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Offline philil

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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2008, 04:40:00 AM »
How about a german beer?
I pay the beer, you pay the flight   :goldtooth:

Great story!
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2008, 08:19:00 AM »
That was a fine story.
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Offline bohuntr

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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #22 on: January 31, 2008, 04:08:00 PM »
Great story Walt!!! I remember reading about a similar type situation where the lion was actually shot a year or two later by a guy with a rifle. I believe that particular lion was actually in good health when it was finally taken. The broadhead was found imbedded in the skull by the eye socket and positively identified by the guy who shot it previously. Love to have a beer with you sometime and hear that story and the grizzly story!
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Offline Buckhammer

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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2008, 05:40:00 PM »
Great story Walt. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #24 on: January 31, 2008, 06:15:00 PM »
A cornered house cat can be scary enough, I couldn`t imagine a mountain lion crouched down and stalking me.

I have to say, as soon as I let him know that I was me, and he didn`t care, and kept stalking, my sidearm would have done the talking.

I`m glad they are more afraid of us than we are of them???????

Great story for sure.
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #25 on: January 31, 2008, 07:19:00 PM »
Well told - interesting story!  It makes you wonder how you would react in that situation. You did well, my friend!  :scared:  
Wells
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #26 on: January 31, 2008, 09:26:00 PM »
WOW!!
 Note to self,when goin to the mountains,try to take Walt with you!!

Exellent story Walt,may have to get to Mojam if you're comin.
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Offline DraglineMan

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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #27 on: January 31, 2008, 09:38:00 PM »
Walt, I live in Colstrip MT. Where do you hunt elk?
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #28 on: January 31, 2008, 10:11:00 PM »
Glad to hear that you will be in Pitts, Walt.  I'll put a beer down on the griz story.  See ya there!
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2008, 09:49:00 AM »
Stoney,
Before the wolves decimated the herd I did most of my elk hunting in the Gallatin Canyon, a couple of miles north of Yellowstone Park: which is where this Kitty encounter occurred.

Kenny,
Mark Baker and I will be going to MoJam, hope to see you there.

Vance I will give you a call.

To be honest, during the first encounter with the cat I didn’t feel threatened until he went in the final stalk mode.  Until then I figured it would be like my previous encounters with cats, it would run away as soon as it recognized I was a human.  Though it appeared to be extremely large at the time, my best guess after seeing numerous cats the past few years is that it was a young male around 120 pounds.
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2008, 10:21:00 AM »
Great hunting story.  I'm sure it is much better in person (seemed a quart low on alignment fluit).
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2009, 10:45:00 PM »
Don't know how I missed this one. Will have to buy Walt a beer at MoJam to hear about the Griz.
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Offline Gerardo

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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2009, 10:36:00 PM »
GREAT STORY WALT , thanks for putting it up here for us to read
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #33 on: December 29, 2009, 09:04:00 AM »
Great story, I wish all you guys would share some of your old stories.
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #34 on: December 29, 2009, 09:56:00 AM »
I just saw this thread. It must be a Montana thing as an almost identical incident happened to me in 1992, except it was on the first leap and my arrow hit a foot lower. Afterwards F&G told me of a bunch of incidents that never reach the media, including one of the wardens shooting one out of mid air with a shotgun as it jumped for him. Hairy stuff. BW
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #35 on: November 27, 2011, 08:33:00 AM »
TTT This is s great read
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #36 on: November 27, 2011, 08:54:00 AM »
Good stuff!
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #37 on: November 27, 2011, 11:21:00 AM »
Great,Great story....  :)
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Re: Unicorn Kitty
« Reply #38 on: November 27, 2011, 01:41:00 PM »
Great story
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