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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: spitfire on September 23, 2013, 01:14:35 PM

Title: Cougar instead of Blacktail
Post by: spitfire on September 23, 2013, 01:14:35 PM: I managed to get my first ever big game animal down yesterday. Not exactly what I had in mind, but it’ll work. I watched him hunt along a deer trail 30 feet down the hill from me (on my upwind side). I saw him creep out of view behind some brush and I waited for him to come back in to view, but he didn't come out on the other side. I used binoculars to look through the brush and saw him standing tall looking straight back at me. I stood up and drew. He still didn’t leave - gave me a good target so I shot him broadside. Spun straight up in the air like a top and then crashed down the hill - he didn't even get 75 yards.
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Post by: novice870 on September 23, 2013, 01:18:22 PM: Awesome! Congrats!
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Post by: BullCrazy24 on September 23, 2013, 01:18:39 PM: congrats!!!
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Post by: rb2506 on September 23, 2013, 01:20:26 PM: I'd take that any day. Awesome

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Post by: whacker1 on September 23, 2013, 01:20:53 PM: nice
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Post by: luvmystang67 on September 23, 2013, 01:21:07 PM: CONGRATS! Your life will surely be filled with numerous ruminants later on. Shooting a cat without bait, hounds and while using a bow is a significant feat! Its not a giant, but most people on this site would be excited as h*ll to shoot one with ANY weapon.

Many congratulations, every other animal is going to be easier quarry. I'm very jealous.
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Post by: boneaddict on September 23, 2013, 01:22:13 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: Bean Counter on September 23, 2013, 01:25:02 PM: Outstanding. Now that bucks offspring will be around for your next several seasons :tup:
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Post by: Fowlweather25 on September 23, 2013, 01:41:00 PM: DUDE, NICE JOB! Im very envious! :tup:
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Post by: pashok23 on September 23, 2013, 01:43:45 PM: Good looking cat.congrats.never seen a cougar in the wild...not even talking about shooting one.lucky you :tup:
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Post by: Fl0und3rz on September 23, 2013, 01:52:08 PM: "Meh," says this guy who killed one with a spear.

http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/man-uses-spear-to-save-girlfriend-from-mountain-lion/ (http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/man-uses-spear-to-save-girlfriend-from-mountain-lion/)

Just kidding. Nice job.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 23, 2013, 03:42:10 PM: Very nice, congrats :tup: Gonna mount it?
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on September 23, 2013, 04:16:56 PM: Great cat!!! :) And you surely helped out your deer herd in the process. :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 23, 2013, 04:21:44 PM: :tup:
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Post by: dawn2dusk on September 23, 2013, 04:27:31 PM: Nice work!!! :tup: couldn't be more jealous!
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Post by: seth30 on September 23, 2013, 04:31:17 PM: Great job on that cat :tup:
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Post by: mkcj on September 23, 2013, 04:32:56 PM: :tup:
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Post by: rainshadow1 on September 23, 2013, 04:46:08 PM: Good stuff! Nice Job ! Looks like a youngish cat, but I guarantee you it wasn't staking mice! Protecting fawns, nothin'! It'd take your big buck down just as easy... Every cat down saves about 40 deer per year. Nice trophy and excellent eating too!
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Post by: elkoholic1 on September 23, 2013, 04:56:36 PM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Johnb317 on September 23, 2013, 04:59:26 PM: Awesome!
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Post by: spitfire on September 23, 2013, 05:29:38 PM: Quote from: bowhunterforever on September 23, 2013, 03:42:10 PM
Very nice, congrats :tup: Gonna mount it?

I haven't decided whether to make a rug or just tan it, considering its size
kids thought it was pretty cool and are already staking claim on the pelt, skull and stuff.
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Post by: Bmcox86 on September 23, 2013, 05:36:30 PM: Awesome, great shot.
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Post by: sakoshooter on September 23, 2013, 07:42:11 PM: That's a rare trophy. Congrats.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 23, 2013, 07:57:04 PM: Congrats! I have seen them in the woods, but never had an opportunity to shoot one. They usually always take off.
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Post by: JWhite22 on September 23, 2013, 08:05:22 PM: Nice! I had one come in on me last year and didn't have the tag...I was bummed!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 23, 2013, 08:10:53 PM: Sweet :IBCOOL:
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Post by: wackum on September 23, 2013, 08:36:22 PM: That's a sweet trophy congrats :tup:
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Post by: JJB11B on September 23, 2013, 08:52:47 PM: Very Well Done Sir I am jealous!
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Post by: TheSkyBuster on September 23, 2013, 08:59:45 PM: Nice Kitty! :tup:
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Post by: Natures Way on September 23, 2013, 09:19:59 PM: Congrats! Nice cat.
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on September 23, 2013, 09:20:52 PM: This must be the year of the cougar kills.

Good for you......... :tup:
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Post by: Harborhunter on September 24, 2013, 08:50:28 PM: That's awesome, especially with a bow. :tup:
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 25, 2013, 01:05:06 AM: Great job :tup:
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Post by: nw_bowhunter on September 25, 2013, 05:29:02 PM: Hi Spitfire, I just met you last weekend shortly after you got your cougar. Bryan and I stopped by after the Seahwaks game...How did everything work out? Good job on the cougar
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Post by: BlacktailBowhunter on September 25, 2013, 09:50:26 PM: That is a great first big game with a bow. Congrats. I killed a 105lb female in 2010 with a rifle while bear hunting. I did a life size mount. :tup:
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Post by: Turner89 on September 25, 2013, 10:10:26 PM: Quote from: luvmystang67 on September 23, 2013, 01:21:07 PM
CONGRATS! Your life will surely be filled with numerous ruminants later on. Shooting a cat without bait, hounds and while using a bow is a significant feat! Its not a giant, but most people on this site would be excited as h*ll to shoot one with ANY weapon.

Many congratulations, every other animal is going to be easier quarry. I'm very jealous.
:yeah: Awesome! Bet that was a rush :tup:
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Post by: Song Dog on September 25, 2013, 10:18:18 PM: Nice job, that will be a good eating cat.
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Post by: saylean on September 28, 2013, 09:53:06 AM: Thats a heck of a way to start! Very nice man.
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Post by: ouchfoss on September 28, 2013, 10:34:40 AM: Quote from: saylean on September 28, 2013, 09:53:06 AM
Thats a heck of a way to start! Very nice man.

:yeah:
Wow! That is awesome! I think this is my 18th year of archery hunting and have yet to get the opportunity to fling an arrow at one. ( Ive seen them several times but getting them to present a shot is whole other story.) My first year of archery I never even saw a legal animal to shoot at!
Congrats! Now go shoot a 180 inch buck since you set the bar so high for yourself. :chuckle:
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Post by: R4n6er on October 24, 2013, 03:27:26 PM: :tup:
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on October 24, 2013, 03:36:51 PM: Very nice! :tup:
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Post by: BNAElkhntr on October 24, 2013, 03:49:38 PM: Great Job Someone shot a Big Female in my Bethel Unit this year and I did all but give him a parade when I saw him. At Least 40 deer and or elk calves saved :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Curly on October 24, 2013, 04:00:35 PM: Sweet. There is another member that killed a cougar this year as his first kill. :tup: 8)
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Post by: kisfish on October 24, 2013, 04:14:31 PM: Very nice. Congrats