2023 Cougar down

[7t9cobra]

I shared the full story with rainshadow.
I called this cat in with distress and vocals. I filmed on the way out and after the kill. Unfortunately I wasn't prepared to film the whole hunt. I will share when I get everything edited and online. I called him in to 35 yards and shot it frontal with a .300WSM.

[MADMAX]

Beautiful cat
Congrats

[hunter399]

Heck ya ,congrats.
Way to get it done.

[CamoDup]

That....is.... AWESOME! 

[Irish_hunter93]

To cool!!!

[birdshooter1189]

That's awesome! Nice job!

[7t9cobra]

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[7t9cobra]

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[BreezyBear]

Right on!! 

[bearhunter99]

Right on!!  Maybe leave out the cell cam info, could be next to go.

   I fully applaud you on the quick movement and a great cat though!  That is damn good looking cougar!

[The100Road]

That’s awesome!

[bigmacc]

👍👍 Nicely done! Thats a dandy cat, he’s probably killed hundreds of deer/elk in his life.  Alot of deer and elk will survive over the next year because of your kill. Congratulations and thank you.

[WoolyRunner]

Damn! Nice cat! Lots of elk and deer in the Harbor thank you

[ducks4days]

Way to go! Beautiful cat, let us know how how he tastes.

[Dan-o]

Nice cat!!

[Machias]

Nice lion, congrats!!  That is some awesome eats right there!!

[Pathfinder101]

Wow, beautiful cat.  Nice job.   

[Harbor_hunter]

Awesome!  Thanks for taking out a local killer!

[Mfowl]

Congrats! That is awesome!

[powderbounder]

Great job! Very nice looking cat. Did you get measurements? And weight?

[JakeLand]

Dam good job !!!

[Boss .300 winmag]

Nicely done.👍

[redi]

Awesome congratulations

[pashok23]

Huge

[dewandgin]

Nice tom!!

[Rainier10]

Great cat, congrats.

[ShaneTyTrey]

Congratulations!

[7t9cobra]

Great job! Very nice looking cat. Did you get measurements? And weight?

I didn't take measurements but I wish I would have. I weighed him whole and it was 156lbs. The first cat I called in was 156lbs gutted. I thought that was kind of funny. This one seems to have a larger head but it might be my imagination. I'll measure the skull when it comes back. I can't remember what the first one measured but it makes B&C pretty easily. This cat doesn't appear to be very old. There was hardly any barrel showing on the canines. He did have some fresh battle wounds on his face. No major gashes, just small claw marks and scratches that will still scabbed up.

[Blacktail Sniper]

 

Congrats on the cat, looks like a nice one!

[7t9cobra]

Right on!!  Maybe leave out the cell cam info, could be next to go.

Edited. Your turn.

[boneaddict]

Sweet! Nice puddy.    Love the kids being involved and their enthusiasm.  Doesn’t get much better than that.  Well done.

[BreezyBear]

Right on!!  Maybe leave out the cell cam info, could be next to go.

Edited. Your turn.

[Wanttohuntmore]

Congrats!  How many hours of calling before you got a cat?  I've yet to get one but have called many coyotes.   I need to step up my cat game.

[mburrows]

That’s way cool, congrats

[jason stevens]

Congratulations  very good eats one of my favorites an a cool experience  for the kids!!!

[Katmai Guy]

Very cool!  Congrats!

[7t9cobra]

Congrats!  How many hours of calling before you got a cat?  I've yet to get one but have called many coyotes.   I need to step up my cat game.

Honestly I have no idea. hundreds, thousands. Who knows. The first cat took six years. We might only get one or two days of good huntable snow every year, so that is the limiting factor. If I had goos snow here every season I would probably kill one almost every year. The day I killed my first cat just happened to be absolutely perfect weather. It was a heavy snow starting the evening before. The snow and wind stopped around 4 or 5am. Those are perfect conditions. Most of the time it's too windy, or the snow gets too deep to hunt the high country, but the low roads don't have enough snow. It's hard to be at the perfect elevation here. It was 5 years since I killed that first cat. We had one good day last year, but didn't cut any tracks until it was late in the day. We still tracked them and did a couple of sets but we were just too far away. This incident proves I can probably get one every year with the right conditions. I knew he was there and was able to set up fast.
        Also, the female showed up at 5am monday morning in the same area. At 6:45 there were some deer looking very nervous and snort wheezing. If only I could get a second tag. I have buddies I can take, but it's hard to have another guy geared up and ready in a hurry.