Went out yesterday, trying to add to my horn collection. Found no antlers, but I did find a dead cougar. That's right, a dead cougar! Think of the odds of that happening.

It was a small cat, about 50-60 pounds maybe, been dead 2 weeks to 2 months. It hasn't been eaten on by anything, but really reeks. My best forensics suggest it was killed by a bull elk. It's got a one inch wide hole in its rib cage, about liver area, angling down. I'm sure it wasn't a bullet hole -no hole on the other side. I think a buck deer would have left more than one hole with its narrower rack. The kitty was in poor shape, appeared really skinny, and must have gotten desperate.

I've got to call F&G and see if it's okay for me to have the skull, if so I'll go back and retrieve it.