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Title: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: trainerht686 on November 02, 2014, 08:03:30 AM: I got to see me first cougar in the wild this fall. I was rafting down the upper Wenatchee River, when I came around a bend and there was a cougar standing on the bank looking across the river. He didn't even notice me. Then to my surprise he started swimming across the river. He didn't notice me until he was about half way across the river due to my squeaky ores. I apologize the video is shaky due to me floating on the river and then I go through some rapids and it gets really shaky.

http://youtu.be/YwOBEVVVbSI?list=UUFTZzLglbcBmIR1Mx304jJA (http://youtu.be/YwOBEVVVbSI?list=UUFTZzLglbcBmIR1Mx304jJA)
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: KFhunter on November 02, 2014, 08:10:36 AM: welcome to HW - nice first post :tup:
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: MtnMuley on November 02, 2014, 08:23:08 AM: Wow, very cool.
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: 3nails on November 02, 2014, 08:24:20 AM: You just never know what you are going to see while outdoors!
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Post by: wannabhntr on November 02, 2014, 08:26:10 AM: Very cool. Welcome to the site.
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: Forrestrover.02 on November 02, 2014, 08:41:19 AM: :tup:
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: ghosthunter on November 02, 2014, 08:57:08 AM: looks like a fun day. I dont fish but drifting looks fun.

Welcome.
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on November 02, 2014, 09:05:14 AM: Pretty cool. Good thing you didn't get to him before he made shore, claws on rubber raft= :yike:
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: Birdguy on November 02, 2014, 10:24:19 AM: That is pretty cool for sure. Great first post too. Welcome to the posting side of the forum :hello:.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 02, 2014, 07:08:59 PM: The only thing wrong with the video....no gunshot :chuckle: thanks for posting :tup:
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Post by: go4steelhd on November 02, 2014, 07:12:30 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: Turner89 on November 02, 2014, 07:18:55 PM: Pretty cool :tup: That looks like the part of the river, when your just down stream of the bridge. If so the cougar basically just came out of the little community area. My brother has a rec lot right there.
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 02, 2014, 07:27:41 PM: Guess that answers if cougars mind water :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: nukemduke on November 02, 2014, 07:31:44 PM: Great video, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: TeacherMan on November 03, 2014, 09:51:31 AM: How was that float? Ive always thought about doing it. I'm currently living in AK but have plans to move back down. I've got a 16' cat that I love to use to float and access areas. Much area along the river thats not populated? are there many stretches that are below a class 3? Much wildlife on your floats?

thanks
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: trainerht686 on November 04, 2014, 07:03:47 PM: The float was amazing. The boat that we use is probably about a 10ft blow up pontoon boat. There are some remote places on the upper river but not much. And the access to those places are difficult. There are several parts of the river that are a class 3 and below. Surprisingly there has not been to much wildlife, which I can't complain, because seeing one cougar makes up for seeing dozens of deer and what not.
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: wadu1 on November 04, 2014, 07:27:29 PM: Quote from: KFhunter on November 02, 2014, 08:10:36 AM
welcome to HW - nice first post :tup:
:yeah:
Cool way cool
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: mulehunter on November 04, 2014, 07:40:31 PM: What, why not shoot it! :(

Cool video :tup:
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: teanawayslayer on November 04, 2014, 07:48:15 PM: Quote from: mulehunter on November 04, 2014, 07:40:31 PM
What, why not shoot it! :(

Cool video :tup:
I'm guessing it wasn't season. :dunno:
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: trainerht686 on November 04, 2014, 08:36:02 PM: I wasn't out hunting when I saw it. I didn't have a rifle on me.
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: Spawnstar on November 07, 2014, 02:25:47 PM: That would of been easy pickins
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: Hornseeker on November 07, 2014, 02:32:37 PM: That was cool... hard to really tell on vid, but it looked like after he saw you he picked up his swimming speed pretty good!!

Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: fishnate on November 12, 2014, 03:24:33 PM: Sweet vid!
Title: Re: Cougar Swimming Across the Wenatchee River
Post by: Curly on November 12, 2014, 04:03:29 PM: Really cool video. 8) Thanks for sharing.

I could hear the squeaky oars in the video. :)