Cougar on acreage, what gun?

In our neck of the woods, cougars are protected so even if there is a reason, it becomes an expensive one. There a cougar that hangs aroung one of my customer's property so everytime I am there, I bring a pump and I stagger the rounds with #7, OO, #7, OO and OO. I carry 4 more #OOs and two slugs in the carrier so I am prepared for anything. Hit it with a #7 and if it doesn't high tail it out of there, strip a round and hit it with another #7. If it comes at you then go to town with the OO.

 
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The .357 works well on cats. The 158 gr JHP is good, as is a 158 gr hardcast RNFP at 1500 fps or so for the buggers.

The .22 Hornet is dandy for critters that are treed or just ambling around the property like the puddy tat in the pics.
(Actually, a .22LR works just as good inside 50 yds... I know.);)
 
I had no idea there was a spring cougar season in R1and R2.

Still I'd use the shotgun with shot and be mindful of the 100m rule on p13 of the regs.
 
I couldn't bring myself to put duct tape on either the M-S 1903 nor the Timberwolf so.............

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Live with a mutual respect?

Have him in for tea before you murder him after he fought so hard to truly be a survivor in nature's harshness, you may have more in common than you might think.
 
I asked my elderly father, who took many cougars for the bounty on Vancouver Island in the 1930s and the 1940s, starting in his early teens. He says they're easy to kill, and all he used was a .22. The 38.55, his family's other rifle, was too much. And the .22 was a single shot, with open sights. A head shot, of course, at night. The key thing is, don't let the cougar kill your hound, after the dog trees the cat for you. The bounty was a working man's wage for a week, more than he could earn falling timber on the weekends when he wasn't in school. There's nothing like subsistence hunting, for the family table, to sharpen your shooting skills. Eventually he got a 30.30, and later a Husqvarna 30.06, but never a scope, didn't need it.
 
Yup! Gut shot bears are always a great idea.
Can’t see any downside to that.
None at all.
Probably never attack you in your Moms basement.
 
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He’s pinner, be shocked if it was 3 y/o even. be like shooting a dog. 357 to the boiler room and done.
 
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