07/03/2022 Oregon cougar hunt and harvest! 

I just found your channel. It’s great and refreshing to see another brother that enjoys hunting. Subscribed!

I live in eastern Washington and our cougar numbers are at an all time high, glad to see others making an effort in their conservation!

You're living the dream life man keep on keeping on. Bless you.

I didn’t know how many cougars were wasted by depredation I was already convinced thanks to u and the comments that it was not only good meat but necessary considering the attraction most hunters have to elk and deer and dwindling numbers in those species but it’s keeping them from behaviors that will lead them to be wasted. Thanks for the conservation education

You have a real pleasant and easy manner, which combined with your ethical approach and excellent field craft make your videos stand out.

Thank You for taking us along on your hunt, I'm learning a lot👍🇺🇸

You inspire me. I’m happy to find others who share my passion. Keep up the good work.

Totally amazing hunt. No dogs, just skill and the 3 D's. Desire, dedication, and determination. Very well played.

Love the end bit about the conservation. Well done.

Dude! That was pretty epic. I have been calling for years now and have still not "seen" a cougar come in. Congrats.

Glad I found your channel and look forward to more videos. The most chill hunting video I have watched. You showed the beauty of Oregon and a great compassionate explanation of why you hunt.

Massively impressed. Perserverance, skill, patience. To take a predator of that caliber, a real achievement.

Awesome footage! Congratulations on your successful cougar hunt! May God bless you with many more years fulfilling your dream! Thanks for taking me along 🙂

Looks like a great channel and I fully support what you're doing. And always good to see a fellow Oregonian on the Tube.

This dude is a legend A tv show needs to be made with you Keep being you legend

Right on man. Great video. Wishing you success in filling your wolf tags!!! Thanks for sharing.

You are a good dude! I like the explanation for non hunters and hunters alike! You definitely have a good thought process for your rational to hunt

That's so awesome thanks for sharing and thank you for taking one out of my hunting area 😀

The additional caveat is Wolves as well. If we look at the example of Yellowstone, where they had a 68% decrease in cougar population after wolves got established, it bring a big concern for us here, now. We have huge cougar populations and growing wolf packs in Oregon and Washington. Seems like a ok thing, that cougars will reduce, but in addition to the wolves creating another problem, the cougar population decline is mostly from starvation, as the wolves displace the elk from where cougars would traditionally hunt them… That means a huge, starving wolf population… that means we will likely be seeing a sharp increase in cougar depredations on livestock and pets, and potentially more human attacks as well… This is pretty important work to be doing right now really…

great hunt , the collar on the cat was cool to see . congrats on the cat .

Very awesome video getting the very allusive cougar. I love it here in Oregon. I have been seeing a lot more cougar sign around my hunting area above north fork Santiam but I haven't been able to go up there since the fire devastated the area 2 years ago. Hopefully it will be open to the public soon.

I love everything about this video! Subscribed

This video just gets better and better as it goes. Appreciate the content!

I'm not gonna lie. When you said, I think today was a good day..... The lyrics "because I didn't even have to shoot my ak".... Popped Into my head.....😂😂😂 But I think it's good to see brothers protecting livestock and children, and earning fresh meat for the barbeque. What can I say, I was born in the 80s and the radio songs of the 90s and early 2000s are sometimes lingering in my head. 😂 as long as you have dreads and you say, "I think today was a good day....".... Someone is gonna continue those lyrics. 😂

Congratulations I look forward to Cougar hunting...I have a cougar tag and a bear tag for Oregon, and wolf tags for Idaho, and I live in Washington :) Thanks for sharing your story 😊

Thanks for breaking the stereotype Ray, ….. At 10:18 not too many former track stars enjoy cigarettes anymore!! Lol

Ray, glad to see you’re doing so well. Great video! You were an athlete us youngsters at the time always aspired to be at Barlow. I look forward to watching your channel.

You had me hooked into the video at... "Any day, that you can wake up next to a beautiful mountain stream, is a good day" Nice to watch a video with like minded, grounded, down to earth people in it. Liked and subscribed 🤘

Nice work! I shot a cougar on the Deschutes River a few years ago on my son's sheep hunt. Your video made me research the use of motorized decoys as I have always thought that would be a VERY effective way to hunt cougar, but thought that was prohibited. I went back to my old regs and saw that 2018 was the last year that stated, "The use of decoys with moving parts is prohibited for big game species." That makes me thrilled that this was dropped from the regs! I enjoyed your video very much and you have a new subscriber.

You are a true predator, Sir top of the food chain. Watching u bag a beast like that is amazing

I love seeing you on Mountain Men on Discovery Channel.

Awesome hunt, and thanks for doing your part in controlling the predators. A lot of hunters don't seem to understand how important predator control is for future hunt success for us and the next generation.

I’m from La Grande and the Starkey unit is our regular hunting unit. Awesome video, got a cat out of Starkey myself a couple years ago.

Man im a hunter, but I'll admit my human emotions hit more when it comes to predators. Then again... we'll see how the gray wolves do here in CO 😊 Thanks for explaining why this is NECESSARY! Keep doing the good work 👍

New sub here. You make great video and hunting lions is wild. That hail was crazy too. I’m surprised you don’t have more subs. Keep up the great work man.

Sweet Success! Basic and effective methods of predator control well done sir. 🇺🇸

Awesome hunt…thanks for sharing…just connected…Salute!🍃🍃💯

Right in my backyard… great video 🤟🤟

No one ever shows the lugging a big ass kill like that BACK to camp. How much did that thing weigh? Most impressive!

Badass channel! Thanks for the video.

Congratulations! Very well done!

Nice work, Ray!

Awesome job and congrats. I really like the fact you use AR style platforms for predator management/hunting and your pet crow is cool !

Well done sir , good message too .

Wow, crazy weather. Beautiful country. Cool corvid

I got back into my account. ❤️. Love these videos!!

Was there a way to learn the life history of that cougar? Like its age, where and when it was collared, etc.? That would be interesting.

Friggen rad man nice stuff

Great show!!

Much love from Colorado!! Love the 6.5 Grendel took a nice Colorado mule deer with mine! Subscribed and followed!!

Way to go, enjoyed your video

Love to see black men outdoors and hunting. Reminds me of my family back in Louisiana.

Love it my friend

This is my first year hunting. I am researching hunting cougars which brought me here. I cannot thank you enough for what you are doing and your message at the end. Thank you!

The favorite part for me is the flowers. I love this area

Hi from the mountains of northeastern VT! I love the content and your positive vibes. Subscribed

Nice job all the way around...thanks for sharing

Excellent share.

Great video. Congrats on your cougar.

This hunt just popped up on my feed! Never hunted Oregon however I have that whole state covered by family! From Tillamook to Halfway/Baker City to Tigard, Beaverton, Bend, Medford! Great hunt , subscribed!!

You should do an instructional video on processing it and cooking.

Oh hell yes! I just found your channel. This is awesome. I'm from Ohio and I'm into the predator hunting! I like eating rabbits and would rather not share lol. Awesome channel!

Nice cat! Great job calling it in!

BEST DAYS OF LIFE ..EVERRR..!!!

Nice video! Never got a cougar yet and really want one. I also have the grendel/beowulf combo and love it. Not sure about grendel on elk but would love to see your elk hunt, did you video it?

Super cool vid I would love if you would show how you go about hunting kind of like a tutorial for cougar

I would like to congratulate you, sir, on a successful hunt

Beautiful Big cat! What a hunt!

Nice!! awsome to see! I'm going out to try and call one in in the a.m for my second attempt.. i live in LG and the deer and elk populations around here are looking pretty sad! congrats on the cat! cool video! keep slaying them!

Nice shot Beautiful cat

Good work Ray! Ive been charged by a mt lion. I had no weapon. I charged back and it veered off 10 ft from me. It had no fear!

Called in a four-legged cougar! 😉 I had to comment because I was cracking up when you were smoking, after you smoked him. Legit!

Keep on keeping on. Brother

Love the channel. Keep it up

This was like a short movie. So awesome

Super cool love the dreads and smoking a cigarette at the end was absolutely epic. Well done, sir. Well done.

Great video! Congratulations!

Nice work. What beautiful country

Great video. Keep them coming.

Good job my friend! Good job Great video too!

That was a very good video congrats on the lion! I called in 3 last year while wolf hunting and where I live in Montana cat season was already closed so I couldn't shoot any of them

lighting jack onea my favs congrats bud nice cat man!

Nice hunt. You are a great hunter.

This is awesome man! I can't believe you effectively target mountain lions with game calls can I legally use electronic calls and decoy in Oregon?

Great job! Getting ready to head out myself and try calling a cat.

Cougar tastes great! Like a fancy sweet pork! It really is a delicacy! Lots of cougars out there and they need to be regulated they are wipong out the deer and elk populations along with the wolves and bears!

Look forward to more hunts! Keep it up!

That was kickass man. Who would have thought that a lion would taste good lol.

awesome

nice video, thanks for sharing!

That last seen packing out meat grabbing your rifle and taking a long drag of your cigarette reminds me of my dad in the 80’s few known the significants of that moment and even fewer understand it well done sir

That was awesome looks like a blast

Nice hunt brother! Predator hunting is all about conservation, and fun too.

Nice Cat, did you take that one with the 6.8 western?

That's pretty impressive. Congratulations on your kitty.

Solid 🔥

Dude awesome im jealous. I actually went all the way up and like you got hit with monster storm. Lol

Sweet video! Nice work

just found the channel, interesting video

Does any predator call work or which one is more effective?