Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Northwestern Oregon coast hunting?

i am hoping to find some insight about hunting mountain lions in the area of northwestern Oregon coast mountain range area. i have never hunted or even seen a mountain lion in the wild so any tips or help or local hot spots you know of that can help me to get my trophy mountain lion is very sincerely appreciated. thanks so much.Northwestern Oregon coast hunting?
Well thank you for helping us control this lion population. First off the highest population of lions here in Oregon is in Jackson and Josephine Counties. Where I live and hunt. However they are everywhere and our fish and game people are very willing to help you get one so ask the branch office in the unit you are hunting. The most effictive legal means of taking a lion is to find an area with high rocky cliffs with a panoramic view and good population of deer. Get yourself a fawn distress call and set up somewhere it is difficult for the lion to walk up behind you. I prefer to have a rock bluff at my back. The lion will probably aproach downwind but not always. Camo and sent control is vital and early morning seems to be the most productive. Follow instructions on box for using your call. I prefer Primos brand calls. The hardest part is not shooting one of the other animals that responds to the call faster that a carefull lion. Be patient. If bears and bobcats and so forth are responding you are doing it right. Just let them approach and they may poke around a bit however they will see you and flee. Keep calling and watching wait for your lion. They usually get very close before you see them and you will only get one shot. They are super fast however they have very small lungs and can't go to far without needing a rest. So they walk up very slow and pounce with lighting speed. You wont hear them comming. A decoy can also help put your lion where you want him. It is illeagle here in Oregon to use game birds or animals as bait. However a chicken wing on a piece of fishing line hanging from a tree limb moving in the wind usually gets all sorts of attention. I could go on and on. Hope I helped if you have any more questions I would be happy to help you. Oregon has to many cougars they are killing off our deer and elk heards threatning livestock and pets. My county has actually hired a guy to kill everyone he can run down and he is recieving 30k a year to do it! We use to be able to hunt them with hounds but the new liberal inflow from california voted that out. My county voted the other way but it didn't matter. So the people in Portland that have no Cougars get to tell us rural Jackson county folk how to control the population. We have open season almost all year, 24 hours a day and can't stop them. They breed like house cats. Last year I was pursuing bobcats with 4 hounds. 2 hounds were killed and eaten right there on the spot. I had to shoot one because her skull was shattered. The forth and final hound refuses to hunt anymore and has been retired into a house dog. Good hunting we thank you for your efforts. get the kittyNorthwestern Oregon coast hunting?
Sorry, but I think hunting an animal just to get a trophy is a rotten thing to do. Unless you want to chow down on lion fricasee, stick to something you can actually USE.

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