Calling Cougars?

[rainshadow1]

We'll see, Gramps. I don't agree with scorched earth eradication, but I think wolves should be shot (at least shot AT) whenever they're in range. This protection and proliferation is just a bad bad idea. Both in numbers and in socialization. I dread the "wait and see what happens" management approach to wolves.

[KFhunter]

If you're finding a ton of wolf tracks try getting higher up on the ridges and rocks

[boneaddict]

We'll see, Gramps. I don't agree with scorched earth eradication, but I think wolves should be shot (at least shot AT) whenever they're in range. This protection and proliferation is just a bad bad idea. Both in numbers and in socialization. I dread the "wait and see what happens" management approach to wolves.

I agree.  It used to be a thrill to see one or sign of one.   Now it just turns my gut

[rainshadow1]

Somebody (who shall remain nameless, who just killed a Cougar with an ivory call) requested an Ivory Cougar Whistle!

SlagCall2 by Steve Tormala, on Flickr

SlagCall1 by Steve Tormala, on Flickr

[KFhunter]

Sweet!

[2MANY]

My crew is pretty good at whistling cougars.

[Tracker0721]

So all I’d tell my girlfriend I want for Christmas is your cougar calling set up, any chance you can spoil it and let me know if a calls been shipped to Republic? If not I’ll have an order after Christmas. Cut 4 tracks in the fresh snow searching for elk, seems like the cats were too!

[Bango skank]

Somebody (who shall remain nameless, who just killed a Cougar with an ivory call) requested an Ivory Cougar Whistle!

SlagCall2 by Steve Tormala, on Flickr

SlagCall1 by Steve Tormala, on Flickr

Cant wait to try it out, but i guess ill have to.  Stuck in seattle for a couple more days.  But when i get home, a friend is chomping at the bit to get a lion, and come january ill be calling lions and wolves in idaho, so ill get a chance to break that call in soon.  Thanks again, looks awesome.

[jasnt]

That is awesome

[rainshadow1]

So all I’d tell my girlfriend I want for Christmas is your cougar calling set up, any chance you can spoil it and let me know if a calls been shipped to Republic? If not I’ll have an order after Christmas. Cut 4 tracks in the fresh snow searching for elk, seems like the cats were too!

 

[KFhunter]

All I found were bob tracks everywhere



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[Bango skank]

All I found were bob tracks everywhere



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Thats what ill be out lookin for saturday morning.

[KFhunter]

Got on a nice lion track, looked to be a nice big female and no cubs following her. So I started trailing her.





Got down in the woods a good ways, it was hella fresh track




I was trying to get a since of where it was as going, but appeared to be hunting or just milling around aimlessly




So I started looking for a good place to setup,  kinda half way following the lion

Danget!  I went to far in trailing it




Not hard to see what she was doing when I came busting up on her trail   

[buckfvr]

She was making snow angels.......

[KFhunter]

It didn't look like she busted out hard, thought she mighta not been sure what I was so I tried to call;  I thought about charging down on her making a ton of noise to see if I could get her up a tree. decided that'd be a good way to bust my one good knee 

so I went down a ways and off to the side and tried calling.  no response.    tried a chirp whistle, nada


So I went down to the bottom of the ravine I thought she may have fled down and got in front of her,  about an hour later set up another call site.  nada


drove a big circle around the area, she never crossed a road.  To bad I gotta work in the morning