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Predator Hunting => Predator Hunting => Topic started by: bigben on January 16, 2010, 11:48:41 PM
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I did I did. ;)
Well I tagged out this weekend. I started north this morning around 4 and got to the happy hunting grounds at daybreak. I started out at a location that Coyotejeff tipped me on. I made a few stands and found some cat sign. at around 11 I turned even further north to see if there was any sign at another location. I found some but not as good as what I seen in the morning. So I had enough time to head south to get a few stands in before dark.
Atleast so I thought. I ended up getting stuck numerous times as the sun beat on the roads it melted em just enough to be a pain in the side. After making it down out of the mountain I made it to where I was in the morning and had just enough time for a short daylight stand. I called for 15 minutes till it was too dark to see. I walked back to the truck and grabbed the light. I wanted to make a few stands and then take a break and then do a few more before heading home. I wanted to make the most out of this trip.
I setup in front of a dirt pile and was watching a pine tree line of some of the thickest country I have ever called. I turned on the foxpro to screaming jay and made two sweeps of the light. There they were. A set of burning red eyes looking at me from the cover of trees. I followed the set of eyes threw the trees. I had to get him to stop soon because the truck was soon approaching to be between us. I twisted the power up on my scope and made the id. At the crack of the gun I imagined that I heard the solid thump of a bullet finding its mark but I wasn't sure of the hit.
I had a good mark so I walked over and checked the spot. A few drops of blood and paw prints. I called Jeff and asked if he could come up and help me track it. After about an hour we took up the trail. With fresh snow on the ground it was easy to follow the cat. I was starting to loose confidence as I followed the diminishing blood trail. The trail went under a group of trees and I looked with my light but didn't find no hide piled up close by. I walked around that clump of trees and found blood again. I looked to my right and there he was laying.
It is a 30 lb tom cat. It was a 100 yd shot and the cat traveled about 100 yds before he finally collapsed.
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Congrats!!!!!Outstanding Story too!!!Thanks for sharing that with us.....Wow 30 pounder yet????That is AWESOME!!!!!!!
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One more pic yet ;D
This is the entry side on the front shoulder. I shot it with a .223 55gr psp. I had shot through about 4ft of brush and the bullet stayed together. Try that with a vmax.
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Nice going bud...Congratulations!!!!!!!!
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Way to go ben !!!! ;)
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WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man Ben...i gotta tell ya...i was as pumped as you were when i got your call. i'm so happy for you!! hope to see some pics that are abit larger...i wanna see this cat real good!!!
CONGRATS AND A JOB WELL DONE!! your getting to be a he77 of a cat caller! ;D
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Congrats!!!
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Good Story, Ben.
Good Job. Congratulations.
A turdy pounder, wow!
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great story, congratulations.
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Great job Ben, be proud of that one. Bigger pics? Looks like a full body mount to me.
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Great job Ben!!!
Congrats!!!
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Wow. Sometimes we do win. Nice going
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Way to go Ben....great pics thanks....
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Awesome Ben! I couldn't have happend to a nicer guy. ;) Congratulations!
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Congrats on a fine looking cat.+1 on the bigger pics :P
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Very nice Cat. Congratulations again Ben.
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Congrats,nice cat.
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Congrats on a fine looking cat.+1 on the bigger pics :P
The pics are clickable
Click on the pic and spin 3 clockwise revolutions on the computer chair to make it bigger
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hey thanks for the heads up LL...didnt know they would expand.
wow Ben....that pic of the cat on the hood of the Bronco II is awesome. sure shows how big he is!
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Nice cat Ben
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congrats on the cat.
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Way to go Ben,Looks like the hard work paid off.Quite an accomplishment.
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Congrats on the cat. Maybe I'll get a tag next year.
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Ben did you get it with the Russian 223/12?
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congrats ben
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it was killed with the tikka. the russian gun is benched right now till I get time to get better scope mounts on it. but I got to tell ya this tikka is starting to become my favorite fur gun. three shots three kills so far. ;)
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Brother Tom has one in the 223 configuration too...Nice Gun For Sure!!!
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Congrats....Nice job !! :)
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Congratulations on filling your tag. Getting it mounted???...ED
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yep
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One more pic yet ;D
This is the entry side on the front shoulder. I shot it with a .223 55gr psp. I had shot through about 4ft of brush and the bullet stayed together. Try that with a vmax.
I ain't a going to shoot through 4ft of brush. Most hunters would not take such a poor shot. Thanks to luck you killed your cat and it did not run off and die. Congratulations on a nice cat.
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Congrats Ben...you and pop now have a pair...
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One more pic yet ;D
This is the entry side on the front shoulder. I shot it with a .223 55gr psp. I had shot through about 4ft of brush and the bullet stayed together. Try that with a vmax.
I ain't a going to shoot through 4ft of brush. Most hunters would not take such a poor shot. Thanks to luck you killed your cat and it did not run off and die. Congratulations on a nice cat.
I will offer an explanation and I am surprised that this did not come up earlier. When I took the shot it was hard to tell that there was brush in front of this cat. if you have hunted cats you know that they blend in well with their surroundings. it did not appear that there was brush in front, but there was. and I do agree that it was only made possible by luck and gods grace that we recovered that cat. with the fresh snow I was prepared to track till we found it or jumped it. you can see the shotgun laying on the hood of the bronco. I actually backed out when I had realized what had happened hoping that with the blood I was seeing he would bleed out. which he did.
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way to go Ben!! Great lookin cat!