TREEDOG/BOONE
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Registered: May 2005
Location: Kamas, Utah
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Dave I'm glad you liked them, I posted the bear ones for you! LOL
Lee Thanx, we had jumped this cat first thing in the morning, it was -10 degrees and the dogs acted like they couldn't smell the scent. The older dogs were tracking off experience and sight. We decided to collect dogs up, drive into town and get breakfast. After a few hours of we went back and dropped the older hounds out and they still struggled. We kicked a few more dogs into the race as it heated up. Some of the dogs jacked the track and took to a hot bobcat track. The hounds that stayed with the lion wound up Jumpin him out of 3 trees. We gathered up the dogs that took to the bobcat track and were racing on our snowmobiles to get them into the loion race when wer were radio'd that he had jumped the 3rd tree and was headed to the ledges on the cliff. We scooted around the mountain to dump dogs in to the cliff to cut him off, right as we were getting to that point we were radio's that the cat had jumped from the cliff and just ran across the trail we were traveling. I was leading the race looked up to see the pack of hounds cross right in front of us. We dumped everything we had except for a few pups that were wore out from chasing the bobcat all day.
The hounds caught the lion in a raveen that was at the base of the mountain and the fight was on, we had 15 hounds on the ground. Imagine the best rodeo you have ever been to and times that by a Bagillion, it got Western!!! We were able to get above the Green Eyed Devil at the top of the ravean he was in. We have a lot of this on CD and tons of pics, I had a tag and my buddy that spot it was had is Bro in law with a tag. We had to hurry because the lion was spent and hounds had the upper advantage at that point. We did not want to kill a female, so I went in to see what sex the lion was. As I started going in it spooked the cat and he took off for a run right past my legs, I remember trying to hit its tail up with my hand to see what sex it was. I got run over by the pack of hound and as me and the hounds were chasing it up the hill he liffted his tail enough so I could see his goods.
It was determined my buddy's Bro inlaw would take the lion, the whole time this was being filmed and pics taken. He pulled out his semi auto 9mm took a shot and gun jammed, (being that it was minus temps all day he had sweated on the gun and when he fired the first round it cause the gun to freeze and jam) wounding the lion and chances of hitting hounds that were fighting the lion. Several of us were pulling out our revolvers attempting to give him a gun to finish the lion. He was able to unjam his gun and finish off the lion. While he was unjamming his gun I was able to get right in front of the lion and take some great pics just a few feet from him. My goal was to reach out and pet his forehead while he was fighting the hounds and have my hand in the pic petting him. Luckly the first shot broke his jaw because he cleared the pack and took a leep at me, Cotton and a Walker dog saved my hide by grabbing the lion by the hide and stopping him from grabbing me. Unfortunatley the pic where I had my hand held out turned out black because of me jumping back and holding the camera against me. I do have great pic of the Walker dog and Cotton grabbing the cat by the hide though
The lion weighed close to 170 LBS, I can't remember how long from nose to end of tail he was.
Anytime you guys want to come out and chase some biggame let me know. You haven't lived life until you pet a bear or pull on a lions tail
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