06 cougars (with pics)

[switchback]

me a couple friends went to eastern for a week of bow hunting for elk and we came home with three cats out of the 7 that we seen

we were driving this long winding road in the sage brush at daylight and one of them spoted movement in the brush so we stoped and the both say at the same time cougar so we all start scrabling in the back seat for guns and the dang cats never moved so needless no say they got plowed




the biogest said that they are young cats both males weight about 110 not a small cat in my book

[Bugle4em]

[oregonoutdoors]

Very nice, I always carry some guns in the truck for that reason

[ultramag]

Congrats!

[Antlershed]

Wow, to see 7 cats, and to shoot 3 of them...that's awesome!

[Ni!]

Dang! That is too cool. Way to put the hurt on 'em.

[Limbhanger]

That is awesome guys !! How did you do on big game with all those cats around?

[RODACTION]

7 cats ? That is wild !!!

Baggin 3 even better !!!!

Thanks for the pic

[Fish Hunter]

Nice work.

I could not get my sights on the one we saw hunting Eastern OR last fall. That was the second cougar sighted in as many years!

[switchback]

Originally Posted by Limbhanger

That is awesome guys !! How did you do on big game with all those cats around?

we didnt do worth the crap for elk got with in 40 yards of a nice 5x6 it was in some thick pine trees all i could see were the tops of his horns
but where we got the cats there was nothing

[stlhdr1]

3 cats killed and no dogs involved??

Keith

[switchback]

no dogs involved

[Ras]

Man, you just did a TON of wildlife a big favor. Those kittens were just finishing-up their rookie seasons, with long careers ahead. Did you cook 'em up? Supposed to be some good bites.

Ras

[buckhunter]

Thanks for helping out the elk! BH

[switchback]

after smelling the meat after we skined them they stunk so bad i was dry heaving that was the worst smell from a animale it was like a gut shot elk that was in 90 degree heat it was bad so he just deposed of the carcess but yes i also have heard that they eat very well like pork

[jokester]

Nice work fellers

-jokester

[BrianMaguire]

Originally Posted by switchback

after smelling the meat after we skined them they stunk so bad i was dry heaving that was the worst smell from a animale it was like a gut shot elk that was in 90 degree heat it was bad so he just deposed of the carcess but yes i also have heard that they eat very well like pork

I agree the stink is bad, a very big turnoff. I suppose the males are worse. I took a female this year and the meat stunk as well. I never even gutted her. Shot her straight on through the chest, no exit wound so the bullet must have stopped somewhere in the gut. Not something I wanted to experience.

[Fishstix]

Great job.

[RidgeRunner]

Congrats on the cougars. All of us hunters need to remember to buy cougar tags. The more cougars we can harvest, the more big game there is to hunt. I thank you for your harvest of those cougars. Think how many deer and elk will survive with three less cats in the woods.

[wetaline]

Fewwww thought you got Butch for minute..... But then I remembered he's off being the Mascot of the Year!

[switchback]

remember you can get two cat tags this year so shot two

[gottafish]

Originally Posted by switchback

after smelling the meat after we skined them they stunk so bad i was dry heaving that was the worst smell from a animale it was like a gut shot elk that was in 90 degree heat it was bad so he just deposed of the carcess but yes i also have heard that they eat very well like pork

Strange, I didn't have that problem with mine and it was 98 that day.

[Arne K]

I had cougar backstrap for dinner last night. If someone didn't know better, they would have thought it was good pork chop. I think they smell so bad when you dress 'em out because of the high acid content in their gut.

[Swamp Puppy]

way to put the on 'em!

[triggerman]

Damn Nice Shootin' Fellas, and nice Kitty Cats aswell!!!!! Way to Go!!!!!!

"The Triggerman"