cougar hunting pics... here kitty, kitty, kitty

[brock77]

some cougar pics....sorry fellas the 4 legged kind ahahaa.....

The day started @ 5am...temp -28 ....out looking for tracks.. found two sets..back to the bro inlaws for breaky, to cold to run the dogs. Sooo.....out for a little yote hunt till it warmed up, seen one dog....way out on the lake...took a couple of shots but he was on a dead run....lucky day for this buger...
Finally warms up to -18...back to get the dogs....by now 6 hrs had passed,dump the the dogs on the tracks we found earlier...off they go.. i had one on the leash...the other three were gone on the sent...
(man can a little 40-50 pound dog pull you around the mountain like a rag doll, it was all i could do to hold on hahahaha)....
We followed the trail up and down, around ridges, the track now crosses the road.....the other bro in law sees the dogs cross the road and now he is with them...(those gps for your dogs are the cats ass)....we wait for radio contact..."they've crossed the creek".. and are full tilt on the track..."they've treed him"...woooo hooo..
Now me and the bro in law have to find them....the only way to get to them is to cross the three creeks....We ran across the water,
(well it was like a cross between mosses and chris angel.....hahahaha)...we some how managed to stay dry, feet and all.
Get to the tree and there he is...about 120 ish pound kitty cat...
This was my first cougar hunt (pursuit) supper fun day....!!!!!

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[d6dan]

Brock, Looks like it was a great day!. The hounds look to be having fun too!..Good looking cat, too bad you couldn't plug him. Good day just the same. Thanks for posting..

[warnniklz]

Exciting!!! Get any Wile Es??

[BiG Boar]

Just too small to shoot or what? I can't wait till the day I see one in a tree too! Must have been quite a rush!

[Nait Hadya]

walkers,nice!

[brock77]

Brock, Looks like it was a great day!. The hounds look to be having fun too!..Good looking cat, too bad you couldn't plug him. Good day just the same. Thanks for posting..


Just too small to shoot or what? I can't wait till the day I see one in a tree too! Must have been quite a rush!


yaaa! i could have shot it, 30-30 was loaded ready for action but im not not much of a dedicated kitty slayer yet.....i was asked earlier on in the day if i wanted to shot a cougar..i replied of course...but i just dont want to shoot a cougar for the sake of saying i shot one though,....this cat was about two-three years old...i guess i want older cougar with more experiance,hahahaha lmao....still shooting them or not, still makes for a fun and exciting day

[Jagermeister]

You have to love that last picture of the hounds, yaps wide open singing in unison. Quite the quartet.
It does make for a fun day alright, dead or alive.

[chilcotin hillbilly]

Aweswome, Brock. From all us hound hunters thanks for letting this one go so someone will get get to run em again another day.

[Barracuda]

great story thanks for posting it .
it all about the adventure.

Nice looking fleafarms btw.

[hunter1947]

yaaa! i could have shot it, 30-30 was loaded ready for action but im not not much of a dedicated kitty slayer yet.....i was asked earlier on in the day if i wanted to shot a cougar..i replied of course...but i just dont want to shoot a cougar for the sake of saying i shot one though,....this cat was about two-three years old...i guess i want older cougar with more experiance,hahahaha lmao....still shooting them or not, still makes for a fun and exciting day

I agree with your thoghts on not shooting this cat ,when the time comes you will know what to shoot.

Brock good for you ,your dogs ,your buddy on finding this cat and getting it up the tree http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif..

[Surrey Boy]

Great story and photos. Thanks.