Erathkid's buddy killed a cat

Tell us the story buddy!

My Friend Jim was hunting his brothers low-fenced 5,000 acre ranch in Webb county this last weekend. His brother leases the whole pasture for himself but lets guests shoot an occasional cull deer. Jim was in the stand with the biologist that lives on the property.

They were glassing senderos, the biologist was on the right looking down a sendero, Jim was on the left looking straight ahead and to the left. These senderos are cut like spokes on a wheel. They were watching some deer when all of a sudden they bolted. The biologist say's, "Mountain lion", and he swung around to see him slip in the brush. Then out the next sendero. That's when the hammer came down

Light was fading fast and they didn't have a spotlight, biologist ran back to the truck and got one. They found him piled up in the brush. He said it was pretty spooky walking in after a wounded cat in the brush. Once in a lifetime deal, for sure. He's getting a full body mount. The cat weighed 130lbs. They cut it's stomach open and it was empty. This cat was known to frequent the neighboring ranch...Thanks for posting pic, Curly...Curly is my resident THF I.T. guru.

Very cool

WOW!! Nice kitty.

Congrats to him!!! Very cool cat! Definitely a once in a lifetime deal

Very cool

SWEET!!!

That awesome, definitely on my bucket list. I'd love to know which ranch it was killed on.

Impossible, no big cats that far east.......

Big kitty!

Glad the story is out! My really good friend is the biologist you are referring to. It is an awesome ranch and the quality of wildlife is outstanding.

Meow

Wow !!!
Beautiful cat !!!
Congrats to him !!!

I'd love to shoot one! Congrats to the hunter.

Photoshopped!



jk!!! Awesome kill! That's a once in a lifetime thing right there!

that is pretty dang cool

beast, very nice

My wife showed that pic to me from Facebook earlier this week. Wonder what 'friends' we have in common.

That is GREATNESS!

You may be surprised. I've known and hunted with Jim for close to 30 years. He's a huntin' sunofagun...I'm gonna' recommend the taxidermist that did the cat in Curly's sig pic. So lifelike.

House cat. Look how he is holding it way out in front of him to fool the camera.

Nah, it's an albino black panther.

Heck of a deal. Don't get chances like that very often. He did well to take advantage of it.

SUM-BITC$%, should have bought a lottery ticket that evening too!!! Man, how would a guy top that. Thanks for posting and congrats to the hunter

He leases 5000 acres for himself ????? Wow. Donth think iveever heard of something like that.

Congrats to Jim That cat looks like it weighs more than 130 even with an empty tummy

And I bet looking for him in the brush will make all of your hair stand on end, even Mr.Cleans

God that's cool

A rare trophy for sure.

[quote=Hogslayer5L]He leases 5000 acres for himself ????? Wow. Donth think iveever heard of something like that. [/quote

He won 2013 Los Cazadores low fence too with a 211.

Nice kill congrats

HOLY MOLY! Congrats! Suckers huge

Wow! I mean WOW. That would give me pause before I started my next morning walk to the stand if I saw one on my lease

Wow... Congrats

That is awesomeness. Lucky man!

Yep.

Cool!!! That'll make a good mount!!!

Awesome cat. Look at the muscle definition in that beast. Couldn't imagine walking up on one that was wounded and him fighting back.

Wow, spooky sounds like a good description.
Congrats to him.

very cool...what caliber?

what a cat!!

That is really cool!

He usually shoots a 300 Weatherby. I think he was using an AR this time.

I got a pic of this cat the same day with a young guy holding it but it said Pearsal. My cousins buddy works the guy or something. So I sent him this pic and told him if he wasn't sure of location just say south Texas or Texas.

We spotted a Mountain lion on our ranch South of Blanco, TX this past weekend. Got of picture of its print in the mud.

congrats, I guess...I used to think it would be cool to kill a cat; until I realized that there would be no more for my great grandchildren if extermination efforts continue. Lions and other predators have a place and an economic value to hunters and ranchers alike; if the money spent trapping these animals was reverted to reimbursing ranchers for losses, I think it would be better for all parties by increasing diversity which greatly benefits the habitat and in turn economic productivity of the land. We are still stuck in a medieval paradigm in regards to predators with little science to back up the stance. We damn sure have to many deer and hunters are not killing enough.

Well no one is going to reimburse us ranchers for our losses. So what are we to do? Should we keep letting the predators (Mountain Lions, Bobcats, Coyotes, etc...) kill off all of our animals till we have nothing left? What science would you like know...predator kills livestock, rancher looses money. I have already lost 2 calves and 3 Spanish goats due to this mountain lion. No telling how many more to come. Do the science and the math....

That's awesome, glad to see a real one on here for once

Great job and congrats to him.

But.... but.... but.... it's not black

HOLY HELL that's one big dang cat! Congrats on the kill

Great cat and congrats to the hunter

How far from the river are you? Back about 5 or 6 years ago, there was a horse killed in a development called Burnett Ranch Estates. The back part of it backs up to the river. a couple of days later, a very large cat was spotted in Wood Creek by Jacobs Well.

And thats a BIG Cat. Congrats to the Hunter.

I keep coming back just to see the picture again.

wow definitely a once in a lifetime, congrats to him

We are only about 5 miles from the river.