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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: saudog on September 23, 2010, 10:26:11 AM

Title: Cougar Down!
Post by: saudog on September 23, 2010, 10:26:11 AM: My buddy shot a cougar with his bow! He says they purposely stalked it and made a call at it. His story is below. He's crazy I know that so I have to believe him. He says it was a big male and the pictures don't lie. His story is below....

Hey Guys,

wanted to send you a couple of picks of this big Tom Cat I killed in the backcountry friday. My buddy spotted the cougar on a ridge above us while we were glassing for mule deer. The cat was about 450 yards away sunning himself on a big rock. We thought that if we could close the distance to 100 yards we could call him in with a doe or fawn call. We figured he was hungry and thought he would come belly crawling at us and we would slip an arrow in him. We worked our way up the ridge slowly, we got to about 100 yards from where we thought the cougar was bedded. We notice a group 4 mule deer bucks feeding below the Cat on our contour, that's when one of the bucks noticed the cougar stalking them and let out a loud snort and they all busted. As the bucks busted down the hill john let out a perfectly timed doe call and the cat came sprinting full tilt at us, I raised my bow anchored my peepsight, centered my top pin and smoked him at 20 yards! What a Hunt!
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Post by: DoubleJ on September 23, 2010, 10:33:59 AM: This is not deer hunting, why is this here? :dunno:
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Post by: Raul Duke on September 23, 2010, 10:35:05 AM: still a good story.
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Post by: saudog on September 23, 2010, 10:35:46 AM: Sorry man. Didn't mean to piss you off. They were dear hunting and shot a cougar, and I thought I would share. Have a nice day...
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Post by: Skillet on September 23, 2010, 10:36:25 AM: That is awesome!
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Post by: PolarBear on September 23, 2010, 10:36:55 AM: Nice!
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on September 23, 2010, 10:38:10 AM: Quote from: DoubleJ on September 23, 2010, 10:33:59 AM
This is not deer hunting, why is this here? :dunno:

who cares.... That's awesome!!!

my uncle put an arrow in a cougar last weekend while elk hunting. It snuck up to 5 yards and turned to leave before he stuck it. We weren't able to recover it and judging by the arrow, the cat will probably live.
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Post by: DoubleJ on September 23, 2010, 10:43:30 AM: Not caring or getting pissed off. Just flipping some crap. Nice cat.

On a side note, do you eat cougar or just skin it?
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Post by: Ellensburg on September 23, 2010, 10:44:12 AM: Quote from: DoubleJ on September 23, 2010, 10:33:59 AM
This is not deer hunting, why is this here? :dunno:

It involves deer you goofball. Deer eat cougar, cougar eat deer, man eats both. Elk eat both. Its the circle of life man.
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Post by: whitey on September 23, 2010, 10:46:30 AM: Im down with the who cares why its here. :yike:
Nice cat..And some real fine eats.
Looks real healthy..
Awesome..
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Post by: whacker1 on September 23, 2010, 10:47:05 AM: cool story and trophy
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Post by: DoubleJ on September 23, 2010, 10:47:50 AM: Quote from: Ellensburg on September 23, 2010, 10:44:12 AM
Quote from: DoubleJ on September 23, 2010, 10:33:59 AM
This is not deer hunting, why is this here? :dunno:

It involves deer you goofball. Deer eat cougar, cougar eat deer, man eats both. Elk eat both. Its the circle of life man.

;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Tony 270 on September 23, 2010, 10:50:47 AM: Awesome, glad he got one.
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Post by: cohoho on September 23, 2010, 10:51:00 AM: That is a hunt for sure. Would love to get a cougar, such a great animal, and to do it with a bow, right on...
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Post by: BigD on September 23, 2010, 10:56:56 AM: That's crazy. Nice cat.
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Post by: Winchester670 on September 23, 2010, 10:58:16 AM: Good deal congrats on the cat
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Post by: 7mag. on September 23, 2010, 11:28:55 AM: That's pretty cool. Nice cat. Someday, I hope .
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Post by: turkey buster on September 23, 2010, 11:30:50 AM: thats a big cat congrats
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Post by: markts on September 23, 2010, 11:31:54 AM: Nice cat-congrats to the masked hunter :chuckle:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on September 23, 2010, 11:34:05 AM: Congrats and I like the special effects!!
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Post by: washelkhntr on September 23, 2010, 11:35:05 AM: Sweet. Congrats to the hunter.
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Post by: bucklucky on September 23, 2010, 12:48:35 PM: Thats fricken awesome! Congrats to your buddy!
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Post by: MuleySniper on September 23, 2010, 12:50:49 PM: Nice one! What an awesome trophy. Man those suckers are getting thick...
MS
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Post by: buckhorn2 on September 23, 2010, 12:54:18 PM: Nice cat sounds like a fun way to add excitement to your hunt.
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Post by: BlackRidge on September 23, 2010, 12:56:16 PM: Awesome!! Great looking cat
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 23, 2010, 12:56:59 PM: sweet!!!! what a great bonus :IBCOOL: if he has more pics i/we would love to see them. i would love to see one of the cat streched out if he took any of it that way. thats a dam fine cat for sure :IBCOOL: nice big mellon :drool:
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 23, 2010, 01:06:49 PM: That's a great lookin' cat! Nice job! 8)
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Post by: FC on September 23, 2010, 03:46:36 PM: Beautiful cat, well done!
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Post by: grundy53 on September 23, 2010, 03:53:21 PM: Nice kitty
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Post by: Tman on September 23, 2010, 05:15:53 PM: Nice Cat. I think a change of underwear would've been mandatory if I had a cat on a dead run towards me!
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Post by: saylean on September 23, 2010, 05:28:02 PM: Nice cougar! And with a bow know doubt...man alive, thats hard to duplicate! Grats!
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Post by: Wea300mag on September 23, 2010, 07:12:03 PM: That has to be a thrill of a lifetime, congrats to the hunter.
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Post by: rb2506 on September 23, 2010, 07:19:13 PM: reading the story i pissed myself :yike: great cat
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Post by: rainshadow1 on September 23, 2010, 07:33:52 PM: Is that Flyguide again?!?! Where's Flyguide?!?!

Great story, what an exciting encounter! Looks like a real nice cat!
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on September 23, 2010, 08:48:10 PM: Nice job!
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Post by: GlennGTR on September 28, 2010, 09:00:32 PM: Why is the face blacked out on your hunting buddy?
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Post by: winston2789 on September 29, 2010, 01:44:18 PM: That's something to remember!!! :rockin: Congrats.....What part of the state was this?
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Post by: skier2480 on October 01, 2010, 10:22:11 PM: Quote from: Tman on September 23, 2010, 05:15:53 PM
Nice Cat. I think a change of underwear would've been mandatory if I had a cat on a dead run towards me!
:yeah:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 02, 2010, 04:49:13 PM: Congrats to the hunter, Very nice cat :tup:
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Post by: Titan-1 on October 03, 2010, 12:54:25 AM: :yike: Awesome!!!
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Post by: scout88 on October 03, 2010, 03:20:32 AM: thats crazy!