Here kitty kitty

[salmonchaser]

I may have posted this a few years ago but given a neighbor just lost some goats to a mountain lion it seemed timely. The hunter is a family acquaintance and otherwise all I know is he was the hunter. Cat was killed about 3 miles from the house.

 

[Blkram]

That's one helluva a cat!
One of my Bucket List animals!

 

[stew]

I may have posted this a few years ago but given a neighbor just lost some goats to a mountain lion it seemed timely. The hunter is a family acquaintance and otherwise all I know is he was the hunter. Cat was killed about 3 miles from the house.

So the pic is from few years ago or this is the one that just killed some goats. Sorry cant figure out the story. Cat looks like has a good head on it.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

That is a massive Tom! They're still the only animal in the woods that scare me...I've ever only seen a glimpse of one on a ridge before sunrise up N Fork Umatilla. I'm sure many more have seen me!

 

[str8meat]

There’s plenty that you never see, especially herein Washington. Good job on the cat.

 

[salmonchaser]

So the pic is from few years ago or this is the one that just killed some goats. Sorry cant figure out the story. Cat looks like has a good head on it.

Not a picture of the current goat killer. The pictured cat was killed a few years ago.

 

[sako2]

That's a big cat.

 

[FOTIS]

Big Kitty cat!

 

[JD338]

That's a huge Mt. Lion.

JD338

 

[stew]

Not a picture of the current goat killer. The pictured cat was killed a few years ago.

ok thanks, you say he is a family acquaintance, any chance you could find out any measurement's, curious to see
if he had the skull scored.

 

[3 Meter Para Bellum]

Wow, he looks like he has been bench pressing all year in an attempt to compete with a tiger in size!

 

[DrMike]

Wow, he looks like he has been bench pressing all year in an attempt to compete with a tiger in size!

REALLY high protein diet.

 

[hunter24605]

Whoa! That required a lot of meow mix!

 

[NYDAN]

I wonder how many animals that thing ate in its lifetime?

 

[Blkram]

I wonder how many animals that thing ate in its lifetime?

If I recall correctly, they average a deer a week...
But cougars are known for going on killing sprees...as some sheep farmers can attest to.
Makes one wonder if that occurs on wild prey too...but as they are not usually in pens probably doesn't occur as frequently...

 

[NYDAN]

I once heard that a mountain lion averages a deer kill every three days, but I have no information to back that up. At either rate, it adds up to a pile of deer and other animals.

 

[Guy Miner]

Congrats to the hunter! I've seen a few in the wild, but have never had a shot opportunity.

Guy

 

[Divernhunter]

very nice cat

 

[longrangehunter]

I may have posted this a few years ago but given a neighbor just lost some goats to a mountain lion it seemed timely. The hunter is a family acquaintance and otherwise all I know is he was the hunter. Cat was killed about 3 miles from the house.

Muscular cat! I have one that lives around here, but I rarely ever see him or hear him. A few years ago he growled at me, so I went back into my house to get my M4 and proceeded to follow them into the woods. Which he didn’t really find comforting, so he growled at me again. The woods around here is too thick so I left him alone. Honestly, I don’t have a problem with him or her, unless they attempt to make a meal out of my Maine Coon, or my French Bulldog.

 

[8mm Enthusiast]

How do you even get within eyesight range of that thing let alone kill it? Dogs? Hunting at night in pitch dark conditions? Using thermal/night vision scopes?