Stalked within 10 yards by cougar

[Curly]

   Good job staying alive and wacking that deer eater.

 

[lewy]

Sweet lookin long-tale man! Good call on the mount, it will look sweet,,,one bit of advice tho- cats are hard to get right when mounting so make sure and take it to a taxi who has done some cats and has some pics of his work  Nice work

[bucklucky]

Nice cat ! Just dont beleive the weight.

[Cougeyes]

Nice cat ! Just dont beleive the weight.

  Yeah its either the weight is off and it is a female or the weight is correct and its a male.  But the picture doesn't appear to be a 170 lb cat. But nonetheless its a real good looking cougar and congrats to you on harvesting it.

[Grouse Hunter]

Nice cat ! Just dont beleive the weight.

  Yeah its either the weight is off and it is a female or the weight is correct and its a male.  But the picture doesn't appear to be a 170 lb cat. But nonetheless its a real good looking cougar and congrats to you on harvesting it.

You apparently didn't see the post where he said that it was NOT a female:

Well, I lied to you guys. F&G had a tough time themselves, but said they're pretty sure it's a male. Sorry for my ignorance, but on a positive note I'm getting a full body mount.

[bucklucky]

I had a cat come in during deer season. Guy said it was a female.......I had to show him where the nuts were   It was a 100 pound Tom .

I guess I didnt mean it wasnt a 170 pound cat , but a 170 female , that is unreal.

Id like to know carcass measurements. I know my 160 pound Tom was 58 inches from the nose to base of tail and 38 in girth around the belly.

OOps , just saw the new post that it was a Male 

[Cougeyes]

I fail to read every post so I did not catch the post on it being a male.  At least my suspicion was correct. 

[BuckHunter23]

AWESOME, Congrats on the cat!!!! Great story too, glad it worked out in your favor!

Question for the masses and a hypothetical not realated to this guys encounter: 
What if you were in an area where you weren't allowed to hunt cougar and this same scenario happened?  Obviously one wouldn't want to take any chances and find out what the cougar had in mind.  Can you shoot in self defense at that distance, or would the game warden give you a hard time.  I buy a cougar tag every year, more for protection.  I for one wouldn't think twice and would shoot the cat and worry about the questions/consequences later.  Would the gamies just take the animal after you reported the encounter?  I've always been leary in the woods, and after reading all of your stories in this thread, I don't feel any easier about going out in the woods alone.

[rainshadow1]

I told you it was hard to tell sometimes! It's still a great cat, a great kill, and a great story!

Double +1 on the face/taxidermist. Don't scrimp. (I don't care if your kid cousin wants to be a taxidermist someday!) Bad cat faces are HORRIBLE!!! I mean, you won't even want to show it. Definately look at their gallery of work.

Michelle did my first rug, and it's beautiful! Charlie's got my second hide, but it was far too nice to rug, so I'm just having it tanned since I can't afford a full mount right now. (I might want to mount it with a big male someday.)

Edit: @ question for the masses... "Bang!" Take pictures, mark your position, leave the cat there, call the warden. You'd be fine. You could likely have let them take this one and call it self defense... but why would you do that?!?! It's a gorgeous cat!

[Hangfire]

Question for the masses and a hypothetical not related to this guys encounter: 
What if you were in an area where you weren't allowed to hunt cougar and this same scenario happened?  Obviously one wouldn't want to take any chances and find out what the cougar had in mind.  Can you shoot in self defense at that distance, or would the game warden give you a hard time.  I buy a cougar tag every year, more for protection.  I for one wouldn't think twice and would shoot the cat and worry about the questions/consequences later.  Would the gamies just take the animal after you reported the encounter?  I've always been leary in the woods, and after reading all of your stories in this thread, I don't feel any easier about going out in the woods alone

Mt wife's nephew had one come running at him when he was crouched down in the brush glassing for deer about 10 years ago. He shot it at a few feet. He reported it to FW and had to hand over the cat. No further problem. He may have had a problem if the cat had been further away, with out firing a shot into ground, hollering etc. If he had tried to keep the cat with out reporting it, would have been a problem, if discovered.

[Jellymon]

Hope you don't mind me posting mine. This one was weighed by my taxi and was 160 lb tom. Had its nose ripped open in a fight with something. I blew my deer call in the timber and saw this cougar running in my direction, thought it was a deer. When I shot, it was only 15yds away! I got a full mount and it is worth every penny. Definitely use a good taxi, lots of them mount deer and elk very well, but cant do cats.
 
After comparing your pic to mine I can see it hitting 170lbs. Its probably one of your favorite hunts now huh? Awesome job!! Ask for the skull back, looks great by the mount!

[Buckhunter82]

That's a very nice cat jellymon. That things nose has some issues, but definatly adds character. You should post a picture of your mount. I would love to see how it turned out. What unit did you find him in?

[Jellymon]

I got him in the vail tree farm in skookumchuck. Here he is mounted. My taxi fixed the nose on it. See the ruffed up ears? He had scars all over his face too, this kitty was a fighter! The scar on his left ham was from the bullet exiting, that shows the angle of the shot, he was running right at me! Yeah I know, we need to dust up there, but its so hard to reach....

[whacker1]

super cool - grad you outlived him

[Curly]

Jelly, that is a cool looking mount.