I never found cougars a problem at all... surely you just ride past them? I lost my horse to them once just because I was messign about with them and didnt realise they were knawing at my horse.
And yea, the ending is great. The whole story line is probably the best ive ever seen in a game.
After I completed it, I decided I'd go and have a look to see if I could get revenge on the law. I read in the newspaper that the guy that killed me, w/e his name was, had retired and moved to a small house near a lake. I went to that house and found noone
There arent any follow on mission for the guys son to do are there?