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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: longrangekiller on October 27, 2014, 02:20:46 PM

Title: Put this kitty down for a dirt nap!
Post by: longrangekiller on October 27, 2014, 02:20:46 PM: well after a long long 9 days of hunting! We had our heads hanging a little low tried everything week could think of to try and put some deer in the freezer. we left deer camp on Friday and headed to our property to go chase some elk. Didn't see much over the weekend and were kinda bummed but yesterday at 11:30am that all changed. The fiance and I were getting ready to pack up and head home when she tells me "THERE'S A COUGAR" so i dig through the camp trailer get the rifle out and load a round, i figured hes long gone by now i through the bipod out and start hurrying looking through the scope to get on him i see his head poking out in the dark timber and the long tail behind him. put the cross hairs on his chest and let it rip i could hear the fiance "yell u nailed him" so i ran up around the timber and there he is staring at so i shot another on through the front shoulders. he went down as i walked up to him another runs out and then disappears into the timber. as im walking up to my cat a third one jumps out about 40 yards away and stairs at me................. quickly the rifle goes on my back and i pull my side arm out thinking hum this is getting kind of scary hahaha. he jumped up and scurried up the hill. so i drag this guy back to the cabin and celebrate hahaha this is one of the animals that was on my bucket list and couldn't be any more happy with it! and saved alot of deer and elk haha. the 300 rum with a 200gr accubond did quite the number on it though but the taxi says its fixable u can see in the pictures the entrance hole from the first shot and there is a very decent size hole on its back as well. but none the less a tough animal it took that shot through he chest and out the back like a champ.

explains why the last 2 years we have seen a huge decrease of elk and deer on our game cams and a pretty big increase in pictures of cats!
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on October 27, 2014, 02:26:03 PM: Very nice !!!!!!! Congrats
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 27, 2014, 02:31:31 PM: :tup:
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Post by: chester on October 27, 2014, 02:36:37 PM: Sweet :)

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Post by: sirmissalot on October 27, 2014, 02:38:53 PM: Cougar sightings around here have been out of control. Nice shooting
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Post by: JohnVH on October 27, 2014, 02:45:31 PM: lucky dog, Ive never seen a cat yet
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Post by: longrangekiller on October 27, 2014, 03:03:21 PM: ya its crazy this year i have 30 game cam pictures of cats and for sure 6 of them are different cats and thats just from April till now lol and that cams 30 yards from our outhouse at our cabin. i feel very lucky this is only the second one ive seen lol
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Post by: Ibcnurun on October 27, 2014, 03:36:06 PM: Yikes, it looks like he was hit with an RPG.

Great story.
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Post by: elkoholic1 on October 27, 2014, 03:38:23 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Jellymon on October 27, 2014, 03:40:48 PM: Quote from: Ibcnurun on October 27, 2014, 03:36:06 PM
Yikes, it looks like he was hit with an RPG.

Great story.

Bullseye! :chuckle:
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Post by: longrangekiller on October 27, 2014, 04:11:58 PM: i like to make sure they dont run far after i hit them lol usually on deer and elk as long as i get them in the ribs it dosnt make to big of a mess! hahaha
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 27, 2014, 04:26:38 PM: Good job :tup: Probably a group of litter mates.
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Post by: benhuntin on October 27, 2014, 04:31:00 PM: Not sure they suggest a 300 rum as a good pelt gun.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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Post by: Natures Way on October 27, 2014, 04:46:35 PM: Nice! Congrats
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on October 27, 2014, 05:00:18 PM: Nice, I'm jealous. I've heard of 3 cougars shot in the last month here where I live. Plus the cougars that have been posted on here.

Sounds like we're having cougar, wolf and Ebola problems. We need to bring back hound hunting for cougars like the old days, bring in a wolf season and close our borders to help control Ebola in our country, since the liberals can't start to control that either.......
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Post by: longrangekiller on October 27, 2014, 06:28:43 PM: Quote from: CAMPMEAT on October 27, 2014, 05:00:18 PM
Nice, I'm jealous. I've heard of 3 cougars shot in the last month here where I live. Plus the cougars that have been posted on here.

Sounds like we're having cougar, wolf and Ebola problems. We need to bring back hound hunting for cougars like the old days, bring in a wolf season and close our borders to help control Ebola in our country, since the liberals can't start to control that either.......

AGREEEEEEEED!
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 27, 2014, 10:54:49 PM: Nice job :tup:
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Post by: C-Money on October 29, 2014, 02:36:02 PM: :tup:
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Post by: JBG on October 29, 2014, 03:20:38 PM: Quote from: CAMPMEAT on October 27, 2014, 05:00:18 PM
Nice, I'm jealous. I've heard of 3 cougars shot in the last month here where I live. Plus the cougars that have been posted on here.

Sounds like we're having cougar, wolf and Ebola problems. We need to bring back hound hunting for cougars like the old days, bring in a wolf season and close our borders to help control Ebola in our country, since the liberals can't start to control that either.......

HAHAHA lets be honest. Im with you on the cougar and wolf plan. But only 3 people out of like 300 million people in the US have Ebola. Maybe we should let that one go for a bit, go camp in the woods for about 21 or 23 days, and come back to a thinned out herd of pie eating idiots.
Nice job on the Kitty, isnt today Oct 29th national Kitten day. Way to celebrate. :IBCOOL:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 30, 2014, 08:20:39 AM: Nice job saving some deer and elk calves.
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Post by: Taco280AI on October 30, 2014, 08:29:36 AM: I'd go back with friends and try some calls to get the others. Good job :tup:
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Post by: hirshey on October 30, 2014, 08:04:02 PM: Congrats! That's definitely an animal on my wish list... I'm happy for you!