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Another Wyoming cat

Posted By: Wytex

Another Wyoming cat - 01/23/20 02:34 PM

Back in Sept we had the trail cam out looking at the deer and elk using the meadows, noticed one shot of a mt lion in the far meadows .
Well this fall we noticed not near as many deer hanging out in the meadows,almost none really, chalked that up to our activities.
This winter a nice sized set of tracks started appearing along the creek and thought the horse pasture, the big cat was still around.
The tracks go pretty much all over the meadows and along the creek, a fresh set after each snow.
Needless to say a mt lion tag was purchased.

Yesterday morning we caught up to the big cat, jumped a nice sized female we're pretty sure was on a kill . She was so full she couldn't get away fast enough.
One shot from the mini 14, .223 and she was down. The last stop for a look was her demise.

While not huge she weighed in at 108 lbs live weight. Full stomach and no kittens in the reproductive tract. Fat as can be.
Beautiful cat but she was doing a number on the deer and checking out the horses.
She makes number 10 taken from this cat area, 12 is the quota. Most are taken by houndsmen but some by folks like us, just lucky for once.

Skinned her out and she will become a nice rug, we have 2 already .
Now we'll be bating, this spring, for the black bear we also got a trail cam pic of.

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Posted By: Ktexas14

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/23/20 03:57 PM

That is pretty cool man.
Posted By: JimBridger

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/23/20 04:57 PM

Very nice! Congratulations
Posted By: wsjaxIV

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/23/20 06:48 PM

Wow, very cool indeed. Congratulations.
Posted By: kmon11

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/23/20 07:53 PM

Congrats, they sure can make the deer spooky. good sized cat
Posted By: SnakeWrangler

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/25/20 12:32 PM

Beautiful cat....congrats
Posted By: twdjr

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/25/20 09:44 PM

Nice!
Posted By: RANGERRONG

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/25/20 09:48 PM

very nice
Posted By: TEXASLEFTY

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 01/27/20 01:13 AM

Impressive and congrats!!
Posted By: LG

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 02/04/20 10:06 PM

up
Posted By: jnd59

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 02/04/20 10:47 PM

Nice cat. They do tend to make deer and horses nervous. 12 cat limit in that unit. Must be pretty strong numbers to take that many.
Posted By: Wytex

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 02/05/20 12:36 AM

Our big cat populations are doing great, too great in some areas.
Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 02/05/20 02:52 AM

Nice, I was once on a lease with an active cat that basically put a stop on all deer movement
Posted By: colt45-90

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 03/14/20 04:24 PM

how do they taste?, always heard they are good eating
Posted By: duckhunter175

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 03/14/20 07:30 PM

Glad you got her! The deer and elk are thanking you!
Posted By: 10 Gauge

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 03/15/20 03:20 AM

That is a beauty. cheers
Posted By: Wytex

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 03/15/20 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by colt45
how do they taste?, always heard they are good eating


Kind of like pork in texture and color but a little sweeter. Smoked some strap and the folks down at our favorite local watering hole enjoyed it with us.

The hide is off to Moyle Mink for tanning, we have 2 mt lion rugs now so a nicely tanned hide was in order.
Here's the spouse's rug that hangs in Texas at his family place. This rug is about 30 years old and was one of the first our now retired taxidermist did way back then.

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Posted By: SnakeWrangler

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 03/15/20 02:30 PM

Very nice...
Posted By: HS2

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 05/11/20 03:10 AM

What part of Wyoming?
Posted By: TKandMike

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 05/11/20 01:23 PM

That's a gorgeous cat
Posted By: dogcatcher

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 05/14/20 12:07 AM

cheers
Posted By: colt45-90

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 06/09/20 06:03 PM

up
Posted By: Biscuit

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 06/09/20 08:48 PM

huge
Posted By: redhaze

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 06/10/20 11:35 PM

Wow
Posted By: Wytex

Re: Another Wyoming cat - 06/11/20 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by HS2
What part of Wyoming?


The Southern Laramie Range, the ranch is in Sybille Canyon between Laramie and Wheatland.
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