Post by: Axle on December 16, 2009, 12:47:56 PM
Here is a photo of a cougar killed 5 miles west of Cotton Valley .
The guy who shot it is 6 foot tall and weighs about 220 lbs. He was in a deer stand and saw the cat pass him downwind. He then saw it pass him upwind. When the cat passed him again (closer this time) downwind, he knew that it was hunting him. So…. boom.
After viewing this do you feel safe in the woods?
My comment: Those states back east denied they had cats for a long time. hmmmm should be tasty!
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Post by: jackelope on December 16, 2009, 01:39:58 PM
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My comment: Those states back east denied they had cats for a long time. hmmmm should be tasty!
my comment:
there's been lions around issaquah for a long time.
:chuckle:
Post by: GoldTip on December 16, 2009, 01:47:47 PM
QuoteMy comment: Those states back east denied they had cats for a long time. hmmmm should be tasty!
my comment:
there's been lions around issaquah for a long time.
:chuckle:
Well there has certainly been plenty of Cougars anyway...... ;)
Post by: Machias on December 16, 2009, 01:49:55 PM
Post by: NWBREW on December 16, 2009, 01:57:57 PM
After viewing this do you feel safe in the woods?
I always feel safe in the woods.....safer than I do in the city. And happier too. ;)
Post by: Axle on December 16, 2009, 03:45:28 PM
Didn't know it was getting twisted like that.
Thanks guys! I'll tell the guy who sent it to me.
Axle
Post by: jackelope on December 16, 2009, 03:55:51 PM
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Post by: @RCHER on December 22, 2009, 10:02:33 AM
The guy holding the cat is Jim Hackiewicz. He owned Custom Osteo, a skull cleaning and skeleton articulation service company in North Bend, WA - east King county. He does also outfit/guide hunters in S. Africa these days.
From Boone and Crocket...
The big tom was taken by Ron Hisler from Duval, WA, with one shot from a .30-06 shooting Barnes X bullet. His partner, Jim Hackiewicz used a varmint call to bring in the big cat – taken within 6 miles of Bellevue, WA. Bellevue is a major suburb of Seattle. Washington voters passed a bill banning the hunting of cougars with dogs a few years back. Good idea?
UPDATE: Unofficial score – 15-12/16, which would be in a 6-way tie for #7 all-time. Included in this list is a 15-12/16 tom taken by the only American President in the records book – Boone and Crockett Club Founder, Theodore Roosevelt, which when entered was the World's Record at that time. Roosevelt took his cougar near Meeker, CO, in 1901.