Tale of the tape. It's the 8th day of your 10 day Idaho archery elk hunt. Today is 23 September 2019. You've had some very good bugling action during your hunt, managing to get within 30ish yards of several decent bulls but no shot opportunities yet (this is a bull only area). As an OOS hunter in Idaho, you can use your elk tag (if you wish) on either a bear or a cougar. Yah, I know.... pretty cool rule. You've taken a few elk with a bow over the course of your hunting career but never a big cat (with any weapon). If this guy walked by you while you were quietly having a mid-day snack, would an arrow fly? Just curious. If you're shooting the cat, please put a mark where your arrow is heading. Charlie Cougar is about 35 yards from where you sit. Remember if you decide to take the cat, that elk tag is spent. Shoot or no shot?
Reminder that if you save the picture to your desktop and open in MS Paint, you'll be able to place a spot, X, or whatever on the critter before you save it back to a jpg and add the marked up pic with your post.
