Cougar Call-in Stories...

[rainshadow1]

Turns out some of you guys may be holdin' out on me! I got two confirmed RS Cougar Sound call-in stories this weekend that had happened this season, and I didn't even know about them! 

If anyone has had a confirmed Longtail call-in in any way incorporating my Mountain Lion Calling products, I'd sure like to hear about it! PLEASE! Quit holdin' out on me!

I'm going to be building a call-in story page off my rain-shadow.com website soon, and if you allow me, I'd like to post up a quick synopsis of your story, and calling sequence employed.

(Even if your story wasn't incorporating my products, I'd like to hear and post up the story in another catagory, as an educational database. The only qualifications are: 1.) You were calling specifically, and on purpose, for Mt Lion, and 2.) You confirmed in some way that a Cougar responded to the call.)

It'll be a super concentrated database of Mountain Lion call in stories. The techniques used, and the story surrounding when Cougars came in to the call.

(If you only want a synopsis of your story posted, or you want it posted anonymously, that's not a problem, I'd still like to hear them.)

I'll be clearly identifying each post as a Kill, a Miss, a Pass, No Shot, Otherwise confirmed, Probable, etc. etc. Full disclosure, and no truth stretching involved. All stories welcomed, even if the Cat never hit the ground, even if the shot was never fired. Just confirm that the Lion came in, and that's data I want on this page!

Help me out here, fellers!

[billythekidrock]

Good luck with getting them to write up something.

I tried the same thing with a few individuals on bear calling for www.callingbears.com and though everyone said they would write up a short story.. it very seldom happens.

[rainshadow1]

I only need a paragraph! A Couple Sentences!..... Call Me! I'll do the writing myself!!!

[bearmanric]

starting on cougar calling tomorrow in the Scookumchuck. i was never able to get your sound's on my Fury. so i'll be using elk sound's alot and Foxpro cougars whistles. Rick

[rainshadow1]

Wish I knew how to tell you to load them up, Ricky. They're working! I've never had a Foxpro, so I've never done it.

[bearmanric]

it's my aol i hate it. Rick

[rainshadow1]

Ok, I started the page, and posted 5. I have at least that many more myself, but I'm hoping to get YOURS!

I need to dress the page up and add more information, but it's a start. (I have a hectic week coming up, we'll see how fast this develops.)

Take a look and see what I'm talking about...

http://rain-shadow.com/cougar_callin_stories.htm

You can PM, or e-mail, or post, or whatever. It's a database of sucessful call-ins TARGETING Cougar/Mountain Lion. (Shot or no shot.)So it doesn't matter what tools or sounds you used, I want to get short little condensed stories to post on that page.

[Missing]

Here is a story I posted on January 7th

So on New Years day my son and I were working on our house in Cle Elum and about mid afternoon we decided to go out and do a quick set for coyote or bobcat, it was about 2:30 so we knew we would only have time for 1 or 2 setups. There is a section of state land just outside of town so we decided to head for there as we could get 2 sets in if needed. The old dirt road goes right through the middle of that section so we parked just at the edge, just before parking we met a truck coming out with 2 hunters wearing orange, I thought they must have branched antler elk tags. We left the truck and walked about 200 yards to a spot that I have called before, we dropped off the road about 20 yards and set up looking north were we could see about 150 yards through scattered timber. My son set up against a good sized fir tree and I set up against a small blow down we were about 25 yds apart. I set my fox pro and mojo critter in a small opening about 20 yds in front of me. This looked like a real nice place to set up, but I usually say that to my self, we had good visibility, some thick brush for bobcats on both sides in the bottom of the draw and about 6" of fresh snow from earlier that day. I looked at my watch and it was 3:45 so I new we would only have time for that set, I did 3 sets of howls about 1 minute apart and waited, several deer moved out of the brush below us and moved off quickly I turned the fox pro on to a rabbit distress and let it go for about 5 minutes then I changed to a higher pitched rabbit call and let it run for about 5 minutes. I was just ready to change sound again and did a last sweep of the area and nothing yet, as I looked to my right something told me I needed to look behind me and I never do that because in all the years I have been calling I have only had 2 coyotes come from behind (that I know of) so I slowly turned my head an sitting on the edge of the road is a lion, just a mere 17 yards away, from the angle I am fairly sure he was looking over my shoulder at the mojo critter so I slowly turned back around and got my sons attention to look up the hill, but from his angle he could not see the cat because it was behind a tree. As I turned around again he was now focused on me because of all of the movement and I knew it would be a good idea to have the business end of the rifle pointed in his direction as I am sure he was looking for a late afternoon snack, I think he figured out that I was bigger than what he had heard screaming and stood up wheeled around and headed back into the timber following his same tracks. As I stood up my son says what was it and I said it was a lion and he gave me that yeah right look (you know the same one your kids give you). So we both headed up the hill to the road still about 20 yds apart, I went right to where the cat was crouched and my son came down the road and met me, there low and behold was a fresh set of cat tracks.........That is the first time I have called in a lion and wouldn't you know it was 1 day after the season closed.   But still a great day of calling

[Hangfire]

I hope people who have a cougar experience will send you the information.  I just read what you have posted, very informative and interesting.  These stories would do a lot to develop cougar calling, it provided some good information.

My sister lives on 300 acres in N.E. Washington. My other sister lives on a joining 40 acres.  There has been 3 cougars taken on the property and others seen and tracks noted in the past 10 or so years.

My nephew about 10 years ago was getting him self in condition for a coming army reserve activity and he was running several miles, partly through the timber. While running through the timber he jumped a white tail fawn, it ran into the woods a short distance from him.  The brush started moving and he heard the fawn cry and a cougar jumped up on a tree or stump with the fawn.  My nephew turned and ran down the hill, he said after having ran several miles, he had no trouble jumping the barb wire fence at the bottom of the hill. A couple weeks or so later after getting back from the reserves he went near the same area with his rifle and a call. I don't know what brand of call he was using, I know he had a Critter call and I believe a Circe.  He got situated and started calling.  He heard very shortly something walking, he could then see the bottom half of a cougar at I believe about 50 yards. He shot and he heard the cat run off. He couldn't find any blood or hair and assumed he missed. Opening day of deer season a few days later he went back into the same area and found a dead cougar secluded in some brush.  The weather had been cool and the hide was still ok for a rug. I would estimate a 100 pound or more cat.

To the best of my knowledge he was blowing distress calls as he would for a coyote. I think that was his first year of using a predator call.

[Aneoakleaf]

Shadow1
Here's my story..
  opening day I walked up an old grade to my elk standf about 4pm. About 6pm I heard a weird noise... Thought it was a deer but had never heard the noise before just like a snort hiss...  about five minunets later there was a scream . The sound was comming from the ridge above me and about 70 yards to my left. The next scream was closer...and I knew it wasn't a deer. It had to be a cougar. now sounding about 30 yards away. I didn't have a pistol on me and I realized the elk wouldn't be comming my way with a cat here...I was mad! I put an arrow on my string and stood up. My tree stand was about 6 feet above the ground on a hill side. The trail to my stand came directly up hill and out about 5 yards  from the stand before turning to the stand.

[Aneoakleaf]

I didn't want to be walking out with a cat sneaking around so I took defensive  measures. I brought the back of my hand to my lips and squeeked out a rabbit squeal for about a 5 seccond session. The cat let a blood curtiling  scream ....I squealed again...sielence followed for about 3 minunets. From the top on the trail  my stand is on came a loud MEOW..OMG I thought. No one said they do that!!!  The cat was now about ten yards from my and out of sight. I watched for movement....finaly she walked down my trail and into the stand of trees just 5 yards below me. My 20 yard pin wouldn't do...I had to be sure of a hit so I brought the knocked arrow up to my eye and looked down the shaft when I came to full draw. As soon as the cat steped clear of the trees I released the arrow! the cat crouched as if to jump towards me but the arrow struck it right between the sholder blades ! Two backwards sumbersalts then it leaped away  and I saw my arrow fletches sticking out its back ....WOW was I excited!.

[carpsniperg2]

some good reads right here love to read them.

[Aneoakleaf]

I sat down and listened for a few minunets!  After an hour I tracked it but lost the trail so I went back to camp. On the way back the cats tracks were in my tracks on the old grade. My husband returned way aafter dark and we decided to track the cat in the morning.  The next day we retreaved the cat with the use of our PREMO Blood trailing light. The cat was 6'2"

[rainshadow1]

Fantastic guys! Thanks!

Keep them coming!

I'll be editing and posting throughout this week, not sure the schedule, but I sure appreciate these!


More stories! More Stories!



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[bearmanric]

annette great story. nice cougar. Rick