Cougar down 2024

[CamoDup]

Way to go man! That's awesome 

[jowings22]

Right on! Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a wild encounter, glad it turned out the way it did!

[carpsniperg2]

Congrats and great write up!

[hunter399]

Heck ya , congrats 👏

[cmiller85]

Congrats! Nicely done!

[Machias]

Congrats!!!!

[Mfowl]

Fantastic! Congrats!

[salt n sage90]

very cool. beautiful cat too.

[Roslyn Rambler]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have, what might seem like a odd question. What does a lion smell like? Any odor whatsoever?

Stories I've read and what other hunters have reported, is that wolves typically have a really foul smell ( for obvious reasons )

I'm just curious if mountain lions roll in dead carcasses, feces etc...

I study our barn cats, and they are clean freaks. They kill everything ( and eat it ) yet they never have a foul odor.

Just curious if this carries over to wild cats?

Thanks again

[high_hunter]

Kudos, nice looking cat!  Doubt he even knew what you were. Probabally surprised it wasn't that sweet female feline you sounded like 

[Cougartail]

My dream! I have my 357 Ruger in my hand while calling just for times like that. I always figured them to run when I went to move my rifle in situations like that.

Great job!

[7t9cobra]

I use cellular trail cameras yes. This is my second year doing this and it's I've killed a cougar two years in a row now. One was Sept. 4th. The other was Sept. 12th. It helps immensely, since we don't get much snow here. As far as smell, when they're dry they have no smell to them that I've noticed. I've skinned a couple out for buddies. Both of them it was raining hard and they stunk horribly. Just a wet musty smell. When you're gutting them they will smell absolutely awful when you cut the trachea if they have eaten recently. I mean rancid. The worst smell I've ever smelled hands down. The meat has no foul smell at all and the three cats I've killed were all dry and had no smell. I will not gut them anymore. Gutless method for me after the first cat.

[7t9cobra]

Here's the video. My editing skills aren't great. Mainly because I have to stay at work to edit videos and I typically don't want to be there much longer.

[RB]

Nice! 

[Harbor_hunter]

Great job!!