Not a Raccoon

01 March 2018, 05:20

Austin Hunter

Not a Raccoon

My buddy had some guys at the hunting lease. One guy was bowhunting and took two pigs with one arrow. He walked out to the gate at dark to wait for pick-up. He realized he forgot something in the blind, so he went back to fetch it.

Along the way, we decides to look for some raccoons to shoot with his blowgun. So he's shining his light looking for eyes. He finds one in a tree and goes in for the kill. He takes the light off of it, walks to the tree, gets ready, shines the light and cougar! Cat jumps down and runs off.

I called a cougar in a month ago in the same area (couldn't get a shot). And last May some guys shot a pig at the same blind and when he went to get it at dark a cougar was on it and ran off.

"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan

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01 March 2018, 05:40

Crazyhorseconsulting

Just being nosy, but what part of Texas did this take place in?

01 March 2018, 07:37

Atkinson

I have called in Lion country for years and in all those years only called in one Lion, and he didn't come in close but was just watching us at about 200 yards, I could see his eyes and ever so slight glimmer of his front end..They are very aware..I did trap him in the same area some time later, I guess it was the same one, who knows...My ranch bordered the Big Bend National Park, and we had lots of Lions to deal with..

01 March 2018, 08:20

Austin Hunter

quote:
Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Just being nosy, but what part of Texas did this take place in?

Edwards County.

We've taken pics of a cat in the same area 7 years ago and killed it a few weeks later.

Saw one a few months ago behind our hunting cabin in the brush.

We see them quite often. Enough that I think they are pressuring the deer population. We have found 3 cat kills over the years.

01 March 2018, 17:26

Crazyhorseconsulting

I can see them being there. There are more lions in Texas than a lot of folks think.

We have had quite a few confirmed sightings up here in Archer and Yoiung counties.

I would love to see one.

01 March 2018, 18:45

Grizzly Adams

Not Texas, but cougar numbers have expanded exponentially here as well, showing up in places they have never been seen before. Good and bad to that.

Grizz

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Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln

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01 March 2018, 19:28

butchloc

should have know better - cats eyes glow green at night coons (and dogs) glow red

02 March 2018, 01:26

Austin Hunter

quote:
Originally posted by butchloc:
should have know better - cats eyes glow green at night coons (and dogs) glow red

That's right.

If it was me, I would have had my pistol out and shot it.