Reason for low ungulate populations

[scotty30-06]

Lol what's 30 bucks....could be a once in a lifetime experience.(and no I'm not rich but hell it costs more to take me and the wife to the movies)

[boxhitch]

You can track hunt just like a hound guy would. Get on his trail and start following.I know several guys who have done it effectively. I suppose calling them once you freshen up the track would work as well

What are chances a cat will come back on its own trail to a pred call? Would it be better to circle and set-up with the wind maybe?
Have tried twice on a fresh track in fresh snow, and never felt I was getting closer, until the stride length changed to getting-out-of-trouble length, then I quit. Better for follow further?

[boxhitch]

Lol what's 30 bucks....could be a once in a lifetime experience.(and no I'm not rich but hell it costs more to take me and the wife to the movies)

Carried a tag for about 10 years after my first chance encounter, 25 years later have not had another.

But getting closer........, last year had a coug pic on a trail cam within 30 minutes of setting it up.

[scotty30-06]

Fair enough but did you put any focus into it or just carried the tag....guess comes down to what ya want....an area I'm hunting for blacktails is thick with cougar sign...fresh tracks and scat every single time I go up to that spot

[Weatherby Fan]

How viable is cougar hunting without hounds?

When I was 18 or so I heard there was lots of cougars on Texada Island so I phoned the C.O. in the area about hunting them there.........yeh theres Cougars there he says........how you going to hunt them ? do you have hounds he asks......ahh no sir I don't have hounds.......WELL YOU MIDAS WELL BE HUNTIN UNICORNS THEN......and he hung up.........I still laugh everytime I think of his comment !

[scotty30-06]

You would have to do your homework that's for sure....bait and cams...and dosnt their season go on longer then deer season....just a thought...another reason to stay in the bush lol

[Ferenc]

Is this private land.... looks like some hayfield in the background.
Amazing pics of a party pac of preds for sure !

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Is this private land.... looks like some hayfield in the background.
Amazing pics of a party pac of preds for sure !

Crown land just outside private land.

[scotty30-06]

Those are the best pockets sometimes.....is there many livestock around that private land....wouldnt want to imagine trying to raise cattle with a predator on slot like that

[Ourea]

This is becoming a more common scene in the Okanagan.
This turns out to be a group of five