Read Lloyd Bebe's book, find it on the Olympic Game Farm website. He was one of the best Cougar hunters ever, back in the days of the bounties. He mostly used dogs. Since then, during and after all the disney stuff he did, he's spent days at a time in the mountains following cougars, just to observe them. He never says how long it took to catch up to them, but he's done it several times. He's an old man now, and hasn't hunted for many years to my knowledge, but I still consider him one of the best Cougar men in history. Easy, no. For him maybe, he's killed hundreds, and tamed and trained dozens. But even for a guy who doesn't know Cougars like pets, it can be done.