Post by: slayer1 on December 18, 2009, 06:19:41 PM
Went out calling Monday morning with the news saying lowland snow. Perfect time to get out to do some calling. I was walking into a area I hunt just waiting to run onto some fresh bobcat tracks with this new snow. After a few miles and passing on some night before coyote tracks I stumbled onto fresh lion tracks. He headed up the mountain after a brief time on the road. Lucky for me a old road headed up the same mountain. So I hiked up about 1/2 mile until I came to the top and found a decent spot to set up. I set the foxpro out about 20 yds in front of me and got comfortable on top of a old stump. I remember wishing I had a treestand to get up even higher to get a better view but the stump would have to do. Not to long ago I listened to the predator hunting podcast with Mark Healey. He talked about using different distress sounds and lion vocals to try to "trigger" a response from a cat. So I started with DSG cottontail for a few minutes and then to blacktail fawn distress for a few, then lightning jack, and finally some juvenile cougar whistles. After 2 rounds of that and I see the brown back of a lion moving into position about ten yards from the call. I swung up my AR and found his head sticking out under a young pine. Put the crosshairs on him and let him have it. He jumped out to the edge of the road and took off away from me. I let him have it three more times as he ran away before he went down. He wasn't getting away. I was shooting 55 grain V max bullets. Only the first shot exited but not to big of hole. He was a young 1 1/2 old tom and weighed around 110#. Truly a unforgettable experience.
Post by: washelkhntr on December 18, 2009, 06:21:25 PM
Post by: runamuk on December 18, 2009, 06:23:09 PM
Nice cat....thanks for sharing
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Mulehunter
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Post by: stumprat on December 18, 2009, 07:45:03 PM
You got to live the dream......Congratulations!
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Post by: longstevo on December 19, 2009, 02:58:17 AM
"And this here is my pet kitten."
Nice kitty...
:chuckle:
Post by: ICEMAN on December 19, 2009, 05:02:11 AM
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Post by: billythekidrock on December 19, 2009, 06:39:06 AM
Hope you don't mind that I lightened it a bit.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2Fcougar1.jpg&hash=5ca85caed159e7270e4247c728d9244195a48cfb)
Post by: MADMAX on December 19, 2009, 06:55:11 AM
BTW
Is it permit only now ?
I know they changed a bunch of things
I have not looked at the western Wa rules in a while
Post by: bearmanric on December 19, 2009, 07:13:22 AM
Post by: rasbo on December 19, 2009, 07:15:23 AM
it closes here in Tenino dec 31 but i have the southouth cascade permit jan 1st till march 31st. cant down loud my new cougar sound's so will be using my Foxpro sound's. i have aol suck's. you should be ok up your way and northbend north i think. Rickyou getting a hancock permit
Post by: bearmanric on December 19, 2009, 08:42:18 AM
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Post by: slayer1 on December 19, 2009, 10:42:21 AM
Outstanding! Great looking cat are you going to do a rug or mount?
I have been checking around and have been thinking about doing a rug but not sure if I want the mouth open or not.
Not sure how to do another quote but someone asked what unit. I shot it in GMU 460, near Monroe, kinda :rolleyes:
I have a few more pics of the stand and where I was sitting. Billy, I don't know how to lighten but if you want do your magic again. And I better get to work if I want to go hunting again. Still lots of bobs out there!
The stumps are where I sat, and the stand shot has my caller in place and I put my backpack to mark where the cat was. The pack is camo so that wasn't very bright but you can find it if you look. The track with shell I took before making my way up.
Post by: rainshadow1 on December 19, 2009, 11:36:02 AM
Michelle said she might have found a closed mouth rug form... after she did mine open mouth. Ask her. Closed mouth is so much more realistic.
Again, really happy for you! Way to go!!!
Post by: slayer1 on December 19, 2009, 06:58:48 PM
How much of 'I'm did you see before you shot? How long between seeing and shooting? How was your heart rate?!?! Did you backtrack to see where he came from?
When I first glimpsed him I seen his back heading under the small pine. I picked my rifle up as soon as I seen movement. When I got him in the scope I seen his ears twitching around and he was looking towards my FX3. I put the crosshairs on his front shoulder and squeezed off a shot. Honestly it was very automatic. From when I seen him till I shot was no more than 10 seconds. Everything happened so fast my heart started pumping wildly after the shooting. I did not backtrack him but that would have been a great idea. One thing I did that I never do is take the safety off the AR when I got set up. Mine is pretty loud and I remember thinking I didn't want that to mess up my chance for a lion.
Post by: slayer1 on December 19, 2009, 07:09:49 PM
Post by: bighorns2bushytails on December 19, 2009, 08:03:59 PM
--BH2BT
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Post by: Gringo31 on December 19, 2009, 08:40:54 PM
Well Done!
I'm Jealous.
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Post by: Forrestrover on December 21, 2009, 08:56:58 PM
Good luck with the bobcats.
-Forrest-
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Post by: Jburke on December 22, 2009, 01:38:43 PM
when is cat season over. i didnt realize it was still open and wana go try calling in the snowIt depends on what part of the state. It used to all be the same, but they changed it around this year. Pick up a copy of the regs and take a look. Or just post which GMU you want to hunt and I'm sure someone will post the dates.
Post by: let.it.fly on December 22, 2009, 01:45:48 PM
Post by: Kain on December 22, 2009, 02:32:01 PM
issaquah, 454 i believe. or white river. i cant find my set of regs so i googled it and only got permit regs
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/cougar/cougar_regs2009.pdf
Post by: cascademountainhunter on December 22, 2009, 02:38:21 PM
Post by: rainshadow1 on December 22, 2009, 03:39:13 PM
454 is open 'til March 31.
Post by: bucklucky on December 22, 2009, 04:43:54 PM
Michelle said she might have found a closed mouth rug form... after she did mine open mouth. Ask her. Closed mouth is so much more realistic.
Its easy to make a closed mouth Rug shell. Beings there isnt that many out there , your probably better off making one out of a real nice updated closed mouth changeout head anyway. Jsut a thought. Your Taxi should be able to handle that.
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