CALLED Cougar Story!

[actionshooter]

Congrats!

[Michelle_Nelson]

  Great Cat and Great Story!  Thanks for posting the story the way you did.  Kinda like being on the hunt with you.  

 For some reason the face doesn't realy look that bad. The hole in the shoulder is repairable enough.  Did the bullet actually blow a hole in the face or did it rip the skin?  By that I mean is all the hide their?  Just kinda splayed open?

[FOsteology]

Very nice cougar Steve. Enjoyed reading about it, and the pictures. Are you going to do a rug or a full body mount? What a way to end your year! Big time congrats!

[MuleySniper]

Cool story and nice cat! Whereabouts did you get it?

[ICEMAN]

Rhody with blood on it, and Screen name of Rainshadow, my guess is Jefferson/Clallam county, OP.

[Ray]

Steve I like the report and photos. Well done.

[sasquatch]

Great story and pictures, well done.

[boneaddict]

another cool thing is....This is the guy that made my new hunting knife!

[rainshadow1]

I skinned it with the knife I have for sale on my website! Worked like a champ!

Not sure what to do with it for sure, rug or just tan it for now. Not gonna do a full mount, don't have the money this year. I'll try to PM you tomorrow Michelle, maybe we can work something out.

I'm on the NOP, I live in Sequim.

Thanks guys. Great day!

[ICEMAN]

I'm on the NOP, I live in Sequim.

Do I win a prize?

[Wea300mag]

That was one of the best posts I've seen, very entertaining. Congrats

[littletoes]

Great story, like how you outsmarted that cat and showed it with pic's!

Thanks for sharing!

[rainshadow1]

Damage report: Lots of guys are anticipating using the 60gr V-Max in 223. When this cat ran away, I was kinda miffed at all the "thin skinned" comments I had researched. Made me wish I had my 7-30 Waters on this hunt. But after the skinning, I'm pretty durn happy with the 223 for Cougar.

The first shot plowed a furrow thru the whiskers, skipped off the jaw, and hit the shoulder blade, hard, shattering it to pieces. Fragments of this bullet made it all the way back to the opposite hip! It was off. About an inch or 1 1/4", on a tiny target (nose), so it was shooter error, but it was a lethal hit.

When I caught the cat, it was alive, but fading fast. The second hit was well placed, quartering forward, heart lung. Tiny entry, no exit, massive damage inside the boiler room.

Both shots were roughly 50 yards.

I still don't want to punch any brush with the 223, but the terminal performance was impressive.

[GoldTip]

Awesome story and cool cat, congrats on a job well done.

[WACATHUNTER]

Great story and hunt, Gotta love doing something like that alone, I think it makes that much more exciting.  Congrats on a well earned cat.
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