Any predator hunters in our family?

[Wild and Free]

Was a good weekend for finding Kitty cats here in ND this weekend.

These were taken about 125 miles NW of where I live but there is a population that spans our entire state, the last few years cats have been taken in all corners of ND, there was one killed only 8 miles from my house a couple years ago and have been numerous sitings all around my house the last several years, I have seen tracks in the snow while hunting but never seen one in person in the wiild. We also have Bobcats but are rarely ever seen, most are taken by trap or snare and even that is rare, sneaky little buggers. I am personally a coyote caller, have done it my whole life and is great fun.

http://www.kfyrtv.com/home/headlines/2-Mountain-Lions-Harvested-Over-Weekend-361818111.html

Edited December 15, 2015 by Wild and Free

[CSM]

Neat!

Coyotes...  you have my attention.  When is the inaugural WnF coyote shoot?

[BBHD]

I've been getting into it more and more the last couple years. Mostly coyotes in New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. What a blast!

[Me78569]

Never hunted big cats,  

 

A big cat decided to invade our Elk honey hole this year...we might have to get your crew down to help.   Not many things in the woods get me on edge, but mountain lions sure do.  

 

 

[01cummins4ever]

Yep, those are some nice size cats, I too am tying to reduce the coyote population. We have some big cats around here in Dolores, Co.. There was on killed a few years ago about a mile from my place. It weighed in at a litttle over 200 lbs. just shy of the state record

[Wild and Free]

Here is the story about the top picture.

http://nodakangler.com/forums/showthread.php?4536-Big-Cat-Great-Story

 

Big Cat, Great Story

This is a heartwarming story here, chase Wisness was paralyzed in a car accident a few years back. Rusty Christopherson and dusty Hausauer tried to make it happen for chase all season but just never had the luck. But today was a different story. I got the phone call this morning from a neighbor north of me that said he found a track. I called rusty and we took our dogs up there and stuck em on the track. Dogs treed this nice female lion and we were fortunate enough to get chase in there on a sled to harvest this amazing animal. Talk about some great people, great friends, and an awesome story nobody will soon forget! Congrats chase Wisness!

On a side note I am 1000% against using dogs to run down cats, to me this is as immoral a hunting practice as one can get, I am not for making things illegal but in this instance I am dead set against it unless it is a creature who has become destructive or dangerous to humans. Falls into the same category as "Baiting" of any sort in my book, pretty pathetic way of hunting.

[01cummins4ever]

congrats to your friend on his kill. I got a lot of respect for them cats. they are some awesome critters., those dogs deserve a lot of credit too.

[Wild and Free]

I personally do not know any of the people involved but a co-worker said he knew one of the guys who shot one of the cats. I was just sharing a story that was kind of out of the ordinary here of 3 cats taken in the same area in one weekend.

[joecool911]

I do predator hunting. Bobcat and cougar mostly. No dogs, bobcat at night with spotlights and calling cougar. A group of us go each February to a mule deer wintering area in central Oregon. Let me know if any of you want to go cougar hunting about Valentine's Day.