Post by: tlbradford on December 21, 2009, 08:03:10 AM
This is the short story from the email.
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Here are some better pics, packed this bad boy out today after having to leave him on the hill last night and it took 7 hours from start to finish. Probably one of the toughest "1 Day" packouts that I have ever had. We loaded him onto a tobogan but the snow was deep and soft which made the dragging miserable even with 2 guys hooked up like Oxen. We made it though! It is a Tom that weighed about 130-140 pounds walked down on foot yesterday.
Joe
Post by: addicted on December 21, 2009, 08:06:39 AM
Post by: flyguide on December 21, 2009, 08:54:05 AM
I walked this Tom down on foot by myself without any dogs, in fact it was running with 2 other cats both seemingly mature. I ran them for hours and then finally got a glimpse of one cat slithering away through the timber (after I had jumped them out of bed an hour before) I just kept on hoofin' and after many miles got a look at one at 25 feet trying to hide behind a Pine tree. I struggled to get the scope caps off my Contender and get the hammer cocked as I was a mess and hyped on on enough adrenaline to do most people in. Before I could get the cat in the scope it started bounding off so I took an instinctual shot as it ran thinking that lead in the air is better than nothing!
I started sprinting down the hill after the cat when I saw that the other cats had just run out from right below me, so I had my choice of tracks to follow. I picked the cat I shot at simply because they went straight for a big brushy missletoe fir tree and then I saw that it was bleeding and my "miracle" shot..... had gotten a piece of him. I moved on him fast and hard for another 20 minutes crawling over, under, around, and through dozens of brush and stump piles and then finally caught him sneaking by me at 30 yards!
He was trying to give me juke move so I squared up for a shot (an emotional wreck at this point), and ther scope was encased in snow from having fallen down at least 100 times. I cleared the scope, could barely see through it, then fired on a dead round (or at half cocked) still not sure. I threw the shell out and dropped in a live round without even looking at the one I pulled. I had a tough shot but made sure that what I was looking at through the scope was the cat and squeezed off a careful shot. The cat was hit and tumbled back and then ran down the hill. Now I knew for sure I would get him. I shot 2 mored times as I chased him down hill through some deadfall and eventually after some more trailing he holed up under a fir tree and I nailed him one last time. It was awesome.
I have to attribute being able to keep up with these cats to getting on the Cam Hanes workout program as I had to cover a massive amount of ground at high speed without stoppping. Only those who don't run scorn it! That and shooting a bigger caliber than I used to helps a lot, a 35 Remington knocks 'em down when in the past I have had cats ignore a 223 impact.
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Post by: longstevo on December 21, 2009, 10:35:56 AM
And a big story too. Awesome.
Post by: TheHunt on December 21, 2009, 11:06:36 AM
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Post by: jager on December 21, 2009, 12:09:05 PM
That is a great looking cat.
Very cool tracking him like that!
Excellent job!
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 21, 2009, 12:13:10 PM
Post by: rainshadow1 on December 21, 2009, 12:14:55 PM
Nothing wrong with a point shot pistol at 10 - 30 yards. Best decision under the circumstances. (I don't aim a pistol at all anymore! 100% two eyed instinctive, same as bow and shotgun.)
How much ground did you cover before you caught up?
If I go ahead and do a Cougar DVD, I may want to meet with you and talk about that one! Not many guys could or would use that technique anymore. Especially high speed! (I'd have to do it at a packer's plod!) That's simply awesome! Way to go!
Post by: Lowedog on December 21, 2009, 12:23:04 PM
Post by: Shootmoore on December 21, 2009, 12:36:36 PM
Congrats on a nice cat and putting in the effort to make it possible beforehand!
Shootmoore
Post by: Kain on December 21, 2009, 01:08:40 PM
Must have learned it from these guys.
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Post by: bighorns2bushytails on December 21, 2009, 03:45:19 PM
--BH2BT
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Post by: saylean on December 22, 2009, 11:01:23 AM
Congrats!
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Post by: mulehunter on December 23, 2009, 05:40:11 AM
Mulehunter ;)
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MS
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Post by: Bighorse on December 26, 2009, 08:52:35 AM
I read this story before bedtime last night. So much for sugar plum fairies dancing in my head.
I was spear hunting white puma in my dreams.
Thats a sweet hunting accomplishment. Congrats.
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Post by: SGM R on January 03, 2010, 08:54:27 PM
nice cat, but I think we need to change your name to insane or psycho. :yike:
Yeah, flyguide is no longer cutting it.. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Hillbilly270 on January 14, 2010, 01:44:31 PM
still a nice cat joe and congrats on becoming famous in the email world.
here is the story:
Big one, 317lbs. Shot near Wenatchee, WA.
This email is from my Subaru Mazda service manager and the original is from his son Clayton.
Anyone want to pay taxidermy cost for a record cat? The kids are not sure what to do with it. I told them to keep it frozen and not try to skin it. Maybe we could mount it in the bar in Scottsdale so the cougars no what they are named after.
Here is a picture of cat. a friend of mine shot in the Ellensburg area on Wednesday. He came upon a fresh kill where there were three cats feeding. Now there is two. Note the size of the paws.
Post by: Lowedog on January 14, 2010, 04:07:35 PM
Post by: Curly on January 22, 2010, 02:38:08 PM
I just got a email with two of these pix and a partially BS story. sounds like this cat is getting bigger every day.
still a nice cat joe and congrats on becoming famous in the email world.
here is the story:
Big one, 317lbs. Shot near Wenatchee, WA.
This email is from my Subaru Mazda service manager and the original is from his son Clayton.
Anyone want to pay taxidermy cost for a record cat? The kids are not sure what to do with it. I told them to keep it frozen and not try to skin it. Maybe we could mount it in the bar in Scottsdale so the cougars no what they are named after.
Here is a picture of cat. a friend of mine shot in the Ellensburg area on Wednesday. He came upon a fresh kill where there were three cats feeding. Now there is two. Note the size of the paws.
This is funny. You're going to have your picture circulating around the net for many years to come with false stories. You'll probably end up on Snopes someday.
Some people probably have seen the pic with Jim Hackewitz holding his friends cougar. It has been posted all over the net and I think he is now on snopes. Why do people make up false stories with a real pic??? It is probably a complement though, I guess.
Great cat. Thanks for killing a deer eating machine.
Post by: 280ackley on February 15, 2010, 08:54:51 PM
http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/trophyWatch.asp?area=news#watchB1019C6D-B5EE-43D3-8848-FAFC291F8106 (http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/trophyWatch.asp?area=news#watchB1019C6D-B5EE-43D3-8848-FAFC291F8106)
Post by: Kain on February 22, 2010, 10:42:56 AM
http://www.nwwildcountry.com/huntwire.html (http://www.nwwildcountry.com/huntwire.html)