Before Saturday, 16 cougar attacks, one of which was fatal, had been reported in Washington state during the past century. 3. Northwest Big Game Inc.'s record books for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana's big game animals! “A lot of cougar mothers are getting killed,” said Dr. John W. Laundré, a professor at Western Oregon University and a board member of the nonprofit environmental group Predator Defense. Female cougars are typically smaller. With a skull measuring 27 and 6/16 inches, this is the biggest grizzly bear ever killed by a hunter in the Boone & Crockett record book.

It was largest cat killed (and measured) in Idaho since 1988 when Gene Alford took one that measured 16 3/16ths, which is Boone and Crockett’s No. Hood National Forest on the Hunchback Mountain Trail.

The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, panther, catamount, American lion and mishibijn (Ojibwa),is the largest wildcat in North America north of Mexico.It once roamed throughout Wisconsin, one of three wild cats native to the state, along with the bobcat and Canada lynx. A placard affixed to the fence outside Rocky's pen states that "cougars are solitary creatures and rarely seen by humans." “It had been killed and had been dragged quite a ways and buried,” she said. The family, including her 4-year-old son, were relieved to know the cougar was dead, she added. An average male cougar, or mountain lion, weighs 150 pounds. Alaska Hunter: Kenneth Best Score: 255 Year: 1978 Location: McGrath, AK No one, it seems, is ever looking for a world record moose; they just find one and shoot it. HYDE COUNTY, N.C. — A Virginia man who was hunting in Eastern North Carolina Tuesday morning bagged the second largest bear ever killed in the state. An hour later, the dogs treed the biggest cougar Huelsdonk had ever seen. Washington’s research into cougar densities dates back nearly two decades and includes seven study areas. The first known fatal attack occurred in the 1920s , … One afternoon, Huelsdonk was walking down a trail when he noticed a large number of crows feeding on the remains of a deer. One of the biggest misconceptions about North Carolina wildlife is the existence of cougars, or black panthers, in our state. Diana Bober, 55, female September 11, 2018 Killed by a cougar in Mt. 2 all-time for North America. At least that's the case for the top three Alaskan/Yukon moose. Cougars in Wisconsin. Thomas Capps of Richmond, Va., killed … A cougar who attacked two bikers, killing one and seriously injuring another, in Washington state over the weekend was emaciated, authorities said Sunday. Thinking the animal was probably killed by a cougar, he rushed back to the farm to get his cougar dogs and rifle, and began tracking the cat. “It’s the chase and the atmosphere. All western states with surviving cougar populations (except Texas) established limited protections for the cats by the early 1970s. The cougar is a big cat known by many names including panther, mountain lion, puma and up to 80 more, but these are all the same species, Puma concolor. “It’s just cool,” he said. Killed by a cougar near North Bend, Washington, while biking in the foothills near North Bend. Bradley’s cat is now getting a full-body mount, and he said despite the odds of topping his first hunt, he’d like to do it again.