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Cougar Down!
« on: September 23, 2010, 10:26:11 AM »
My buddy shot a cougar with his bow!  He says they purposely stalked it and made a call at it.  His story is below.  He's crazy I know that so I have to believe him.  He says it was a big male and the pictures don't lie.  His story is below....

Hey Guys,
 
wanted to send you a couple of picks of this big Tom Cat I killed in the backcountry friday.  My buddy spotted the cougar  on a ridge above us while we were glassing for mule deer.  The cat was about 450 yards away sunning himself on a big rock.  We thought that if we could close the distance to 100 yards we could call him in with a doe or fawn call.  We figured he was hungry and thought he would come belly crawling at us and we would slip an arrow in him.  We worked our way up the ridge slowly, we got to about 100 yards from where we thought the cougar was bedded.  We notice a group 4 mule deer bucks feeding below the Cat on our contour, that's when one of the bucks noticed the cougar stalking them and let out a loud snort and they all busted.  As the bucks busted down the hill john let out a perfectly timed doe call and the cat came sprinting full tilt at us, I raised my bow anchored my peepsight, centered my top pin and smoked him at 20 yards!  What a Hunt!



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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 10:33:59 AM »
This is not deer hunting, why is this here?  :dunno:

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 10:35:05 AM »
still a good story.
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 10:35:46 AM »
Sorry man.  Didn't mean to piss you off.  They were dear hunting and shot a cougar, and I thought I would share.  Have a nice day...

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 10:36:25 AM »
That is awesome!
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2010, 10:36:55 AM »
Nice!

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2010, 10:38:10 AM »
This is not deer hunting, why is this here?  :dunno:

who cares.... That's awesome!!!

my uncle put an arrow in a cougar last weekend while elk hunting. It snuck up to 5 yards and turned to leave before he stuck it. We weren't able to recover it and judging  by the arrow, the cat will probably live.

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2010, 10:43:30 AM »
Not caring or getting pissed off.  Just flipping some crap.  Nice cat. 


On a side note, do you eat cougar or just skin it?

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2010, 10:44:12 AM »
This is not deer hunting, why is this here?  :dunno:

It involves deer you goofball. Deer eat cougar, cougar eat deer, man eats both. Elk eat both. Its the circle of life man.

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2010, 10:46:30 AM »
Im down with the who cares why its here. :yike:
Nice cat..And some real fine eats.
Looks real healthy..
Awesome..

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2010, 10:47:05 AM »
cool story and trophy

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2010, 10:47:50 AM »
This is not deer hunting, why is this here?  :dunno:

It involves deer you goofball. Deer eat cougar, cougar eat deer, man eats both. Elk eat both. Its the circle of life man.


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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2010, 10:50:47 AM »
Awesome, glad he got one.

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2010, 10:51:00 AM »
That is a hunt for sure.  Would love to get a cougar, such a great animal, and to do it with a bow, right on...

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2010, 10:56:56 AM »
That's crazy. Nice cat.

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2010, 10:58:16 AM »
Good deal congrats on the cat
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2010, 11:28:55 AM »
That's pretty cool. Nice cat. Someday, I hope .
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2010, 11:30:50 AM »
thats a big cat congrats
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2010, 11:31:54 AM »
Nice cat-congrats to the masked hunter :chuckle:

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2010, 11:34:05 AM »
Congrats and I like the special effects!!
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2010, 11:35:05 AM »
Sweet. Congrats to the hunter.
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2010, 12:48:35 PM »
Thats fricken awesome! Congrats to your buddy!

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2010, 12:50:49 PM »
Nice one! What an awesome trophy. Man those suckers are getting thick...
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2010, 12:54:18 PM »
Nice cat sounds like a fun way to add excitement to your hunt.

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2010, 12:56:16 PM »
Awesome!! Great looking cat
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #25 on: September 23, 2010, 12:56:59 PM »
sweet!!!! what a great bonus :IBCOOL: if he has more pics i/we would love to see them. i would love to see one of the cat streched out if he took any of it that way. thats a dam fine cat for sure :IBCOOL: nice big mellon :drool:
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #26 on: September 23, 2010, 01:06:49 PM »
That's a great lookin' cat!  Nice job! 8)
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2010, 03:46:36 PM »
Beautiful cat, well done!
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2010, 03:53:21 PM »
Nice kitty
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2010, 05:15:53 PM »
Nice Cat.  I think a change of underwear would've been mandatory if I had a cat on a dead run towards me!

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #30 on: September 23, 2010, 05:28:02 PM »
Nice cougar! And with a bow know doubt...man alive, thats hard to duplicate! Grats!

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #31 on: September 23, 2010, 07:12:03 PM »
That has to be a thrill of a lifetime, congrats to the hunter.
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #32 on: September 23, 2010, 07:19:13 PM »
reading the story i pissed myself  :yike: great cat
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #33 on: September 23, 2010, 07:33:52 PM »
Is that Flyguide again?!?! Where's Flyguide?!?!

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #34 on: September 23, 2010, 08:48:10 PM »
Nice job!

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #35 on: September 28, 2010, 09:00:32 PM »
Why is the face blacked out on your hunting buddy?
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #36 on: September 29, 2010, 01:44:18 PM »
That's something to remember!!!  :rockin: Congrats.....What part of the state was this?

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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #37 on: October 01, 2010, 10:22:11 PM »
Nice Cat.  I think a change of underwear would've been mandatory if I had a cat on a dead run towards me!
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Re: Cougar Down!
« Reply #38 on: October 02, 2010, 04:49:13 PM »
 Congrats to the hunter, Very nice cat :tup:
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« Reply #39 on: October 03, 2010, 12:54:25 AM »
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« Reply #40 on: October 03, 2010, 03:20:32 AM »
thats crazy!

 


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