Points to ponder, before you pull the trigger on that female

[Zeek]

You couldn't of put it better Kevin the biologists dont know two cents about the population if you ask me but whatever.

[Mike Leonard]

Thanks guys but this comes from the heart.
Also Dennis I really appreciate your comments and know excactly where you are coming from. I just felt I had to ge this one out. Antis? Yep we got them inside and out anti hunters and anti sports in other words your bestest little buddy out there whacking females and sows may turn out to be worse than green al next year when you go to rig old Red down Nine Mile, and never get a whimper.

Thanks friends, let's do the right thing.

[Ike]

[catdogs]

Great Post!

We treed this "lone" female a few years ago. If you look close, she's nursing. We had no intentions of killing her anyways, she definately had some kittens stashed somewhere.

[nmplott]

I agree with the post. Coming from a Ranching family that never hunted with hounds and getting into hounds, I was constantly battling with family members over killing females. To get to the point I have the dogs...paid for them, their training, their food (most importantly bonded with them and they are now parts of my family) and with out the dogs they can not hunt the lion. So my rule my hounds.

[liontracker]

Ever Since Teddy Roosevelt and his buddies started the Boone and Crocket Club, hunters were known as true conservationists and managers of wild game. Somewhere along the trail, anti-sentiment and greed to kill has clouded the real intent. At the top of the wild food chain sits the mountain lion - they should be treated with the utmost respect. They should be mananged intelligently, not with greed or anti-emotions ...

[Mike Leonard]

Tim,

VERY WELL SAID!

[cecil j.]

Tim,

VERY WELL SAID!

Must fully agree/ openions may change-but facts remain !

jack

[Yaak attack]

I got a call Monday from a friend who's sister has a tag. He said his sister got a call a few minutes earlier that some friends had seen two lions on the side of the road about five miles out of town a couple hours earlier. He asked me if it was too latein the day to run a lion and I said no. So I loaded a couple dogs and met him out by the dump. There were a few patches of snow and we finally found some tracks. When the gal with the tag showed up I told her it was a female with two half grown kittens. They had hung around by the road eyeing a dead deer in the ditch. It took about 45 minutes to get it lined out, but after about a mile and a half race we treed the mother. She was a splendid looking cat, probably 110 pounds or more. One of the biggest I have seen. It looked like she had been bitten between the eyes at some point and had a big dent in her forehead. Any way when everyone got to the tree I told them this cat was off limits due to the couple set smaller sets of tracks I had seen. Eveyone wanted to knock it out and I started getting upset. I made it clear that one shot would be in essence killing three cats. They finally saw the light and momma cat was left to finish the job she started. This cat had no visible signs of nursing, but without her it would have been a miracle if either kitten would have survived. Kittens stay with their mother for a reason. It was a good little bonus for the dogs and myself. I only hope the other folks that got to see her felt the same.

[liontracker]

Way to educate, congrats ! The dent was probably from Biting a bull elk on the back of the neck instead of the throught. Part of the elk killing learning curve.