Cougar Attack in Chelan Falls

[Buckslaya]

I would agree with Bigdog, this story as written has a lot of room for interpretation and seems to have a lot of holes in it. If he has background info, it would seriously make me reconsider how drastic the situation truly was. I don't think hero would apply to any of the humans involved with this story.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Big Dog 2- whoever .... I guarantee you if my dog chased a cougar on to private property and the cougar was attacking it I grant you I am coming to kill it ..... why is private property the issur here ?? I read the story and posted my  on it ! 

[Buckslaya]

I don't think the dog was being attacked, it sounds to me like the dog was doing the attacking and they were trying to justify shooting a kitten. I wasn't there though.

[bigdog2u]

I'm not gonna get into a pissing match over this but I know the land owner and the manager of the alfalfa field/area where the cougar was killed...As for my post count, I've been lurking on here a few years but I've never really posted because of the hate I see towards some posts/people on this board...Guess I was right...My second post and I get called out for not having a high post count and basically called a liar...Believe me or not I don't care...The man trespassed(again) and shot a young cougar that was trying to run away from a dog...If you think it's alright to trespass because your dog chases something onto private property, well, that's your choice...Anyway, everybody stay safe and have a happy holidays

[CountryslickR]

Funny how much misinformation this story has...First, the cougar never chased the kids...The family dog chased the young cougar onto someone else's private property where the cougar jumped onto a old orchard tree brush pile...This same private property is an area where the father of the children has previously been told to leave and not come back when he was archery hunting...When this incident occurred, the father, children, and dogs entered the private property again without permission and the father shot the huge menacing cougar with a .22 pistol while it sat on top of the brush pile trying to get away from the dogs...Never was the property owner notified of what happened until hearing about it on the radio and finding boot tracks and a .22 casing near where the cougar was killed...I have zero problem with someone protecting the dogs and children, but this was handled very badly...Their dog chased the cougar onto someone else's property and then they trespassed to kill it without telling the property owners...Nobody was in immediate danger seeing as how it took to the father several minutes to drive from town(about 5 miles), get a gun, walk about 1 mile onto private property to shoot the cougar...This was just a case of an somebody wanting to shoot a cougar and not caring that they had to trespass to do it...

   Exactly!!! 

[CountryslickR]

I'm not gonna get into a pissing match over this but I know the land owner and the manager of the alfalfa field/area where the cougar was killed...As for my post count, I've been lurking on here a few years but I've never really posted because of the hate I see towards some posts/people on this board...Guess I was right...My second post and I get called out for not having a high post count and basically called a liar...Believe me or not I don't care...The man trespassed(again) and shot a young cougar that was trying to run away from a dog...If you think it's alright to trespass because your dog chases something onto private property, well, that's your choice...Anyway, everybody stay safe and have a happy holidays

  Yup...Thank you for getting the truth out there Bigdog!!

[JimmyHoffa]

So, if this story is how you say (and not how it was reported to the WDFW and newspaper), then are you reporting it to the WDFW?  If there is evidence against the guy and he is using a fabricated story, then withholding knowledge of a crime is equally as bad.

[CAMPMEAT]

Funny how much misinformation this story has...First, the cougar never chased the kids...The family dog chased the young cougar onto someone else's private property where the cougar jumped onto a old orchard tree brush pile...This same private property is an area where the father of the children has previously been told to leave and not come back when he was archery hunting...When this incident occurred, the father, children, and dogs entered the private property again without permission and the father shot the huge menacing cougar with a .22 pistol while it sat on top of the brush pile trying to get away from the dogs...Never was the property owner notified of what happened until hearing about it on the radio and finding boot tracks and a .22 casing near where the cougar was killed...I have zero problem with someone protecting the dogs and children, but this was handled very badly...Their dog chased the cougar onto someone else's property and then they trespassed to kill it without telling the property owners...Nobody was in immediate danger seeing as how it took to the father several minutes to drive from town(about 5 miles), get a gun, walk about 1 mile onto private property to shoot the cougar...This was just a case of an somebody wanting to shoot a cougar and not caring that they had to trespass to do it...

I guess you were there to know all this info. 

[wraithen]

Big dog, my first comment was not bashing a low post count, we do have anti's pop in just as much as we have people sniping good hunting spots. As for my second post, it sounds like you have some credit to back up what you said. If it's true, I retract my second reply. Nobody here can actually hurt you and if you don't wanna get roped into something you can just ignore the thread. Happy holidays to you as well. Screw that, merry christmas!

[bobcat]

I have to say, Big Dog's story sounds a lot more plausible than the one in the newspaper article. I read that and it just didn't make sense. So the dog was being attacked and the kids were in danger, yet the father was able to get home and kill the cougar and save the dog and kids, after 30 minutes went by? I'm glad nobody got hurt and I'm glad nobody is getting charged for killing a cat, but I'm guessing they did their best to make it sound as if it was strictly a self defense type of situation, in order to justify killing the cat.

[Whitpirate]

I really don't care about the story.... another dead cat makes me happy.  I'm tired of seeing the kits grow and move farther and farther into town. 

[Curly]

Interesting story.  And a happy one since it involves a dead cat.

But it sounds like the parents of the kids are teaching them that it is ok to trespass; that is a shame.

And, what is the deal with the blowgun that one of the kids was using? What is blowgun used for?

[ICEMAN]

Uhh, Bigdog2u's story does sound a bit more plausible on it's face. I tend to believe bigdog2u...

Curly, what is a blowgun used for? Didn't you order one of those Jivaro blow guns out of the back of Field and Stream magazine when you were a kid? Me and my buddy ordered a couple. Lots of fun with them....loved that thing!

As for what they are used for.... we used ours for all sorts of bad things kids do at that young age. What did you do with your bb gun? 

[woodman]

Interesting story.  And a happy one since it involves a dead cat.

But it sounds like the parents of the kids are teaching them that it is ok to trespass; that is a shame.

And, what is the deal with the blowgun that one of the kids was using? What is blowgun used for?

Curly, I can tell you that when my son was young, he and a friend of his would take the blow gun that my dad bought him and use one of my air compressors to operate it. It would send those darts right through my steel garage door. Man that really pissed me off and my door still has those tiny holes in it. Yes we did have our father son talk after that happened and that blow gun did not exist after that.

[idahoelkhunter300wby]

I really don't care about the story.... another dead cat makes me happy.  I'm tired of seeing the kits grow and move farther and farther into town.

Couldnt agree more. The cougar population has exploded in douglas county. The deer herds are suffering immensly. The wheat farmers wont even let my kids come up and doe hunt any more cause they say that the herds are hurt so bad, they dont want anybody hunting.
20 years ago Ida laughed at you if you said there were cougars in douglas county.