I grew up in Western Oregon and we used to hunt cougar (panther/mountain lion/etc) with dogs. We would eat them all the time. Hands down the best game meat on the planet. I was born and raised on Venison and Elk and it's sacrilegious to admit it but cougar is way, way better!
There you have it: I'm sold! Florida Panther: it's what's for dinner! We should contact our lawmakers and make them a legalized game species. They just need to understand that panther is the other white meat!
There are enough panthers in Fla to do a couple draw hunts, IMHO.....
Speaking of kitty's, here is a pelt I just got back yesterday, S GA bobcat I took in Mid December. I really like the color on this one. I thought this was a big cat until I went to pick it up. My taxidermist had 4 FL bobcat pelts there, they were atleast 1.5 x bigger than mine, more of a solid color on the back, he told me they weighed in at 30 to 40 lbs each. Couldn't believe the difference.
Nice Triple Creek Reaper How are u going to mount it.
No mount....thinking about laying this one over my night stand
