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Title: Lucky dog
Post by: stickslinger on December 15, 2013, 05:07:20 PM: We'll I don't usually post on here but this story is crazy enough that I have to share it.
At 3:30 this morning the wife and I were woke up by a really annoying whine and naturally we assumed the mother in law's beagle found her way back to our door, so the wife gets out of bed to let her in but when she gets to the back door instead of a little beagle she finds about a 120 pound cougar on top of our lab. So naturally after hearing the Screaming from my wife COUGAR! And it has Shea (our lab) I managed to find the 9mm, loaded it go to the back door and sure enough this kitty thinks he is eating Labrador for breakfast but not on my watch. So I throw open the door and take aim ( from inside the house of coarse because I'm not that brave) and click crap must have been a bad round so re cock, take aim and click CRAP!! Now mad, nervous, and about to wet my self I realize the clip was not locked all the way in so I give it a smack re cock take aim and bam. Good news the cat drops the dog and the dog runs off, bad news now the pissed off and hurt cat is 25 feet away looking at me, so I took real careful aim and was able to put the second round in the forehead dropping the cat for good. So I call the game dept. and they come do there investigation and take the cat, I asked the officer if I could keep the cat since I had a cougar tag and he said the biologist would call me and let me know, but much to my pleasure he called me a few hours later and told me I could come get my cat. The dog is fine a few stitches and a drain tube. What a crazy day!
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Post by: Timberstalker on December 15, 2013, 05:11:43 PM: Wow! Crazy story. What town if you don't mind me asking?
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 15, 2013, 05:13:41 PM: Nice job on another deer killer down! :tup:

How did you train that Beagle to run cats to your door? :chuckle:
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Post by: Hunting7mm on December 15, 2013, 05:15:25 PM: WOW!!!! Good job!!! Saved the dog and got the cat!!!
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Post by: woodman on December 15, 2013, 05:20:59 PM: Got my heart rate up just reading that. I was very glad to read that your dog will be OK. Good job!
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Post by: Widgeondeke on December 15, 2013, 05:25:18 PM: Nice shooting! :tup:
Congrats on saving your dog and filling your cougar tag
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Post by: lewy on December 15, 2013, 05:25:33 PM: Wow, crazy!
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Post by: ICEMAN on December 15, 2013, 07:01:36 PM: Good job.

All the more reason to keep the gun loaded in the future? :dunno:
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on December 15, 2013, 07:23:00 PM: Awesome :tup:
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Post by: GoBeavs85 on December 15, 2013, 07:26:15 PM: That's so intense! Glad it turned out ok. Looks like a big cat too. Never had to use this but was taught by a police officer that if your gun doesn't fires you always "tap then rack".
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Post by: Hawgdawg on December 15, 2013, 07:37:47 PM: Quote from: ICEMAN on December 15, 2013, 07:01:36 PM
Good job.

All the more reason to keep the gun loaded in the future? :dunno:

:yeah: :yeah:
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Post by: ANDERWAGON on December 15, 2013, 07:40:14 PM: Nice work! Congrats... :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on December 15, 2013, 07:49:41 PM: That's a crazy story and nice cat :tup:
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Post by: CamoDup on December 15, 2013, 08:16:15 PM: WOW! Crazy story! Good shooting. Where did this happen?
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Post by: RB on December 15, 2013, 08:31:23 PM: Wow right on way to save the family dog and lots of other critters! :tup:
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Post by: BOHNTR on December 16, 2013, 12:13:57 AM: glad your dog made it.
That's my favorite way to see a cougar ..ventilated
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 16, 2013, 05:33:34 AM: Cool story and congrats on the cat. Good to hear the dog was not severly hurt
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Post by: stickslinger on December 16, 2013, 05:46:05 AM: It was near Wenatchee, and as far as keeping the gun loaded, this is not my self defense gun and I don't shoot it very often so with two young kids in the house loaded all times isn't going to happen.
Here's another pic to give u an idea of how close he was
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Post by: Huntboy on December 16, 2013, 05:50:45 AM: Quote from: ANDERWAGON on December 15, 2013, 07:40:14 PM

Nice work! Congrats... :tup:

:yeah:
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Post by: Irish_hunter93 on December 16, 2013, 05:50:53 AM: That's one heck of a way to fill your cougar tag! Glad the dog is safe
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Post by: teanawayslayer on December 16, 2013, 05:54:37 AM: sorry to hear about your dog. Thats pretty cool that wdfw allowed you to keep the cat! Sounds like you had an interesting morning!
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Post by: MooseZ25 on December 16, 2013, 06:39:16 AM: Glad you got him!
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Post by: combs338 on December 16, 2013, 06:50:25 AM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Raul Duke on December 16, 2013, 06:52:32 AM: Great story, thank you for sharing with us. Glad the pets are ok. :tup:
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Post by: jackmaster on December 16, 2013, 06:54:30 AM: thats a heck of a way to be woken out of a sound sleep!! how was it trying to go back to bed? :chuckle: awesome that you saved your dog. cats seam to be getting awful braisen these days. i think your lab owes you a snack :chuckle: :chuckle: :tup: i wonder if the game department realizes that we need to do something about are predator population yet :dunno: :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: Bwana Bob on December 16, 2013, 02:31:20 PM: Did the beagle ever come back? Hope the cat didn't get him. Had beagles when I lived in NY. Great little dogs.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on December 16, 2013, 02:36:13 PM: There's a man who protects his family. Well done!
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Post by: wildweeds on December 16, 2013, 03:00:24 PM: Wow CRAZY story for sure but not the first time I've heard it.My buddy shot at one that was leaving nose marks on his windows of the upstairs balcony after chasing a neighborhood cat up there.He missed though with a full clip,it jumped off the balcony and ran through his yard.

Iceman my coworker got a pretty good scare one night with having a preloaded,good to go .38.It went off on its own in the middle of the night and shot a hole through the bedroom wall that went through the shower on the other side and right on outside the house.Woke him up from a dead sleep.Only logical explanation that I could come up with is a proud primer with weak/thin metal and the heat was just right to allow the hammer tension to set it off.I informed him the way to go is resting on an empty cylinder.

Quote from: ICEMAN on December 15, 2013, 07:01:36 PM
Good job.

All the more reason to keep the gun loaded in the future? :dunno:
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Post by: Spikorbust on December 16, 2013, 03:01:41 PM: I though baiting cougars was illegal :chuckle:

Good to hear all is ok and nice cougar
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Post by: krzy4elk on December 16, 2013, 03:29:01 PM: Cool story, Good to hear your lab is going to be O.K. . Hope he won't be to traumitized by "cats" in the future. I would definity have a dog bed made out of that cat for sure! :chuckle:
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Post by: 400out on December 16, 2013, 03:48:13 PM: Not the way you want to fill your tag in the future! Thanks for sharing! Bet the dog gets a nice couch cushion tonight! ;)
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Post by: dewandgin on December 16, 2013, 04:13:52 PM: WoW what a way to get woke up in the middle of the nite. Glad everything turned out okay for the dog and glad you got to fill your tag. :tup:
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Post by: Taco280AI on December 16, 2013, 04:27:23 PM: Good job :tup:

However, you should have let F&G take that cougar, kept your tag, and gone hunting after another
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Post by: wafisherman on December 16, 2013, 06:14:33 PM: Crazy story! Nice shooting :)

I have 8 kids, but keep my pistol loaded and ready in a nightstand safe - can open and be shooting in just a few seconds if needed. I also have a 12 guage in the closet rifle safe loaded with home defense rounds - but not fully chambered. Got be able to let the perp here the pumping action just before I drop him :chuckle: Actually, our agreed to process is - I go for the pistol and head toward the threat, my wife heads to the closet and stays there with the shotgun until I give the all clear.
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Post by: lokidog on December 16, 2013, 06:52:18 PM: Nice shooting, some good eats there as well. :tup:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 16, 2013, 07:24:22 PM: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah:
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Post by: mountainman on December 16, 2013, 10:29:12 PM: Good job! And some good shooting!
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Post by: stickslinger on December 17, 2013, 07:28:59 AM: The 9mm was a carbine not a pistol, only type of rifle I have without a scope. Great accuracy and fun to shoot, since I knew the cat had the dog I wasn't going to spray lead with the pistol since I didn't know how close they were when I was getting armed. I agree with having a self defense weapon loaded at all times since an unloaded firearm is just a really expensive rock, but it was not my preference for this situation, looking back there is not much I would have done different accept maybe turn the porch light on and smack the clip harder when initially loading
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Post by: MLBowhunting on December 17, 2013, 08:07:18 AM: Glad your dog is ok. Hope the wife didn't panic too much :tup: great job with the shot placement.
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Post by: Skillet on December 17, 2013, 08:29:34 AM: Great job man.
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Post by: Peregrine on December 27, 2013, 10:02:34 PM: Quote from: teanawayslayer on December 16, 2013, 05:54:37 AM
sorry to hear about your dog. Thats pretty cool that wdfw allowed you to keep the cat! Sounds like you had an interesting morning!
:yeah: props to wdfw for that
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Post by: pashok23 on December 27, 2013, 10:43:18 PM: Filled your tag on your back porch?cant get any better.congrats :tup:
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Post by: redi on December 27, 2013, 10:59:31 PM: Nice job!
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on December 28, 2013, 06:08:50 PM: THAT IS CRAZY!!!!!! Great Job :tup:
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Post by: sirmissalot on December 29, 2013, 11:18:29 AM: I was expecting to see a picture of a small cat, was that thing really only 120lbs?? Looks like a good one to me... But maybe I'm just used to all the guys calling their 120lb cats, 200lbers! Nice shooting that's awesome you saved the dog and got a great looking lion out of it.
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Post by: furbearer365 on December 29, 2013, 07:43:02 PM: Nicely done. Im a little confused as to why everyone is saying it is awesome they "LET" you keep it. You said you had a tag and you shot it during a season, why would they have the ability not to let you keep it?
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Post by: 7t9cobra on December 30, 2013, 06:51:55 PM: That is a crazy story. That will make a great conversation piece on the wall. Glad the dog is okay. I bet he was glad to see you.
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Post by: Elkrunner on December 30, 2013, 07:35:45 PM: Pretty crazy stuff man. Glad to hear there is more less in the wenatchee area
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Post by: bobcat on December 30, 2013, 07:45:08 PM: I wonder how many cougars have been killed with a 9mm? I bet not many.
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Post by: quadrafire on December 30, 2013, 08:03:49 PM: Wow........Crazy
You must be a skinny dude if that is only a 120 lb cat
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Post by: Biggerhammer on December 30, 2013, 08:09:39 PM: WILD!!! Well done.. Way cool you get to keep the cat. :tup: I thought the same thing, it sure looks bigger than 120 dead and I'm sure it even looked bigger over the top of a handgun. Glad the Lab made it, a friends Lab wasn't so fortunate with its cat encounter.
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Post by: mountainman on December 30, 2013, 09:12:03 PM: 9mm carbine
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Post by: stickslinger on December 31, 2013, 06:18:13 AM: Nicely done. Im a little confused as to why everyone is saying it is awesome they "LET" you keep it. You said you had a tag and you shot it during a season, why would they have the ability not to let you keep it?

Cougars are considered big game so cannot be hunted at night or with artificial light
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Post by: bugs n bones on December 31, 2013, 03:58:58 PM: Great job....
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Post by: furbearer365 on December 31, 2013, 05:06:48 PM: Quote from: stickslinger on December 31, 2013, 06:18:13 AM
Nicely done. Im a little confused as to why everyone is saying it is awesome they "LET" you keep it. You said you had a tag and you shot it during a season, why would they have the ability not to let you keep it?

Cougars are considered big game so cannot be hunted at night or with artificial light

Duh, I didn't even think about it being at night. Sorry
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Post by: C-Money on December 31, 2013, 05:27:55 PM: What a story! Glad that turned out good for you! I think I would have for sure pee'd my pants!! :yike:
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Post by: Gobble Doc on January 01, 2014, 06:14:35 PM: Awesome. Great job.
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Post by: bankwalker on January 03, 2014, 06:23:46 PM: Wow what a story!!! Lucky dog and that's great to hear wdfw let you keep the cat. Sometimes they'll surprise you like that.
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Post by: sled on January 03, 2014, 06:45:18 PM: Good Job Protecting The Fam :tup:
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Post by: mkcj on January 03, 2014, 07:09:57 PM: Great story, Glad your Lab will be fine and a fine job of shooting :tup: MANY deer are are thanking you.