, and askin' if their 29? always worked for me  :dunno:
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2009, 01:16:10 PM »
A dead horse works good.
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2009, 01:50:06 PM »
Wow this is an OLD topic, One I have looked into quite a bit.  I have a much different perspective now, but it's not something I want to discuss on an open forum in this state.  :)  Seems like anyting I enjoy doing eventually becomes illegal.  :(
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2009, 01:59:46 PM »
lol, woops didnt realize the age of the topic...disregard   :)
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2009, 06:10:11 PM »
Back when we use to bait alot for bears we would get cougars to come in to our call bait. Our call bait was putrified meat, meat that was so rotten it would turn to soup. The cats would come in the first couple a days we had the call baits out.
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2009, 06:47:58 PM »
A cougar will feed on a road kill deer.  A friend has pictures of one feeding on a road kill that was several weeks old.  Some of you old timers here will remember the thread in the trailcam forum. 
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2009, 07:12:24 PM »
The old wives tale about they only like fresh meat that they've killed is bunk!
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2009, 11:27:38 PM »
i watched a show on the animal planet where a this guy and his family picked up a dead deer off of the road and used it to bait in cougar. the guy sent up a tent/blind next to it so he could film the cat, and it worked. ive thought about doing it, but i dont want to look like a weirdo throwing road kill in the back his truck. isnt taking road kill illegal though?

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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2009, 06:54:02 AM »
Tony04....yes it is illegal.  The person I mentioned above has permission from the neccessary agencies to do so.
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #25 on: December 24, 2009, 07:11:40 AM »
Wow this is an OLD topic, One I have looked into quite a bit.  I have a much different perspective now, but it's not something I want to discuss on an open forum in this state.  :)  Seems like anyting I enjoy doing eventually becomes illegal.  :(
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2009, 08:21:05 AM »
A trapper I knew told me a long time ago that the best bait for cougar is house cats.
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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #27 on: December 24, 2009, 07:34:18 PM »
tony, everything is illegal in this state!  Soon I hear they are going to outlaw breathing while hunting.  You'll have to hold your breathe until the end of the season....gotta love washington!

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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2009, 07:46:19 PM »
tony, everything is illegal in this state!  Soon I hear they are going to outlaw breathing while hunting.  You'll have to hold your breathe until the end of the season....gotta love washington!
:chuckle: the way things are going,the seasons will be short enough to hold your breath :bash:

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Re: Cougar baiting
« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2009, 07:54:37 PM »
tony, everything is illegal in this state!  Soon I hear they are going to outlaw breathing while hunting.  You'll have to hold your breathe until the end of the season....gotta love washington!
:chuckle: the way things are going,the seasons will be short enough to hold your breath :bash:

 :chuckle: :chuckle: :'( :'( :'(
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