Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Wyoming08 on September 28, 2009, 02:21:03 PM
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This is my Brother in-laws Dad's buck he shot while hunting the Utah Muzzleloader hunt in Southern Utah. :chuckle: He shot this buck Thursday evening. They had left their horses in camp for the afternoon hunt so after he shot it, they gutted it and hung it in a tree for the night. :bdid: When they went back for it the next morning it was gone! :dunno: They started looking for it and found a big drag mark that was about 300 yards long from where they hung it. :( When they found it, something had buried it. This area has quite a few bear, so they figured it was a hungry bear that had taken it. I thought that Cougar bury their prey quite often and told him I thought it was a Cougar. Let me know what you guys think. It has an outside spread of just over 27
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without checking the area for tracks, I would say its a toss up between a bear and coug. But thats my guess.
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Nice buck! Had to tell with out looking for tracks, cause the both will burry there kill.
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I think that a bear would be more likely to steal a hanging deer than a cougar would be.
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Hard to tell what moved the deer without more info, tracks?
What area of Southern Utah? just curious as ive hunted there before.
I like that messed up right front, i would have taken him for the character.
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I have never heard of a bear burying a kill, not saying its not possible. But cougars do it all the time.
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They were "CLOSE" ;) to Monticello. They really didn't find any tracks. It did have a big bite taken out of the rib cage, :EAT: but that was all.
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Very unique buck, congrats.
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Nice Buck! Could have been either, but I vote cougar.
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The second Picture is what they found the next morning. So now what do you think it was?
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Cougar.
When I was in my late teens, I dated a lady for a while that was in her mid-30s. That's what I looked like when she was done with me...
Cougar.
:devil:
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Cougar.
When I was in my late teens, I dated a lady for a while that was in her mid-30s. That's what I looked like when she was done with me...
Cougar.
:devil:
:chuckle:
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My guess is cougar. I've seen a lot of burried kills from cats, so my vote might be a little lopsided
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It could be either, a few years ago we tagged a couple bucks and took care of them by the shop. there were both bear & cougar in the area with a bear bedding about 100 yds beyond the shop. Next morning a bear had carried most parts including legs about 50 yds out then buried them, coming back each night for several days.