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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 9, 2015 15:59:48 GMT -5
Have any of you guys been on a mountain lion hunt?
I was asked about a dream hunt for me, and obviously I'm limited even if money was not an option. I watched a hunting show once where they followed the dogs on snowmobiles. I could do this! Also saw one on horseback, but no.
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Post by HuntMeister on Sept 9, 2015 17:27:31 GMT -5
Never have but it is on the bucket list.
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Post by nfalls116 on Sept 9, 2015 19:29:09 GMT -5
I'd love it, hunting anything behind dogs is great
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 9, 2015 19:33:12 GMT -5
I'd love it, hunting anything behind dogs is great Hey, when my ship comes in ...we'll get a dog. LOL
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Post by esshup on Sept 10, 2015 10:00:31 GMT -5
I was on an elk hunt where a bunch of lion tracks were crossed. One guy had a lion tag, so the one guide and I went down the hill to get his dogs.
No way in heck could I even begin to keep up. Running thru the mountains for 3 miles after the dogs? Impossible for this flatlander. A sled or horses couldn't go where the lion and dogs went. After about 3 hrs. the guy did shoot the lion after it bailed out of the tree that it was in, and after it took a swipe at the guide as he was tying up the dogs. The hunter was across the canyon, about 375 yds away. He couldn't get closer.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 10, 2015 12:22:49 GMT -5
I was on an elk hunt where a bunch of lion tracks were crossed. One guy had a lion tag, so the one guide and I went down the hill to get his dogs. No way in heck could I even begin to keep up. Running thru the mountains for 3 miles after the dogs? Impossible for this flatlander. A sled or horses couldn't go where the lion and dogs went. After about 3 hrs. the guy did shoot the lion after it bailed out of the tree that it was in, and after it took a swipe at the guide as he was tying up the dogs. The hunter was across the canyon, about 375 yds away. He couldn't get closer. Wow, that's a cool story. I would have to ride something right to the tree.
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Post by esshup on Sept 11, 2015 9:48:20 GMT -5
Jon, the terrain was so steep nothing could be ridden to the tree. It was just pure luck that the hunter was able to get to a vantage point on the opposite side of the canyon and be in place when the lion bailed out of the tree. He's a sheriff that lives in Colorado @ 6,000' elevation, does a lot of search and rescue work, and even he couldn't keep up with the guides as they followed the dogs.
The dogs were on a lion the previous day, but got hung up on an elk that was all scratched up and bleeding. They caught up to the lion as it was in the process of killing a cow elk and stayed with the elk instead of chasing the lion when it bailed off of the elk.
We think there was a female lion in heat nearby, that's why there were 6 different lion tracks in that one small area. Unfortunately for the rest of us, all the lions chased the elk away and 6 of us came away with nothing. We had cow elk tags and they didn't want to become lion food, so they left the area.
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Post by steiny on Sept 14, 2015 6:41:19 GMT -5
Yep, they say this can be a physically brutal hunt. Possibility you could get lucky and the hounds tree one pretty quick, not too far from the road, but that's unlikely. If I do ever decide to go, it will be somewhere arid and dry, rather than fighting knee deep snow too.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 14, 2015 12:56:20 GMT -5
Yep, they say this can be a physically brutal hunt. Possibility you could get lucky and the hounds tree one pretty quick, not too far from the road, but that's unlikely. If I do ever decide to go, it will be somewhere arid and dry, rather than fighting knee deep snow too. Riding the snowmobile was the big part of it for me. Shooting something that the dogs have treed seems to be a small part of the hunt. I guess I'll just have to rent me a snowmobile and take a little round about.
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Post by hornzilla on Sept 15, 2015 11:49:53 GMT -5
Yep, they say this can be a physically brutal hunt. Possibility you could get lucky and the hounds tree one pretty quick, not too far from the road, but that's unlikely. If I do ever decide to go, it will be somewhere arid and dry, rather than fighting knee deep snow too. A hunting buddy of mine from Ohio killed on a few years back with his bow. He said it was a amazing hunt, made for amazing mount. He will also tell you he would never do it again even if someone paid his way. He's a lineman for Ohio Power. He is in good to great shape. They walked several miles back into the treed hounds. Most of the time in knee deep snow. One section he said was waist deep. They took turns busting a trail. Then after the kill. Back out the canyon. With 6 or 7 hounds and a big cat between them on a pole.
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Post by hornzilla on Sept 15, 2015 11:50:08 GMT -5
Yep, they say this can be a physically brutal hunt. Possibility you could get lucky and the hounds tree one pretty quick, not too far from the road, but that's unlikely. If I do ever decide to go, it will be somewhere arid and dry, rather than fighting knee deep snow too. A hunting buddy of mine from Ohio killed on a few years back with his bow. He said it was a amazing hunt, made for amazing mount. He will also tell you he would never do it again even if someone paid his way. He's a lineman for Ohio Power. He is in good to great shape. They walked several miles back into the treed hounds. Most of the time in knee deep snow. One section he said was waist deep. They took turns busting a trail. Then after the kill. Back out the canyon. With 6 or 7 hounds and a big cat between them on a pole.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 15, 2015 13:53:17 GMT -5
Yep, they say this can be a physically brutal hunt. Possibility you could get lucky and the hounds tree one pretty quick, not too far from the road, but that's unlikely. If I do ever decide to go, it will be somewhere arid and dry, rather than fighting knee deep snow too. A hunting buddy of mine from Ohio killed on a few years back with his bow. He said it was a amazing hunt, made for amazing mount. He will also tell you he would never do it again even if someone paid his way. He's a lineman for Ohio Power. He is in good to great shape. They walked several miles back into the treed hounds. Most of the time in knee deep snow. One section he said was waist deep. They took turns busting a trail. Then after the kill. Back out the canyon. With 6 or 7 hounds and a big cat between them on a pole. Wow! So I guess you are telling me I have a chance! Quote from Dumb and Dumber. This is apparently not an old handicap man's ideal hunt. Okay, I guess I'll just hunt moose from a river or hogs from a helicopter. I'm easy.
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