I just recently read an article in Sporting Classics Magazine. It gave full description of a mountain lion hunt with dogs. They stressed if you were interrested in a lion hunt, to find one where dogs were used. Apparantly calling lionssometimes, butRARELEYworks. Tracking can be done in the snow, but you have to find an absolute fresh track, and even that rarely works. The lions move so rapidly through their terrain, that when you do think you cut a fresh track, the lion could be miles away. Meanwhile your moving very slowly, never to catch up. This is the reason why dogs are needed. With the dogs it's said that it's still a very demanding andexhausting hunt...............On another note, I spent my chidhood yearsrabbit hunting with my two prized beagles, Bonnie & Clyde. My grandfather schooled me on how to work those dogs. That's some of the best hunting memories I've ever had, and the most fun. Tradition plays a huge role in dog hunting.