Howdy everyone,
I've just moved from the Coos Bay area to Klamath and I really love it here already: the first night I had a muley doe walk within 50 ft of my car at the new townhouse in the NE part of town...and man alive are there quail running all over the place!
I'm trying to get to know the area as well as I can in preparation for hunting, though I plan to just bow hunt for deer in the Rogue unit (need to get to know that area too). I was hoping anyone on here might be willing to tell me where to try to look for mountain lions around this region?
I'm certainly not asking for specific locations, just generalities: should I be looking higher in elevation, in transition areas between timber and upland meadows...obviously I know I should try to find a place relatively close to a population of game animals and set my Fox Pro out and see what I can get to come in.
Do any of you think I would have better chances of running into big cats further north of here, or more west into the mixed timber? Really dumb question: I can hunt in the wilderness areas right? Don't laugh...I'm from the upper Midwest and we only have one wilderness area in MN! Where ever I can go where I can find a nice big kitty begging to get knocked down with some lead and tanned for my wall!
Speaking of which-quick shameless plug-I took my cow elk hide (finally) to Timberline Taxidermy in Coquille before moving: I wish I gone sooner...I could spend hours drooling over all the fine taxidermy! I can't wait to get my hair-on hide back in 5-6 months...totally worth the price (and he had 3 lions in there at the time for me to be jealous of too!). He and his wife are the nicest people and I would sure love to bag a cat to have him make into a rug.
I've seen a lot of mule deer right in town so far, and I've only been here a week: I think its great to see deer, but sad to know they are in town because it is the 'safest' place for them to evade their wild predators-which I would like to take a whack at with my 7mm-08.
I would love to punch my cat tag...so I can immediately head to Bi-mart and get another one, then do it again! Any pointers for cat hunting in the high Cascades are appreciated.
Good luck with the summer scouting everyone-keep the fires down so I can get some scouting in this summer too!
Sara
I've just moved from the Coos Bay area to Klamath and I really love it here already: the first night I had a muley doe walk within 50 ft of my car at the new townhouse in the NE part of town...and man alive are there quail running all over the place!
I'm trying to get to know the area as well as I can in preparation for hunting, though I plan to just bow hunt for deer in the Rogue unit (need to get to know that area too). I was hoping anyone on here might be willing to tell me where to try to look for mountain lions around this region?
I'm certainly not asking for specific locations, just generalities: should I be looking higher in elevation, in transition areas between timber and upland meadows...obviously I know I should try to find a place relatively close to a population of game animals and set my Fox Pro out and see what I can get to come in.
Do any of you think I would have better chances of running into big cats further north of here, or more west into the mixed timber? Really dumb question: I can hunt in the wilderness areas right? Don't laugh...I'm from the upper Midwest and we only have one wilderness area in MN! Where ever I can go where I can find a nice big kitty begging to get knocked down with some lead and tanned for my wall!
Speaking of which-quick shameless plug-I took my cow elk hide (finally) to Timberline Taxidermy in Coquille before moving: I wish I gone sooner...I could spend hours drooling over all the fine taxidermy! I can't wait to get my hair-on hide back in 5-6 months...totally worth the price (and he had 3 lions in there at the time for me to be jealous of too!). He and his wife are the nicest people and I would sure love to bag a cat to have him make into a rug.
I've seen a lot of mule deer right in town so far, and I've only been here a week: I think its great to see deer, but sad to know they are in town because it is the 'safest' place for them to evade their wild predators-which I would like to take a whack at with my 7mm-08.
I would love to punch my cat tag...so I can immediately head to Bi-mart and get another one, then do it again! Any pointers for cat hunting in the high Cascades are appreciated.
Good luck with the summer scouting everyone-keep the fires down so I can get some scouting in this summer too!
Sara