Cougar pics

[Blackbeardown]

These were taken with a homemade trailcam above Blue Creek east of Walla Walla, WA.

Pretty neat pics.

[RogueFishr]

very cool pics!

RF

[Chug]

That is one Beefy Cat with muscles.. That last photo, Cat looks little Peev'ed, of his photo being taken.

Great shots.

[ICHTHYDEMON]

Are those your pics?

If so,the pics of the Golden Eagle are cool as well.

[gottafish]

Say what you want about cougars but I'll say this. They are one cool animal and I feel very blessed to have been able to harvest one. Awesome pics

[Elk Czy]

Nice looking cat... I hope to put the hammer down on one like that one of these days.

[canes_venatici]

My mom sent those to me this AM... Good looking pictures.

I wonder whose cam they were on...

[Blackbeardown]

Originally Posted by ICHTHYDEMON

Are those your pics?

If so,the pics of the Golden Eagle are cool as well.

No..they are not my pics. Just passing them along.

[Nw dukn]

AWESOME pictures..

[BlacktailBowhunter]

Nice pics and a beautiful cat. That would make a nice rug.

BTBH

[HuntNFishAddict]

I'd say it eats well. Cool pics

[sandman]

Originally Posted by BlacktailBowhunter

Nice pics and a beautiful cat. That would make a nice rug.

BTBH

Something that cool deserves to be a full-body mount!Very neat pics

[JHoyt]

That's one pretty kitty!

JHoyt

[Mad Mikey]

Man those are neat animals. Hope to get one this Winter, or maybe two......

Thanks for the pics....

[StevenB]

Originally Posted by canes_venatici

My mom sent those to me this AM... Good looking pictures.

I wonder whose cam they were on...

I too recieved these photos from my mom (she forwards about 4 emails a day)

The images are too cool. They look familiar. Anyone know the whole story first hand ? New photos or recycled I'm glad they were posted. I've yet to see a cougar in the wild.

[Antlershed]

They are new photos and the guy they belong to is on another forum. Not sure if I am allowed to cross-link to his post or not....

[bigbuck2008]

love the last picture!
when and were is the best time and place to find one of these animals active?

[canes_venatici]

Originally Posted by StevenB

Anyone know the whole story first hand ? New photos or recycled I'm glad they were posted.

Yeah, i'd love to hear this story first hand. I'm especially interested in understanding why the background changes from picture to picture. I'm guessing the cat hit the trail cam. Still, i don't want to assume, i would much rather hear it first hand.

[Rank Amateur]

Originally Posted by canes_venatici

Yeah, i'd love to hear this story first hand. I'm especially interested in understanding why the background changes from picture to picture. I'm guessing the cat hit the trail cam. Still, i don't want to assume, i would much rather hear it first hand.

Good eye, that last picture has a different perspective.

[Antlershed]

Originally Posted by Rank Amateur

Good eye, that last picture has a different perspective.

It is the same spot though, the tree that is in the right hand side of the first two is in the middle of the second two.

[Rank Amateur]

Originally Posted by Antlershed

It is the same spot though, the tree that is in the right hand side of the first two is in the middle of the second two.

Agreed, but that cat must have hit the camera, very interesting that it would do that. Hmmm.....are trail cams considered bait??? Maybe it was looking for the thing that placed the camera, probably was licking the scent off the camera and licking it's lips!

[Antlershed]

After looking at the originals again and his other pics, it looks like he is copping the images when he posts them, so it is hard to tell if the cam moved or not.

[scubaseth]

Cool pics!

Scuba

[canes_venatici]

Yes, cropping is the other solution... I was just curious if the cat messed with the camera is all.

I am not trying to cast a shadow on the authenticity of the images. Far from it. I'm just curious to know if the cat was 'playing' with the camera. I would love to hear if any physical damage was found on the camera itself.

I've had bears move my cameras around. I've had cattle move my cameras. I have the damage on my cams to prove it. I'd love to see how much that kitty beat up the camera, if that is what happened.

[Antlershed]

Originally Posted by canes_venatici

I am not trying to cast a shadow on the authenticity of the images. Far from it. I'm just curious to know if the cat was 'playing' with the camera. I would love to hear if any physical damage was found on the camera itself.

I realize that. Sorry if it sounded like that's what I thought. The owner of the pics was asked if the cat messed with the cam or if they were cropped and he never responded. They are on HW...

[canes_venatici]

There has been a few images that have undergone much scrutiny here of late. I didn't want this thread to digress into that. No worries. Thanks for the info

[wildebeast]

The photos are real and the last one was cropped, He uses very nice cameras that he builds himself. Gets some great elk pictures and Golden eagle pics every year. Pics come from Southwest Washington.

cliff

Sorry about the mistake, Southeast Washington. Been a long day with the grandkids.

Thanks for catching the mistake, I live in southwest WA and don't believe you could see that far with all the brush, lucky to see the ground with all the Oregon grapes and salal.

[RogueFishr]

Originally Posted by wildebeast

Pics come from Southwest Washington.

Really? The background sure looks like the East side

RF

[Cliff D.]

Mr. kitty is rather photogenic !!

[RidgeRunner]

Those are really great pics. He does not look to happy about his picture being taken. Thanks for sharing.

[Blackbeardown]

Originally Posted by RogueFishr

Really? The background sure looks like the East side

RF

You are correct. These are from SE Washington...not SW.

[stlhdr1]

Those are some mean looking photos...

Keith

[mount'em]

those are great photos ! I love the diferent angels, and the look on his face in the last one.

[wildebeast]

Big OOPS on my part, thanks for catching the mistake.

Southeast WA. Had the grandkids visiting and lost my bearings for a while. He does get some closeup bobcat photos also. Think he hangs out on a antler shed forum somewhere also, you can't believe the elk sheds he gets every year.

Sorry about the mistake, cliff

[Don Fischer]

About the best trail cam photo's I've ever seen. Beautiful animal!

[BobR]

I registered here so I could tell the story behind these pictures. I was surprised to see my pictures found there way to a fishing forum. Cliff is right, these pictures have been cropped. Most of my trailcams are 12.1 mega pixel Sony cameras, but these pictures were taken by an 8.1 mega pixel camera. On November10th, I wanted to field test a 12.1 mega pixel trailcamera that I had built for a friend in Colorado. So I set up his camera with a deer carcass. That small whitetail buck had been laying on the highway for five days when I picked it up on November 10th. On November 16th, I picked up my friends camera to mail to him. His camera had taken pictures of magpies and golden eagles, so i replaced it with my oldest camera, an 8.1 mega pixel camera. Last winter, I had some problems with condensation on the inside of that camera probably due to a bad case seal. But the camera had worked fine since. I set that camera because I really didn't need any more eagle pictures, but I wanted to watch that carcass until it was entirely gone. This turned out to be a huge mistake beacuse I ended up getting my first ever cougar day time pictures with that camera. I got about 280 pictures of this cat on Saturday night November 22nd. At 8:30 AM Sunday morning on the 23rd, there was a picture of an eagle and three magpies on the carcass. A few seconds later, the cat is there and you can see it looking up at the departing birds in the second picture. I had bad luck and good luck on those pictures that morning. The bad luck was that it was 22 degrees, and condensation inside the case caused the shutter doors on the camera to freeze partially open. The good luck was that the doors did not freeze all the way closed. I got about 50 day pictures of that cat that morning, but I was only able to salvage five of them. Most of the pictures were partials of the cat beacuse of the shutter doors being frozen partially closed. When the sun warmed up the camera, the doors started working properly, but unfortunatley the cat was gone by then. The cat returned to the carcass five times, and I got over 1,000 pictures of it. This is the first time anyone other than myself has seen the original picture of the cat looking into the camera. He is not near as close as it appears in the cropped picture. That is the advantage of high resolution pictures. Cropping them makes the subject appear much closer, and you lose very little resolution. These pictures would have been much better with one of my other cameras. I am on the process of building three more 12.1 mega pixel trailcams. After the cougar pictures, I retired my older 8.1 mp camera.
Bob

[Ni!]

Thanks for stopping by to tell us the story. Those are great pics regardless of the technical glitches. I hope you'll stick around and contribute to the trailcam thread. We have a lot of fun with that one.

[Cliff D.]

Thanks for the back story on some great pictures . Welcome aboard.

[Trick]

Originally Posted by Ni!

Thanks for stopping by to tell us the story. Those are great pics regardless of the technical glitches. I hope you'll stick around and contribute to the trailcam thread. We have a lot of fun with that one.

x2

Incredible pictures....thanks for the story....look forward to seeing more of your work!

[Rank Amateur]

If I read it right, that deer carcass was 17 days old by the time the cougar showed up? Seems to be scavenging to me. Was it cold enough that the carcass was staying fresh?

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

[BobR]

Cougars and bobcats scavenge all the time. I have many pictures that prove this. A week before this cat found this deer, the deer gagged me when I checked my camera. I have pictures that prove this same spike buck laid in the same location since November 10th. You will have to take my word that the deer laid on the highway for five days. A cougar kill is only fresh in the summer the first time the cat feeds on it. They feed on foul smelling carcasses all the time. These pictures are all over the internet, and I have not posted any of my pictures since this happened. I would never post someone else's pictures.
Bob

[cubsfan]

AWESOME PICS! I am glad that it was a game camera Icy pics, icy!!

[Mad Mikey]

Thanks for sharing the story, awesome pics!

[Cliff D.]

If you get a sudden big whiff of stench, Mr. kitty or one of his caches may be close. Find him or possibly a good spot to set up on.

[canes_venatici]

Thanks for Stopping by BobR. Stick around. We really appreciate first hand stories of the pictures that get posted. It takes a lot of the arguments away, which is a really good thing. I'm glad word got around to you that the pics were here.

Once again, thanks for telling your story. Deobfuscation is a wonderful thing.

[o3dave]

great pictures.

[billc_sbio]

BobR,

Great pics!

Hearing the story behind them makes it all the more interesting.

Please share more with us when you get some!

[30-06guy]

great pictures glad it was a game cam i wouldn't want to be eye to eye with one

[Rank Amateur]

Originally Posted by BobR

Cougars and bobcats scavenge all the time. I have many pictures that prove this. A week before this cat found this deer, the deer gagged me when I checked my camera. I have pictures that prove this same spike buck laid in the same location since November 10th. You will have to take my word that the deer laid on the highway for five days. A cougar kill is only fresh in the summer the first time the cat feeds on it. They feed on foul smelling carcasses all the time. These pictures are all over the internet, and I have not posted any of my pictures since this happened. I would never post someone else's pictures.
Bob

Thanks for the reply, I think many of us were under the misconception that cats only feed on fresh kills. Of coarse common sense would dictate that a cat wouldn't starve itself to death by leaving an old kill to rot.

Looks like your photo's are famous!

[StevenB]

Wow!
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Welcome to ifish BobR.

FYI your photos of the cougar probably went viral. I recieved a set two days after you posted them . Congratulations on your success.

You are sure to think twice before posting your best of the best on the Internet. The Intenet is not a place where copy rights are easy to enforce. You've just rocket the trailcam world. Way to go.

[wildebeast]

Thanks for dropping by and explaining the photos, I just happen to see them and tried not to give too much info except to varify they were taken with a game camera and I knew who took the photos.

cliff

[BlackTail18]

thats a nice cat! would like to see one of those

[shed head]

i got these picks from a buddy in an email. the last pick has been my screen saver for a couple of months!

[Art Vandeley]

Sweet Pictures!

Mitch

[OregonSportsman]

Awsome! Now you know where one's at, only one thing left to do.....