Western Washington Cougar down!

[slayer1]

Hi all.  I have been on this site a for awhile.  I never really post much but do learn a lot of good info here. But here goes.

Went out calling Monday morning with the news saying lowland snow.  Perfect time to get out to do some calling.  I was walking into a area I hunt just waiting to run onto some fresh bobcat tracks with this new snow.  After a few miles and passing on some night before coyote tracks I stumbled onto fresh lion tracks.  He headed up the mountain after a brief time on the road.  Lucky for me a old road headed up the same mountain.  So I hiked up about 1/2 mile until I came to the top and found a decent spot to set up.  I set the foxpro out about 20 yds in front of me and got comfortable on top of a old stump.  I remember wishing I had a treestand to get up even higher to get a better view but the stump would have to do.  Not to long ago I listened to the predator hunting podcast with Mark Healey.  He talked about using different distress sounds and lion vocals to try to "trigger"  a response from a cat.  So I started with DSG cottontail for a few minutes and then to blacktail fawn distress for a few, then lightning jack, and finally some juvenile cougar whistles.  After 2 rounds of that and I see the brown back of a lion moving into position about ten yards from the call.  I swung up my AR and found his head sticking out under a young pine.  Put the crosshairs on him and let him have it.  He jumped out to the edge of the road and took off away from me.  I let him have it three more times as he ran away before he went down.  He wasn't getting away.  I was shooting 55 grain V max bullets.  Only the first shot exited but not to big of hole.  He was a young 1 1/2 old tom and weighed around 110#.  Truly a unforgettable experience.

[washelkhntr]

Congrats. Nice looking cat.

[runamuk]

Congrats
Nice cat....thanks for sharing

[Ray]

Awesome report.

[rasbo]

that is awesome,a callers dream in my mind good job

[coop2424]

Great looking cat.  Congrats on calling him in and getting him...   

[mkcj]

Outstanding! Great looking cat are you going to do a rug or mount?

[mulehunter]

Great job!!! 

Mulehunter

[MtnMuley]

Awesome, Slayer!!

[Gutpile]

I can't wait to get a kitty. That is just too cool.

[stumprat]

Awesome!!!!!!
You got to live the dream......Congratulations!

[bucklucky]

Nice job man, congrats!

[markts]

Awesome job. Congrats on a dream come true Mark

[alecvg]

Awesome!  That is the trophey of a lifetime!  

[rainshadow1]

Way da Go, Slayer! Excellent job! Beautiful cat!