I have hunted mule deer, elk, antelope, birds, small game, and mountain lions. I have helped a friend on a mountain goat hunt, and have deer hunted in goat country and sheep country.

For me, by far the most physically demanding, exhausting, mentally challenging hunt is mountain lion with hounds.

You don't have to worry about just you. When you turn the dogs loose, you owe it to them to get to them no matter what. They will do any thing for you, as you should for them. I have put myself in pretty sticky spots hunting the lions.

If I am deer, sheep, goat, elk or whatever else hunting, I can say, nope, will try to get him tomorrow. If I am hunting with the hounds, I have no choice but to get to the dogs, no matter how late I get there, or how worn out I get getting there.

Just my opinion.

Later,

Marcial