cougar hunting tips needed

[nuadixion]

Hi all,
Just looking if anyone got some experience hunting cougars without dogs. Would love to hear it from you.
Thx

[RugDoctor]

Called one in with a mouth call a few years back. Rabbit in distress worked.

[Ozone]

Never gone hunting them but have come across a few and called them back just making a crying baby noise. Curiosity would have killed them if i hasd tags.

[srupp]

Go to a seedy bar..do NOT order a drink..you will hear them..." hey young fella can a lady buy you a drink" ?..lol..

Seriously head high. .up to fir and above.
Look for fresh tracks..follow slowly from the side of the tracks..not directly in them..glass carefully a head.for resting cat..in trees on ledges..in juniper..be prepared for long long days.
Heard of one guy out west who did this but needed dogs to retrieve cat.
Serious undertaking. .let us know.
Steven

[scotty30-06]

I wanna try using treestand and predator moving decoy ....the one that flips and wiggles around ....sound and movement should keep them coming closer.....worth a shot lol

[nuadixion]

You think they would be high up in the snow at this time of year? going after m goats? I thought they would be at lower elevations now,,, where elk and deer graze...no?

QUOTE=srupp;1956947]Go to a seedy bar..do NOT order a drink..you will hear them..." hey young fella can a lady buy you a drink" ?..lol..

Seriously head high. .up to fir and above.
Look for fresh tracks..follow slowly from the side of the tracks..not directly in them..glass carefully a head.for resting cat..in trees on ledges..in juniper..be prepared for long long days.
Heard of one guy out west who did this but needed dogs to retrieve cat.
Serious undertaking. .let us know.
Steven[/QUOTE]

[srupp]

High is a relative term..yes you are correct find the deer..you have found their major food source...the cats will be in the neighborhood. .heading higher..ish..to bed usually on a ledge..
Steven

[okas]

if you find a track in the snow just follow it they will know and go in a tree and check you out . courosity kills the cat . As my dad used to do if they were around 22 in the lower body lung on a deer and just give it time then follow:confused: cougar will be laying close by sleeping the meal off .

[Kill-da-wabbit]

I wanna try using treestand and predator moving decoy ....the one that flips and wiggles around ....sound and movement should keep them coming closer.....worth a shot lol
I am going to try this method with some rabbit furs and string this year. Hope it works...

[BTF]

In Washington they cut a fresh track and run them on foot often wearing snow shoes. Cats have small lungs and tire easy, they don't allow dogs to hunt cats in Washington so this is their alternative. Talked to a young lad that does this quite a bit, interesting and certainly puts you in great shape for sheep season!

[Darksith]

Had a buddy that walked up on a sleeping cat last october...he was just curled up under a fir tree...no ledge no branch, just on the ground. I would love to find one with a tag and no dogs one day, what a story that would be.

[Firstblood]

Ive tried it on snow shoes, not easy. Farthest I followed a track was 9km then it crossed a highway and I could only look on. It knew I was following, it looped back three times over my tracks and kept looking at its back trail, tracks showed it would stop and turn slightly. followed a couple lynx too and gotten close, found half eaten rabbits twice still steaming so atleast I got some lunch but still no cats.

[Steelpulse]

Find track, follow. That's it basically. Calling is difficult but not unheard of

[Firstblood]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrzbqiurbus

Cats are supposed to be sneaky unlike coyotes or bears when youre wailin on a call
Heres one that came in on an ecaller, try to spot the cougar haha, it is visible at 29 seconds.

[Darksith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrzbqiurbus

Cats are supposed to be sneaky unlike coyotes or bears when youre wailin on a call
Heres one that came in on an ecaller, try to spot the cougar haha, it is visible at 29 seconds.
The resolution isn't good enough to pick it out until it moves

[scotty30-06]

See do exactly that....buuuuuttt have my ass in a treestand lol...normally hunt solo lol.

[TexasWalker]

The only shitty thing about shooting a cat that isn't treed is it's tough to know if it's female without being able to look for balls.
Most guys don't see enough cats to know just by looking.

[okas]

look when there dead as too many out there

[nuadixion]

Thank you all for the tips.
Not much of action happened. I found the elk....hang around them and called like a mad man:)
That was that:(