cougars in the blues

[the1rod]

hey im new to the east side and ive been wanting to get a cougar, i was hopeing someone could help me out with a place to get a cougar in the blues or sourrounding area.

[MichaelJ]

Lots of cougars in the Blues... wait for fresh snow, drive the roads and cut a fresh track and follow 'em till you catch up...  Best way I know without dogs but that'll take a LOT of walking and in the Blues you better be in shape and keep a GPS with you, or just get REALLY lucky!  Good luck!

Michael

[carpsniperg2]

or find a fresh kill and set up on it and wait for kitty to come back

[rainshadow1]

All of the above... then call for 'em! It works!

[Alaska316]

Just wondering, whats to difference on sitting on a fresh kill or baiting? I sat on a fresh kill in Dayton and the only thing that came in was ravens and a bald eagle. What would fish and game say to you if you took and bear or cougar on a kill?

[rainshadow1]

It's ok to bait Cougars, unless they've changed something.

Bears, definately not, but Cougars are ok.

I don't think sitting at a natural kill site would be a problem either way, so long as you didn't monkey with it. (That might make it your bait station, rather than a natural kill.)

[cwuwildcat]

I've heard of bird hunters being sited for setting up near grain silo's.  Is that any different than setting up on fresh kill, I don't know.

[Caseyd]

I've heard of bird hunters being sited for setting up near grain silo's.  Is that any different than setting up on fresh kill, I don't know.

I'm not following? Bird hunters being sited?

[lazydrifter]

"cited"

[the1rod]

bird hunters get cited by grain silos beacuse the grain was put there intentionally by humans and is not part of the natural environment, cougar kills are caused by the cougars and are part of the natural environment so it is legal.

[Broken Arrow]

I have hunted the blues a long time and have seen 7 cougars. All were random, one came in durring turkey season where we were calling the rest were so random it doesn't make sense. I can tell you i have seen the biggest and the smallest in both areas. One year i had a shot on one with my bow and just as i was getting ready to release, it turned and spun around, and i didnt get off the shot. Another time we were driving up Robenitte Mt. road going to scout deer 1 week before the season (cougar opened) and one was around the corner in the ditch...i hit the brakes...he looked at us, we at him, tried like hell to role up the window, as he was with in 10 feet, and right there and then i realized that.....if that thing wanted to kill me....i was toast, he was around 170lbs....going to get one, one of these years....but i dont bait....not that i would not or have a problem with it....i just dont have to time. By the way...my buddie did get one and we ate some of the meat.....it taste like pork as was DELICIOUS!

[longstevo]

Just wondering, whats to difference on sitting on a fresh kill or baiting? I sat on a fresh kill in Dayton and the only thing that came in was ravens and a bald eagle. What would fish and game say to you if you took and bear or cougar on a kill?

If you just so happened to sit down and take a break from your long trek in the mountains and there just happened to be a fresh kill nearby...

But, like was mentioned above, if you monkey with it at all, then that might change things.

[Axle]

If you do find an animal from a cougar kill, the cougar may be close by. May not be hungry but may come in to a call just by curiosity.

They like thick brush to hang out in. Look for some real thick stuff they could come out of when you are calling.

[Wacenturion]

Biggest cougar I ever saw was in the Blues.  Friend and myself were turkey hunting in the spring and noticed a huge male, and I mean HUGE  , about 500-600 yards below where we were on a hillside on a gated road.  Absolutely raised the hair on the back of your neck huge as we could clearly see him walking slowly on the road itself and compare his size to the width of the road.  We wanted no part of him coming in to my turkey calls so I quite calling and we left.  We had been there and done that before. 
I had called one in on the coast hunting Easterns two years before in the spring, well actually three....a female and two half grown kittens, within 12 yards of the same hunting buddy and myself.  Spooky.........they are completely quiet and stealth coming in.
Kind of changes your perspective of being the highest thing on the food chain in the woods.....lol.   

[yelp]

Biggest cougar I ever saw was in the Blues.  Friend and myself were turkey hunting in the spring and noticed a huge male, and I mean HUGE  , about 500-600 yards below where we were on a hillside on a gated road.  Absolutely raised the hair on the back of your neck huge as we could clearly see him walking slowly on the road itself and compare his size to the width of the road.  We wanted no part of him coming in to my turkey calls so I quite calling and we left.  We had been there and done that before.  
I had called one in on the coast hunting Easterns two years before in the spring, well actually three....a female and two half grown kittens, within 12 yards of the same hunting buddy and myself.  Spooky.........they are completely quiet and stealth coming in.
Kind of changes your perspective of being the highest thing on the food chain in the woods.....lol.  

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