Cougar Down!! Mountain Lion Called and Taken In WA.-Guest Post by Steve Tormala
Steve Tormala, the owner of RainShadow Game Calls, is a Wildlife Callers’ blog subscriber and fellow mountain lion hunter. He called, filmed, and shot this big female cougar not far from his home in Washington State.
Steve Tormala and His Dec 5 Cougar
Steve has his own line of downloadable sounds he’s developed for mountain lion calling and a hand call that mimics a young cougar whistle. Steve used his sounds to call this cougar!
Quick Response Results in a Quick Response! – By Steve Tormala
I just got back from a DISMAL coyote calling trip to the dry side of Washington 3 days earlier. 1 shot fired, no fur, 20+ miles of walking the desert, 850+ miles of driving, 26 formal stands, 10 – 15 quick stands… Nothin’!
I was down on hunting, calling, and anything else to do with predators!
I hadn’t planned on hunting at all this week, possibly not even next week. I’m finishing up a few custom knives and starting a couple others for Christmas orders. Plenty to do, time to stay at home and sulk!
I guess it was about noon:30, I get a call from a friend of my wife,
“Are you still looking for a Cougar?”
“Yeah!”
“Well, one was just sighted on our road, right next to a guy walking. He said it was big! Scared him pretty good!”
“Where?”
“Just before my house, over the hill in the DNR clearcut next to such-and-so road…”
“How long ago?”
“10 minutes, he saw it ten minutes ago!”
As negative as I was about sitting on another calling stand, you just don’t pass up a located Cougar! That’s like turning up your nose at GOLD! (more…)
