Mountain Lion

[Stickboy97]

Say you have a lion hanging out by one of your feeders (caught on game cam) how would one go about hunting this animal? Would you shoot it with your bow? Has anyone killed one with bow here?
thanks
Shane

[panhandlehunter]

I found some lion tracks on our place up here in the Panhandle. I have no idea how to hunt them but if I saw one while I had my bow I'd shoot him and then give a day or two. LOL My preferred method of harvest would be with my .300 Wby just to make sure he wouldn't attack while I was tracking him.

[bdavid1020]

Pics?

[coogfan]

Say you have a lion hanging out by one of your feeders (caught on game cam) how would one go about hunting this animal? Would you shoot it with your bow? Has anyone killed one with bow here?
thanks
Shane

Where are the pics?

[firexd]

yeah think id use a gun on this one

[keatonskidmore]

defiantly gun.
i've seen them killed with a bow but they were treed

[Firecuss]

Bow!!!! with a back up firearm.

[RdRdrFan]

I'd give it a go with a bow. I'd run the blood trail with a gun and three or four friends (with guns).

[the1feller]

Without a doubt I'd bow hunt that!!!! I can't even imagine that rush. I walked up on one when I was about 14 one night out walking around shooting coons with my dog...only had a 22 pistol. That was the only time I ever saw that dog coward down. It just stared at us for a few seconds then bawled loud as sh*t and turned and jogged off. Went straight home and told dad. They hired some trappers that came out for a few weeks and wound up taking 6 or 8 off the place. I can't remember which. I'll try and find those pics tomorrow.

[haas0311]

Yep, me two!

[Stickboy97]

I haven't been to the lease since the 2nd week of Dec. I killed my deer early this year, but one of the other guys we hunt with checked my game cam and found the pics of the lion. He went last weekend but didn't bring my card home. We'll be going back in the next few weeks to hunt, there are plenty of exotics on the ranch, so I'll get the pics then. I was just wondering how I might go about hunting this bad boy if he's still hanging out.

Do you bait a lion? Kill a pig and leave it near by? I have no idea. Oh yeah and I hunt both rifle & bow here but would love to kill a lion with a bow (and I will have my .40 cal on my hip).

[mhbaseball]

cant wait to see pics of this....long awaited if true!!!! Gun for sure since killing one is so rare.

[the1feller]

The trappers we hired hunted them with dogs, thats the only way I've heard of actually hunting them. Everyone I know that has shot one stumbled onto it either in a tree or had one randomly walk by a feeder.

[centex_aggie]

i think the only way to hunt one would be with dogs. without dogs you just have to get cotton pickin lucky and have a gun with you when you see one. i'd like to hear another way anyone has successfully taken on in TX.

[Sleepy]

I think your chances of hunting it with bait or dogs are slim to none unless there is a good population in the area. Mountain lions are solitary cats, only seen together when mating or females with kittens. Their home ranges have been recorded anywhere from 25 to 300 sq. miles with females having the smaller home range. While a male's territory may overlap with a female's territory, male's will not overlap another male's. Just a few quick facts to maybe better your search for it. You may be more likely to come accross it again if its female, can you tell sex by the picture?