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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: RubblesPH on January 05, 2008, 07:47:26 PM

Title: WA Mt. Lion - 07'
Post by: RubblesPH on January 05, 2008, 07:47:26 PM: Here are a few pics of the cat I took this year on the hound hunt. Hope this works:
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Post by: waoutdoorsman on January 05, 2008, 07:50:57 PM: Congrats!!! thats a nice lookin cat! that got the blood movin again-i think its time to shove ducks to the back burners and focus on mt lions! thanks for sharing!
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Post by: bobcat on January 05, 2008, 07:53:18 PM: Nice cat! Congratulations!
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Post by: boneaddict on January 05, 2008, 07:56:49 PM: I'm glad you got him on here Drue. Did you decide on full mount or rug yet? He'd look good either way!
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Post by: Slider on January 05, 2008, 08:00:00 PM: Nice Cat!!!
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Post by: RubblesPH on January 05, 2008, 08:04:06 PM: Thanks everyone.

boneaddict....leaning towads the full mount by Todd Peyser - Just down the road from you.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on January 05, 2008, 08:07:46 PM: Nice looking cat. Thanks for posting the pictures. Congrats.
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Post by: boneaddict on January 05, 2008, 08:09:02 PM: Good choice. I've seen a fullmount that he did of a cougar and it is TOP notch. Cats are one of the hardest animals to taxidermy lifelike as far as I am concerned, at least in looking at them with a scrutinizing eye. The one I seen of his, there might even be a pic of one in the record book, are very very well done. Its funny, this guy doesn't even know I exist, yet I am his neighbor and one of his biggest promoters. He hasn't done anything for me, but everything I ahve seen done of his is top notch and I have no problem telling folks that. I guess you live and die in that field by word of mouth.
Title: Re: WA Mt. Lion - 07'
Post by: RubblesPH on January 05, 2008, 08:54:57 PM: Ya, Todd does great work!!! His attention to detail is incredible and he does the additional modeling on the forms that is required to make full body mounts truly life like. Many taxidermist, not all, either don't take the time, aren't experience enough or think that most people don't know the difference. Like you said, cats are difficult. Your either great at cats or you aren't....there seems to be no middle ground!

I called Todd before I got ahold of you for some info and he said that he knows of you, but didn't believe that he had ever met you in person. It's a small world, especially in Selah!

He does appreciate that your an advocate of his work.
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Post by: Machias on January 05, 2008, 09:21:24 PM: Great looking cat. Congrats! Let's here the story.
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Post by: Houndhunter on January 05, 2008, 09:28:47 PM: nice cat, what did he wiegh out too? the one that we got bout a week ago wieghed 115lbs. then the day after i left they got one that wiegh 135, i havnt seen pics of him yet but 135 is a real nice kitty, to me atleast
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Post by: washingtonmuley on January 05, 2008, 09:29:10 PM: Congrats on a nice looking cat. I want one of those suckers.
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Post by: RubblesPH on January 05, 2008, 09:40:49 PM: Never did get a weight on it.

I saw the pictures of your cat Houndhunter. Very nice!! Did you get an actual weight and estimated age by the biologist when you took it in or are you taking a SWAG?

Nice lion, you should be very proud of that cat!
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Post by: robb92 on January 05, 2008, 09:47:26 PM: Congratulations on the nice cat
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Post by: LongTatLaw on January 05, 2008, 10:06:11 PM: Man thats a GRRRRRREEEEAAAAT looking cat there brother!

very jealous!

Chasing them tomorrow!
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Post by: RubblesPH on January 05, 2008, 10:27:33 PM: Thanks - Appreciate that.

You have a hound tag? If so, which one?

Hope you get a race on, good luck!
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Post by: Head-shot on January 05, 2008, 10:32:21 PM: Very nice looking cat. Congrats.
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Post by: coonhunter on January 05, 2008, 10:47:47 PM: Good job!! Nice cat! ;)

coonhunter
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Post by: russ on January 05, 2008, 10:48:33 PM: that is an awesome looking cat! nice work! im jealous...maybe someday i will have my turn.
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Post by: RubblesPH on January 06, 2008, 12:42:31 PM: Machias - not ignoring you, just didn't have time for a long post.

This was our second trip out looking for a good cat. The first trip we spent five days and only found some small, cold or femal with kitten tracks. We had some real competition with the WF&G biologist and a couple of their hound hunters....thats a whole nother story!

The second trip we went to a different location and found the track on snow machines about 8 am. The first time we put the dogs on the track it was cold and we walked it out for quite awhile. The cat went down the ridge and into the timber and the dogs were having a difficult time lining it out. We ended up pulling the dogs off of it when we cut the track again on the other side of the canyon. The cat had went down in, milled around and then walked back up on the other side.

We put two dogs back on it and started walking it out. We found the bed where he had layed down under some tree baughs and watched the canyon. The dogs started getting a little more excited and were soon out of site about 200 yards from the bed. They ran about another 200-300 yards and struck on the track. The race was on! They ran the cat for about another 400 yards and he treed about 30 feet up. It was about 12:30 when we put him in the tree.

I stayed at the tree with two dogs, my buddy hiked back to the snow machine, let a couple of young dogs loose to go to the tree, gathered the cameras, leads, etc and then hiked back to the tree for the "before" pics. We tied the dogs, I let the air out him with a Thompson Center pistol and we took the "after" pics.

We calebrated that evening....great day cat hunting!
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Post by: Machias on January 06, 2008, 09:46:25 PM: Great story, thanks for sharing, I really appreciate it! :)
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Post by: Bigshooter on January 08, 2008, 05:26:24 AM: Those are some very cool pics.
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Post by: GoldTip on January 08, 2008, 06:51:21 AM: Great looking lion, thanks for sharing the pics and the story.
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Post by: JoeVon on January 10, 2008, 01:05:53 PM: Nice Kitty. A buddy of mine got a female over there near winthrop this year on that hunt.
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Post by: Houndhunter on January 10, 2008, 05:01:09 PM: we were guessing mine wieghed 115, but when we took it in the thing weighed 122lbs, a lil more then we expected. and the other cat that they got later, true wieght was 138lbs. and 2 guys in are family have lion permits in idaho for this year, so i may be able to get my hound out with there group, maybe...
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on January 13, 2008, 01:35:28 PM: Nice looking cat!
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Post by: RubblesPH on January 14, 2008, 03:48:19 AM: We took the cat to the biologist in Yakima and they estimated it to be 7 1/2 to 8 years old.

We had previously measured the Tom from tip of nose to tip of tail and it was 7'3" with the hide still on the carcass. Never did measure it after it was skinned out.

Heading back up this weekend to try to take another one if the quota holds out. Good luck everyone.
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Post by: catwithboost on January 14, 2008, 07:07:35 PM: That is one nice cat. Good job :drool:
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Post by: WAmuleyHunter on January 14, 2008, 08:16:29 PM: congrats on an awesome cat. i would love to take one of those one day. Do you guys have your dogs?? What area did you get it?? congrats and good luck on getting another one
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Post by: RubblesPH on January 17, 2008, 06:56:46 PM: Thanks and yes I have dogs. I drew the special hound permit and took the lion in the Okanogan unit.
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Post by: huntnphool on January 17, 2008, 07:00:10 PM: Can anyone apply for a hound tag and then if drawn contact someone with hounds that might want to take them?
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Post by: mossback91 on January 17, 2008, 07:09:37 PM: I think that you ahve to have atleast one hound to apply for it but Im not sure. One of my dads friends has hounds and I think thats what he said but Im not for sure on it.
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Post by: Houndhunter on January 17, 2008, 07:16:25 PM: yes you have to own hounds to be able to hunt them. one of the all time things that piss me off are people who dont own hounds and still put in. the people who actually own hounds have to put up with them and feed them and what not. while some dumb ass takes a tag and doesnt even own one. unfortunetly this does happen, i dont know how many of the applicant do own hounds, but i would say a good number out in who dont
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Post by: Wea300mag on January 17, 2008, 08:01:29 PM: Here is what the regs say:

"Who May Apply: Anyone who is a Washington resident and owns dogs capable of tracking and baying a cougar. If a quota is not reached in a hunt zone by January 15, then the Department will issue permits to additional hunters (hunters will be drawn at random from the unselected pool of applicants and must be a resident of one of the five counties)."

I wonder if my ex-wifes Pomeranian/Maltese mix qualifies? :chuckle:

Here is link to more info.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/cougar/index.htm (http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/cougar/index.htm)
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Post by: Head-shot on January 17, 2008, 09:16:00 PM: Quote from: Wea300mag on January 17, 2008, 08:01:29 PM
I wonder if my ex-wifes Pomeranian/Maltese mix qualifies? :chuckle:

Wouldn't that be baiting? :chuckle:
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Post by: Wea300mag on January 17, 2008, 09:28:39 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: WA Mt. Lion - 07'
Post by: RubblesPH on January 19, 2008, 02:08:20 PM: Well, it's all over for this year.....all the quota's have been filled.

Hopefully next year...