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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: sled on September 11, 2014, 09:49:50 PM

Title: Cougar down!!!
Post by: sled on September 11, 2014, 09:49:50 PM: Last Night Decided To Go For A Hunt Looking For Bear Number 2. SItting 12 Yards Off The Road I. A Slash Pile Overlooking A Clearcut. After About Half Hour I Heard A Small Branch Break. I Watched For A Minute And Saw Brown Moving Through The Alders And Watched It Disappear Into A Tank Trap. I Thought For Sure Deer, I Layed The Rifle Back In My Lap And Watched To See It Go By. When It Came Up I Thought Cat!. At That Point It Was No More Than 12 Yards. As I Raised The Rifle To Make A Left Hand Shot My Arm Hit A Root On The Stump I Was On And Made A Snap. The Cat Froze Looking At Me. I Can't Belive It Stayed Long Enough For A Shot. It Jumped About 4 Feet Straight Up, And In About 2 Leaps Covered About 15 Yards Across The Road, And Up The Bank. I Could Hear It Going Through The Blackberry Bushes And Reprod For A Bit. 20 Minutes Later On The Road I Went To Look For Blood, And Found Chunks Of Lung. Began To Track As It Was Getting Dark, And Found It About 25 Yards In. The Most Nerve Racking Track Job Ever For Me.
Turned Out To Be A 2-3 Year Old Female At Around 100Pounds. This Has Been A Once In A Lifetime Year For Me So Far With My First Bear In The Spring, And My First Cougar.
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Post by: mfswallace on September 11, 2014, 09:54:18 PM: Awesome!!!!
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Post by: jrebel on September 11, 2014, 09:56:48 PM: Awesome...congrats on a nice cat. :tup:
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Post by: Lucky1 on September 11, 2014, 10:02:34 PM: Nice cat! That had to be the ultimate adrenalin rush! :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on September 11, 2014, 10:04:16 PM: Very cool. congrats
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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 11, 2014, 10:13:53 PM: Very exciting time for you. Awesome. :tup:
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Post by: Duffer on September 11, 2014, 10:14:45 PM: Most excellent! :tup:

Congrats!!!
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Post by: coachcw on September 11, 2014, 10:16:48 PM: Way to go ! The deer thank you
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Post by: RB on September 11, 2014, 10:17:36 PM: Right on! :tup:
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Post by: bobcat on September 11, 2014, 10:19:23 PM: Nice shot! What was the rifle?
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Post by: sled on September 11, 2014, 10:23:47 PM: Quote from: bobcat on September 11, 2014, 10:19:23 PM
Nice shot! What was the rifle?
[/Springfeild Socom 16, With Burris Scout Scope. Took My Spring Bear With It As well :IBCOOL:. Black Guns Do Make Good Hunting Rifles After all :chuckle:
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Post by: sled on September 11, 2014, 10:26:39 PM: My Wife Says No More Rugs This year :rolleyes:. She Thinks It Good, But It Got Expensive Real Fast.
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Post by: RadSav on September 11, 2014, 10:28:04 PM: SAW WHEAT!!!
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Post by: bobcat on September 11, 2014, 10:29:09 PM: Sure was that cat's unlucky day. :tup:
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Post by: PolarBear on September 11, 2014, 10:32:22 PM: Good job and thanks for eliminating that game killer!
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Post by: Romulus1297 on September 11, 2014, 10:35:29 PM: Nice year :tup: Now leave for the high hunt in another day or 2 and find a big muley. This is your perfect year don't stop now :bdid:
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Post by: Payne on September 11, 2014, 10:59:10 PM: That is so cool. :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Ranger91298 on September 11, 2014, 11:07:03 PM: Frickin Awesome, congrats on your success so far this year...
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Post by: bearpaw on September 12, 2014, 01:02:27 AM: congrats, you did the deer in your area a favor :tup:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on September 12, 2014, 05:40:22 AM: awesome, congrats on being in right spot at the right time!!
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Post by: Jingles on September 12, 2014, 06:13:01 AM: If you weren't sure it was down tracking through that blackberry brush and I'm sure with extremely limited visibility probably had the anal pucker factor kicked in til you saw it. Been there done that with a bear.
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Post by: Whitpirate on September 12, 2014, 06:34:53 AM: Good work. The local deer and elk thank you.
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Post by: HornHoarder on September 12, 2014, 06:41:17 AM: Great job! Hopefully I can catch up with the one stalking my hunting area this year.
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Post by: Jacque on September 12, 2014, 07:14:01 AM: Very nice, don't see enough of these. Congrats.
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Post by: jason stevens on September 12, 2014, 07:20:00 AM: Congrats I bet that was crazy.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on September 12, 2014, 07:41:49 AM: You're the man sled :tup:
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Post by: kckrawler on September 12, 2014, 07:43:41 AM: What a year buddy! Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Greenhorn on September 12, 2014, 07:45:23 AM: Awesome, jealous!
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Post by: elkoholic1 on September 12, 2014, 08:08:44 AM: good job congrats!!! :tup:
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Post by: Huntboy on September 12, 2014, 08:13:05 AM: Way to go, congrats. :tup:
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on September 12, 2014, 09:19:43 AM: Right on, what a year! You owe it to yourself to give it your all for a deer and elk, not many ever get to punch out on the full big game package.
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Post by: subagang707 on September 12, 2014, 09:30:36 AM: Sweet!! :tup:
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Post by: Buckmark on September 12, 2014, 09:35:28 AM: Love it! :tup:
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Post by: huntnphool on September 12, 2014, 09:40:51 AM: Single handedly reducing the predator population, well done! :tup:
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Post by: Hittm_good on September 12, 2014, 01:23:54 PM: Quote from: coachcw on September 11, 2014, 10:16:48 PM
Way to go ! The deer thank you

:yeah: cool cat
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Post by: Biggerhammer on September 12, 2014, 06:02:12 PM: Well done Sled! That SOCOM is stacking them up. :tup:
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Post by: Halo on September 12, 2014, 06:12:47 PM: Gotta love it.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 12, 2014, 06:53:11 PM: Congrats! I have seen plenty in the woods, but they vanish instantly before I can get a shot unfortunately.
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Post by: bear hunter on September 12, 2014, 07:09:58 PM: :drool: :tup: sweat hunt Congrats. I had a shot with my bow years ago but buck fever F ed It up for my I draw my bow with out the release, because I was shaking to much. The cat was 10 to 15 feet way and didn't even know I was standing behind him. He was a big tom. I draw but I started thinking I never shot fingers with my compound before and it was my first bow season. I let down clipped the trigger on started to draw. The cat moved to the right and I moved to the left to take the shot. :bash: I then slipped on the wet log :yike: CAT OF A LIFETIME GONE :'( but It was cool to see him and almost bag one Congrats again nice trophy
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Post by: Turner89 on September 12, 2014, 07:13:23 PM: Congratts Sled :tup: That is very cool.
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Post by: sled on September 12, 2014, 09:36:27 PM: Tonight We Had The Tenderloin For Dinner. Fried It In Butter With Salt, And Pepper With A Little Garlic. Didn't Want To Kill The Natural Taste.
It Was Outstanding!. Like A Pork Chop For Sure.
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Post by: MikeC on September 12, 2014, 09:42:00 PM: I EAT CAT....???? :dunno:

Congrats! Awesome
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 12, 2014, 09:42:42 PM: Man that's good eats right there! :drool:

I have had kitty before. :tup:
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Post by: sled on September 12, 2014, 09:50:10 PM: Wife Says Pork Chop, Or Chicken Taste. I Say Damn Good Meat. More Pork With No Game Taste. I Don't Know What Is Better, The Spring Bear Or The Cat. Almost Rather Have Either On Over Deer Or elk :yike:
Can't Belive I Said That. :peep:
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Post by: rainshadow1 on September 12, 2014, 09:56:57 PM: :tup:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 12, 2014, 10:00:00 PM: Sweeeeeeeeeeet :tup: :tup:
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Post by: silverdalesauer on September 12, 2014, 10:24:32 PM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: hooker on September 12, 2014, 11:01:51 PM: Sled,
Thank you.
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Post by: Wea300mag on September 13, 2014, 09:16:22 AM: Nice work Sled, you are on fire this year. :tup:
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on September 13, 2014, 09:39:28 AM: Great looking cat, congrats!!!!
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Post by: jasnt on September 13, 2014, 10:14:35 AM: I was high on my cougar kill for a week. Nothing like it congrats
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Post by: sakoshooter on September 14, 2014, 09:49:23 PM: Way to go Sled.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on September 15, 2014, 07:10:46 PM: That's awesome! Congrats
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 16, 2014, 01:20:52 AM: Nice job :tup:
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Post by: Duckhunter14 on October 13, 2014, 10:00:38 AM: Awesome! :tup:
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Post by: WAcoyotehunter on October 13, 2014, 03:19:42 PM: I saw that black spot on the backside and thought it was tom

Nice work!