hoghunter22-250

are there any lion hunters on here that have had success this year? if so I would love to hear the story!!

racowboy

One of the Fish and Game Department personnel called me the other day and said some people were having problems with alion hanging around a group of rural homes. I called one of the concerned people and was informed that the lion was seen watching a little girl through a sliding glass door from their deck. Also informed me that the cat had killed and ate one of theresidents golden retriever, wich made me a little nervous, but figured I'd keep the dogs on a lead and follow the track untill I jumped the cat. Then turn the dogs loose and try to stay close enough to help pressure the cat to tree. Anyway, the morning I headed that direction we had a fresh snow making conditions perfect. I skirted the ridge behind the homes finding only a two day old yearling lion track. Made my way down to the houses and the first thing I saw was the golden retreiver that the cat was suppossed to have ate. Talked to the owner and it seems that the lion had killed a small deer behind the houses and was seen a couple times over a couple of days while it finished its meal. I felt a little releived finding out that it did not have a taste for dogs and made a big loop up under the timber on the house side of the ridge without finding any sign. I finally started back around the ridge on the far side away from the houses and found where I had pushed the cat out of the timber and the lion was headed into the Snake River Canyon in about a foot of snow. I turned my two walkers loose, Dash and Elvis, and they made pretty quick work of treeing the lion about 3/4 mile down the canyon. It was a yearling, maybe 60 lbs. and I chose to let it go after wacking it with a couple snowballs. I contacted the concerned people and told them I ran the cat off, informed them that if it returned I'd dispatch it the next time. Talked with a couple cowboys a few days later and they informed me that they had seen the yearlings tracks at the snowline on the Snake River side, so hopefully it will stay there.