i want to shoot a cugar!!!

[tyler4114]

anyone know a good spot to go somewhere near klamath falls??? i dont have any dogs though or anyone i can go with??? i really want one for a full mount!

[RogueFishr]

Interesting first post.....

For starters, don't be looking for someone with dogs... that's not legal. 2nd: there are cougars near K Falls. I saw one off 140 near the lakes this fall.

Welcome aboard. It is customary to post an introductory story. Good luck.

RF

[tyler4114]

Originally Posted by RogueFishr

Interesting first post.....

For starters, don't be looking for someone with dogs... that's not legal. 2nd: there are cougars near K Falls. I saw one off 140 near the lakes this fall.

Welcome aboard. It is customary to post an introductory story. Good luck.

RF

i wasnt really looking for anyone with dogs just someone with more cugar hunting skills then me to teach me some things this is my first time out for the little kitty cats

[buglingobblers]

find where the deer are and there may be a good chance you can find a cat.

[D3smartie]

stay in school

[genghis]

Originally Posted by RogueFishr

Interesting first post.....

For starters, don't be looking for someone with dogs... that's not legal. 2nd: there are cougars near K Falls. I saw one off 140 near the lakes this fall.

Welcome aboard. It is customary to post an introductory story. Good luck.

RF

Customary but with a board with several thousand posters not all that realistic or meaningful.

Shoot a cougar. hmmmmmm. I want to fly an f16. Heck, I want to catch a big steelhead. Come to think of it I want a billion dollars too.

But ... follow your dream. Go buy a goat and stake it out in the deep woods for a couple weeks, get yourself some night vision gear and hope the wind is with you. You can do it.

[Jeremy]

not to discourage you but you might want to look into the price of a full body cougar mount first and then once you save up the money, go get one!

[No Fences]

Read the big game regs also.

[tyler4114]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

not to discourage you but you might want to look into the price of a full body cougar mount first and then once you save up the money, go get one!

o i know it will cost a pretty penny! might just skin it out. depends i guess.

[stlhdr1]

As a kid my first accomplishment was a rabit then I was able to harvest a dear. Once I graduated school and achieved straight A's my dad took me out and I shot a cugar....

Keith

[tyler4114]

im just looking for some advise and good tips not for people to shut me down. im ok with getting skunked its not like it would be the first time ive gone out hunting many of times and got absolutly nothing. so if you have something good to say or any tips then great but if not then dont try and discourge me. thats why its called hunting. i think i just put the wrong tittle on this tread and people are taking it wrong. so that is my fualt.

[Bait O' Eggs]

you dont need to know how to spell it to kill, so you got a chance

[tyler4114]

Originally Posted by Bait O' Eggs

you dont need to know how to spell it to kill, so you got a chance

haha ya ya i know i cant spell for doo-doo somtimes!

[genghis]

I'm not trying to put you down but you do realize that the Cougar is THE most elusive wary animal in all the woods don't you. You try to track a cougar and he will be behind YOU in an hour. He'll have a good laugh at you and then vanish.

[Benny]

You want to shoot a cugar?
1. Buy Tag
2. Get rifle
3. Walk into woods (w/rifle)
4. Prepare for years of disappointment

There's a reason half the dudes in Cheshire keep their 7mm's in their trucks. You're more likely to see 'em run out in the road than when you're actually out hunting them.

[12pulls]

Save up some money, get in great running shape, hire a good guide w/ dogs in Idaho or somewhere it is allowed, and you increase your chances greatly. Running w/ dogs in the snow, cold, and rough terrain is not for the average hunter nor is it easy. Just more effective.

[jnicholson]

I like your attitude. It's been one of my dream harvests as well. If you really just want one for the wall your dream can come pretty quickly if you hook up with the right outfitter in the right state. $$$$ Taking a Cougar can mean a lot of different things to many people. For someone to go out around here and find one and shoot one .... well, I would be surprized if you found it that easy.

For me, I've been calling cougars for over 10 years and I haven't killed one yet. I can give you all the tips in the world but if you look at my harvest record .... well zero x's 100 is still zero. Good luck with finding an expert when it comes to calling cougars. It's not about the actual kill for me but about how I'll end up doing it. This is truly one of those "it's all about the journey" story. I've given up on the bow and mouth call for my first cougar. The last couple years I switched over to rifle and electric calls. Some day it will happen, in the meantime, the quest has been exilerating.

It took me 3 solid years and about 12 game cameras just to get a trail cam picture of one!

Good luck to you, hold on to your dreams and for God sakes get out in the woods. You're not going to kill one until you start applying yourself.

John

[bucky12]

All you need to do man is just take your weapon of choice into the woods and try your hardest to call one in and make your shot!. If at first you don't succeed try try again!

[sidewinder]

Good luck! I've spent a bit of time in the woods, and never even seen one. (a cooger)but I'm deef and blind, and I never hastle with the spell check. I hear I need to start looking in the trees. Heck, I do that when I'm deer hunting and it does'nt work, but then I'm suppose to be looking on the ground.
A guy I hunt elk with use to say he's never seen a cougar. Last year during deer season he shot one at 15'. It can happen. I'm still waiting for my turn. Hopefully when it comes I'll be armed.

[tdspence]

I have only seen one cougar in my life, so I'm proabably not much help either. If I was determined to get one though, I would read anything I can find on hunting them, go out after a fresh snow and search for tracks, go out and search for track any other time I could. Then once you think you found a decent area, try calling. I have heard of a few people calling them in on a cow call while elk hunting. Then there is the predator calls too.

[Waterfish]

In 2007, a cougar hunted me! Check this out:

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthrea...gar+stalked+me

[marked trail]

Folow these 5 steps:
1. Goggle harley shaw,
2. look for cougar network,
3. read id guide to cougars,
4. read the cougar field guide and bookmark as a favorite, and
5. go hunting just about anywhere.

[o/uhazjo]

Tyler your there for school not to hunt. lol i will come down to kfalls and hunt big ***** cat with you. i can out run you so safe. haha

" Theres got to be some cats up around that rim rock behind your place"

[tyler4114]

Originally Posted by o/uhazjo

Tyler your there for school not to hunt. lol i will come down to kfalls and hunt big ***** cat with you. i can out run you so safe. haha

" Theres got to be some cats up around that rim rock behind your place"

ya i know im here for school but trust me im doing fine in there i have all As and Bs so i think its ok i spend me weekeds out hunting. i make sure to stay on top of all my work too!

[gottafish]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

not to discourage you but you might want to look into the price of a full body cougar mount first and then once you save up the money, go get one!

$3500.00

[genghis]

Originally Posted by Waterfish

In 2007, a cougar hunted me! Check this out:

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthrea...gar+stalked+me

Whoa! Waterfish ... what a story. I think I would have shot it waaaaaay before you did. Good nerves man!

Makes me think about somebody trying to track a cougar. Sounds like a good way to find a cougar kill and get oneself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps our young friend original poster here might think about taking a well armed hunting pal with him when he goes on his quest.

[tyler4114]

Originally Posted by genghis

Whoa! Waterfish ... what a story. I think I would have shot it waaaaaay before you did. Good nerves man!

Makes me think about somebody trying to track a cougar. Sounds like a good way to find a cougar kill and get oneself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps our young friend original poster here might think about taking a well armed hunting pal with him when he goes on his quest.

i read that story to sounds like a crazy adernaline rush!! i do realize it could be very dangerous and i alway go hunting with a budy and i alway pack a pistol and my rifle when i hunt big game. but definatly an amazing story awsome pictures too.

[tyler4114]

Originally Posted by marked trail

Folow these 5 steps:
1. Goggle harley shaw,
2. look for cougar network,
3. read id guide to cougars,
4. read the cougar field guide and bookmark as a favorite, and
5. go hunting just about anywhere.

found it gonna start reading thanks for the info

[SImudBogger]

Originally Posted by D3smartie

stay in school

My thoughts exactly

[o/uhazjo]

good luck this weekend if you get to go. if you dont get to go come and hunt yotes with me.

dont for get stay in school.

[Sixes]

tyler4114,

You will never learn if you dont ask question's. Some might answer you and some might not the way you would like. The best way to do is to just put your mind to something and just do it. Read and do your home work and apply it, it might take time and it might not.

I have saw three big cats and they have been in the road infront of me on the run. I have seen where they covered up the guts from a deer shot the day before when my father left his knife on them.

Keep learning and applying what you have learned and maybe some day you might get lucky!! thats my .

[stickelk]

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/showpho...14/ppuser/5513

Here are some pictures of some from the Klamath Area I took on Sunday afternoon.
Went for a ride on the quads and spotted these guys. Watched them for 45 minutes from about 400 yards.
PM me and I'll give you a hint. We are probably heading back there on this weekend with the right equipment.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/showpho...13/ppuser/5513

[Antlershed]

Originally Posted by Waterfish

In 2007, a cougar hunted me!

I had a cougar hunt me last weekend, but then I just went to a different bar and everything was ok.

[in 'em]

My brother in law's first big game kill was a cougar...lucky son of a... It can happen, I just don't know how often it does on purpose! I wish you luck though!

[cimfl]

I have seen two cougar in the wild. One sighting lasted about 2.3 seconds. The other was much shorter. Not too many of them get tracked down by humans alone as has been stated here. Have fun with it anyway, and make sure you have your GPS with you. It is easy to get turned around in some of that ground in K Falls......don't ask me how I know.....

[12pulls]

Originally Posted by Antlershed

I had a cougar hunt me last weekend, but then I just went to a different bar and everything was ok.

[fergy61]

wut?

[Wreckless]

Stickelk - GREAT PICTURES!!!!!

12 pulls - DON'T run from a cougar they'll GIT YA!!! Besides you don't know what you are missing!!!

[Antlershed]

Originally Posted by Wreckless

DON'T run from a cougar they'll GIT YA!!! Besides you don't know what you are missing!!!

This one wasn't one I would want my buddies to see every time they came to my house though...

[Art Vandeley]

Stickelk those pictures are awesome!!

Mitch

[Brush Hunter]

The cats I've seen were a good distance behind locked gates and had great deer numbers. But I've been there for 16 years and seen only 2. If only we could use dogs. Good luck.

[thefishslayer]

Originally Posted by fergy61

wut?

hahahha, thats funny right there

[xdmAndrew]

Originally Posted by stickelk

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/showpho...14/ppuser/5513

Here are some pictures of some from the Klamath Area I took on Sunday afternoon.
Went for a ride on the quads and spotted these guys. Watched them for 45 minutes from about 400 yards.
PM me and I'll give you a hint. We are probably heading back there on this weekend with the right equipment.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/showpho...13/ppuser/5513

Just wondering if you ever got back out to get these kittys? Ive been seeing lots of tracks out and about in the klamath area lately.

[SoylentGreen]

Originally Posted by Antlershed

I had a cougar hunt me last weekend, but then I just went to a different bar and everything was ok.

I was just thinking about that same thing. You guys are funny.

[ScottD]

Originally Posted by gottafish

$3500.00

Wow, that is a great looking cougar mount.

[HereDuckyDucky]

Originally Posted by in 'em

My brother in law's first big game kill was a cougar...lucky son of a... It can happen, I just don't know how often it does on purpose! I wish you luck though!

Similar story...

When I was 15, my older friend asked if I wanted to go bear hunting. I had never hunted big game before - mostly into fishing / bird hunting - but it sounded like a lot of fun.

Went to the local hardware store and bought a license, bear tag, and was given a complimentary cougar tag...of which I didn't think much.

Fast forward to the following morning....

We parked the truck, and I loaded my dad's old Model 30 30.06 with some 180 core lokts. We started hiking up a small canyon, and it was just getting light.

Within the first 100 yards of our hike, Danny (my friend) stopped in his tracks and pointed up into a tree. He saw a set of eyes peering down on us through the limbs of a pretty tall pine tree.

We were about 40 yards away from the base of a tree, and the "eyes" were about 100 feet up.

The next thing I hear is Danny saying, "cat."

He told me to put my crosshairs between its eyes and pull the trigger.

My first big-game shot resulted in a 160lb tom, stone-dead at the base of the tree.

We left the cat there and continued our hike, planning to pick it up on our way out.

To make a long story short, I ended up killing a small sow (about 180lbs) about 3-3.5 miles further up the canyon.

...and that's why I'm addicted to big-game hunting!!!

RW

[EagleEye]

Here is how I got a cougar in March. It can be done just have to get lucky once in awhile. Hopefully the link works if not go to bowsite.com then to state forums and click on Oregon and then go to the http://forums.bowsite.com/TF/regiona...ES=39&state=ORCougar Down thread.

[Ifisherkid]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA....This post is a funny one...Whats a cugar?

[stlhdr1]

Originally Posted by Ifisherkid

AHAHAHAHAHAHA....This post is a funny one...Whats a cugar?

I think it's a spanish type of smokes....

Keith