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Cougar Fight
« on: June 22, 2010, 08:00:19 PM »
This is the skull from the cougar that I called in and shot in Feb. '10.  I had this skull and a bear that belongs to Rufous cleaned up by my friend,  Gary Haas, who owns Big Sky Beetle Works in Florence, MT recently.  I noticed that his lower left eye lid was torn and that he had numerous fresh cuts in the hide on his head and elsewhere when I first looked him over.  We also noticed a "bump" in the bone of his snout when we skinned the head, but had no idea of the bite marks in the bone.
I would like to have heard the cat fight that produced these bite marks....who won the fight ??
( can't get the pictures to post with this so will try to add in a minute)
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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2010, 08:06:54 PM »
I believe that means its too large  :dunno:

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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 08:11:34 PM »
hope this works
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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 08:17:38 PM »
Wow, cool pics.....looks like that might have hurt a lil bit

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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 08:31:02 PM »
thats pretty crazy
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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 12:13:07 AM »
Ouch Gramps!  Looks like that guy got his butt kicked...
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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2010, 10:31:15 AM »
Wouldn't surprise me if the broken nose came from a cow elk hoof.  They've got plenty of power and plenty of reason to be kicking.
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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2010, 10:36:41 AM »
Wouldn't surprise me if the broken nose came from a cow elk hoof.  They've got plenty of power and plenty of reason to be kicking.

Good point...
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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2010, 10:45:42 AM »
That was one unhappy puddy tat.

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Re: Cougar Fight
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2010, 11:16:40 AM »
I saw the skull in person and it does look like it had been bitten there. A neat trophy for sure.

 


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