Huge Cougar!

[gwpsage]

I just recieved this picture in an email from my uncle.  I thought I would share this with everyone.  South Dakota grows them big that's for sure. This cougar was killed in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Where I grew up.  The gentleman that shot the cougar was deer hunting.  He saw the cat cirlce around him downwind, then upwind.  Then the cat circled again this time much closer and was starting to stalk him.  Obviously you know what happened next.  The man is 6ft tall and 220lbs.

[carpsniperg2]

lol that pic has been around forever    there has been 100 diffrent storys about this cat as well never know which one is true.

[gwpsage]

Well don't I feel like a dumba$$.  Oh well my bad.  Huge cat either way.

[509er]

http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/trophyWatch_detail.asp?area=news&ID=D9563084-4E82-4A7F-804D-EE4842DEDA07


TROPHY WATCH - ARCHIVE - DETAILS


Roy Hisler, WA 2002 Washington Cougar Makes the Email Rounds 
January 22, 2008
This photo was posted on Trophy Watch in 2003 and again in 2004. It seems the photo has been regaining new life as the email rumor mill starts up again. A few years ago it was rumored to be from Kansas, Iowa, Texas, and Pennsylvania. This time it was taken by a deer hunter in Missouri while it was stalking him in his stand.
The truth is that it was taken in King County, Washington in December 2002 by Roy Hisler with one shot from a .30-06. His partner, Jim Hackewitz, used a varmint call to bring in the big cat � taken within 6 miles of Bellevue, Washington (a major suburb of Seattle). The cougar was accepted into the 25th Big Game Awards at 15-7/16.


 

[Moose Eyes]

Jim (JJ) Hackewitz is a local guy who is a moderator on several hunting forums and is a PH in Africa (http://www.huntingadventures.net/).  I hunted hogs with him a few years ago (no, not in Africa. ).  Nice guy and has some great stories to tell.  If you are a member of a popular Washington state fishin' forum you can ask him about the hunt yourself.  He moderates the "Feathers & Fur" section of the forum.