Registered: May 2008
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I was wondering how many hunters on here have treed lions that go over 200 lbs. I here reports all the time of cats going over 200, one recently that was 230 lbs. I haven't caught a ton of cats, but Iv'e caught my share, and hunted with a few guys that have caught a ton. The biggest Iv'e seen was just under 180 and was 3/8 of an inch off making the all time B and C . I have seen toms that weigh 165 make the book. So this isn't about skull size only weight. I have my opinions on this, but I wanted to see what other guys thought. This is about actual weight not a guess.

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Got to love the good old guess-o-meter never lets a guy down.lol
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In B.C. that was 217 lbs. i forgot the scull measurement but it was # 17 in pope and young for along time ( he shot it with a bow) He said he turned down 4 other toms to get that one. Is there a way to look up pope and young records?

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The biggest we have personally seen killed was 188 lbs. That was on an empty stomach. He had just killed an elk, but did not get the pleasure of eating a bite, when the hounds were up his tailpipe.
We have a friend that personally killed a tom that weighed 205, with nothing in his belly. Was very old, probably would not have made it through the winter. This same friend has treed multiple lions and only 1 or 2 others have gone over 200 lb. He, being the houndman and not the shooter, has taken several in the 180-195 lb range. That was in the 80's and 90's.

A cat that the fish & game killed around 3 years ago a ways to the east of us weighed 210, but doubt if it had an empty belly.

Most of the good cats taken, in our experience, are in the 150-170 lb. range. We have had a lion in the tree different times, but did not get to kill him, that "just guessing" would have been in the 170-180 lb. range.

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How much do you figure in weight is the difference between a full stomach and an empty one?

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I figure a lion will eat 10 to 15 lbs, some times more. Since Iv'e never weighed one before and after that's just a guess based on how much is eaten on a fresh kill. I could be way off though.

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Brian you can't beat the guess O meter, it has never been wrong!

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LMAO.. Never proven wrong... The wonderful thing about the guess-o-meter is that by the time anyone want's too question it the evidence is gone. Brian and I have been useing A good quality scale for the last three or four years. Mostly for our own curiosity. And after A while it turned too more of A reality check. We have A history of taking better then average cats, But we have not taken A 200lb cat on the scale yet. Closest we have come is 183lbs. And that lion was 15 and 2/16 final Boone and Crockett. Not the highest scoring lion we have ever taken but A monster in anyone's books. We took two cats season before this one that went 15 and 8/16. They never cracked 180lbs. Have only personally known of one cat that went 204lbs. Wasn't my lion but loaned A dog back too one of the men that got me started in this madness. His daughter took the cat and it was off A kill. My personal opinion is that A full cat is good for 10-15lbs. Twenty would be A stretch but I guess wouldn't consider it as impossible. Wouldn't expect it if the kill is somewhere that the cat is not feeling pressured. My personal belief is that A 150 plus pound tom is A mature cat. Although we have taken cats lighter then that and stilled scored over 15". So for the most part if someone is claiming too 200lb. Cats on A consistent basis then let me know where they are at. I wanna put one on A scale.......

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Would the father of the girl that took the 204 lb cat happen to be a NWT outfitter

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Might be, Why do you ask??

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Originally posted by BLACK RHINO
Might be, Why do you ask??

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