Got my Cat!!

[St Marys Elkaholic]

Shot him on boxing day the guys I was with were a lot more experienced than I am and they say it'll be close to book, length was 7 foot 6 and weight was 180lbs.


http://www.hunt101.com/img/460424.jpg

http://www.hunt101.com/img/460425.jpg

http://www.hunt101.com/img/460419.jpg

http://www.hunt101.com/img/460422.jpg

[bsa30-06]

Congrats, thats a nice cat!

[kootenayelkslayer]

Nice going, that's a big cat.

[Caveman]

Great looking cat, Congrats

[todbartell]

that is awesome

[browningboy]

Didn't see any hounds in the pics, did you use them?

[brotherjack]

Nice kitty!

[timberhunter]

Nice cat
did you get any pictures of him up the tree before the shot?

[BlacktailStalker]

That's awesome ! Damn I'm envious of that! Tell me youre doing a full mount?!

[Freshtracks]

That definately is a great cat. Big noggin and the size of them swatters. :shock:

[johnes50]

That's a big cat! Good job. John

[Hank Hunter]

awesome, really nice cat

[Phil]

Nice work! That must have been an exciting hunt. Lets hear the story.

[Barracuda]

awsome lets hear the play by play:)

[fozzy]

MEOW :) Very cool indeed. Someone asked if hounds were used, I see a happy puppy in the background. Good timeshttp://www.hunt101.com/img/460419.jpg

[model88]

Nice cat congrats. I know a guy who killed one up around Whiteswan on Boxing Day as well.

[hunter1947]

Good job on your cat ,that is one less cougar we have to worry about to bring the population down to were it belongs ,congrats on your hunt ,hunter1947.

[JohnS]

reminds me of the good old days when I cat hunted... excellent size..just think of all the deer you saved. congrats!!! how long of a run was it for the dog's?

[brno375]

Well done.

[Marc]

Awsome looking Tom.

[Fisher-Dude]

Beautiful mature cat! Good Job! He has a nice fat mellon on him, should score up well. 7'6" should stretch out for a rug close to 8'. Are you planning a rug or lifesize?

[valleycowboy]

super lookin cat!!!! congrats.

[bigwhiteys]

Awesome Cat... You should be really proud of that accomplishment.

Happy Hunting!
Carl

[Murder]

I wouldn't want to meet him on a trail. He looks well fed, SAVE THE DEER

[Elkhound]

Sweeeet cat.

[Ovis17]

Heck of a kitty........Congrats!!!!!........What are the plans for the mount???

[St Marys Elkaholic]

Well guys heres the story. We saw the track around 8:30 and it was not an easy one to pick as some guys before us had missed it and we almost did as well. He got goin up a side road and we followed the track to where it he had gone off the road. We waited for the other guys in our party to show up and they were there within about half an hour. We had 5 dogs and as we let them go on the track there was confusion right away where the cat had gone down was in a creek bed below the road, and right away the oldest dog stuck his head in the culvert while the others scattered. The cat had pulled a quick one on us and gone over the road and right back through the culvert:lol:. So after we got the hounds organized again it only took em about 20 mins to tree the cat. Now this is only my second time out cat hunting and the first one I Had ever seen tree'd and the guys I was with are very experienced cat hunters. I had originally told the guy that took me out that I wanted at least an average cat, no small ones and a tom if possible. So as we looke at this thing in the tree the concenus from the experienced guys was that it was an average tom, but the way he was sitting up in the tree and the fact that he got up a long ways in the tree made it hard to tell. After about 20 mins of humming and hawing they asked me if I wanted it, I said ya if its an average cat I ll take him. So everyone got their video cameras readyand I made a great first shot, he didn't flale around as he fell out of the tree, it was straigt down and motionless. Right away as he hit the ground there were a couple holy $#!@ 's as we realaized how big this thing really was. So when we took it in to the taxidermist he said it was the biggest he'd seen in 3 years. So as of right now I'm fresh outta college and Not a whole lotta $$ to throw around, so I'm just getting him tanned for now but have intentions of a full body mount some years down the road when the money is there.

heres a picture of him in the tree

http://www.hunt101.com/img/460825.jpg

[The Hermit]

Incredible... now I want one too!! Add this to my goals for 2007! The swatters on that thing are huge!!!

[Chuck]

Beautiful! Beg, borrow, or steal enough $ and do him up right!

[Will]

So as of right now I'm fresh outta college and Not a whole lotta $$
That's what Student Loans are for isn't it.........:lol:

Well done, a great looking Cat ! 8-)

[chola]

WOW:eek: ...that thing is awesome...way to go man....

[john-brennan]

Nice cat, it is good to see a few of those shot.

[Islandeer]

Very cool, will make the muleys sleep a little better!!