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02-21-2009, 01:25 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: lapine oregon
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cougar kill, story of the bullets
when i disassembled the cougar i found the 3 bullets used. first 64gr power point, entered at throat face on. penetrated outside ribcage under front shoulder to middle of cat. found intact. second shot WAS at 15yds point blank, bullet entered chest exploded heart lodged in offside shoulder intact. cat jumped up and ran about 60yds with no heart, next shot on the run, hit spine behind front shoulders and rolled cat. this last bullet had zero blood around it, even though it exploded on spine. found it in pieces in backstrap. cat had no blood pressure with last shot so i only found this wound channel by cutting out back strap. even with no heart the cat was making good speed for seconds, i'm guessing about 4 seconds at a run.
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02-21-2009, 01:36 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montuna
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
That sounds exciting! What caliber of gun and what kind of bullets were you using? Did you call him in?
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02-21-2009, 02:20 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: lapine oregon
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
22-250 remington 788. 64gr winchester powerpoints, h414 powder, magnum primers. mouth call
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02-21-2009, 02:27 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Troutdale
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
My cousin shot his buck this year with a 180 grain power point from his .30-06, at about 50 yards the bullet went through both lungs, the heart and put 2 nice holes in the ribcage. We recovered it from the hide on the other side and it was a near perfect mushroom. It actually punched a hole in the far side of the hide but didn't exit, it was really weird. For a "non-premium" bullet it performed very well. I'm thinking about shooting them in my new .308
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02-21-2009, 02:33 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Redmond, OR
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
The first elk i shot, i put a .30-06 bullet clean through the heart. She ran probably a good 3 seconds before my second bullet did exactly what the third in that cat did. We found my second bullet in pieces next to the bone. Lost a little meat with that second shot, but none of it to blood shot. It is pretty amazing how tough elk are. I guess it sounds like cats can be just a tough...
It is pretty weird to see a bullet wound without any blood around it...
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02-21-2009, 03:18 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Aloha
Posts: 995
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
What no picture of the cat and the damaged bullets? How far away did you first see this cat? I mean 15yds sounds a little to close to me. I am pretty sure you are a better shot at a longer distance.
Congrats on the cougar!
Scuba
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02-21-2009, 03:24 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: lapine oregon
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
story is posted in cougar success #1 thread
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02-21-2009, 03:50 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Oregon
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
You have any pics?
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02-21-2009, 08:49 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Aloha
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Re: cougar kill, story of the bullets
Sorry I missed the earlier post. Nicely done! 
Scuba
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