never thought id enjoy hunting with hounds for anything until i went coon hunting this past winter. man was it fun. now i will definitely be booking a mt lion hunt with hounds and i will prob tote my bow as well. may even try hog or bear with hounds too. they certainly add a rush to the hunt with all the baying and treeing barks, its really exciting. and cats in general (im referring to bobcats) can take many times to tree. i know around here if you tree a bobcat its hard to get there before it jumps out and the chase is on again. very hard to corner cats even if you do tree them because they can jump and run at any moment. this is where those 4-5 hour chases come in play, the hounds are just trained and conditioned to run with the lion until it finally tires out.