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We have a couple of lion tags, someone on this site, last year wanted to buy lions, I think for taxidermy schools. Just wanted to know if some one wants to buy one (if we kill one).

And how much are they going for.

Raw skins if skinned out without a bunch of holes, fleshed properly with ears, lips and eyes turned and salted dry. Females $100-$150 Males $100 more.

Hey KK, Just a suggestion. Our lion population is in the dumps here in Utah. At the prices just quoted, buy some bobcat tags and you will get more money that way. No need to slam a lion that your just going to sell to the highest bidder.

It's your tag but I for one would hate to see a lion killed with the lack of them around here just for 150 bucks.
I'll probably catch crap for this but I just had to speak up and as always JMO!

kk wrote:We have a couple of lion tags, someone on this site, last year wanted to buy lions, I think for taxidermy schools. Just wanted to know if some one wants to buy one (if we kill one). And how much are they going for.

Not trying to single you out or start something but boy, if there was ever a post that summed up the problem with lion hunting in Utah and why our population is in the toilet... here it is. Wow!

Harley Shaw said it best, "The days of killing a lion as a heroic deed are past." Just too bad much of the houndsmen population in Utah never got that memo.

I only kill good toms, but I was wondering if it would be worth it to kill one to help recover some of my cost, but it does not sound like it would be. I already bought my bobcat tags, I will try to fill them.

Hey KK I apreciate the fact that you can listen to others points of view and take them into consideration without getting all pissy. I wish more people had that mentality!

Where are you at in Utah. Not sure what you have for dogs but if you need any help filling any of those bobcat tags to make up for the lion let me know...Hell, depending on what you have for dogs maybe I can solicit you to come help me fill out my tags! Kidding

"It's your tag but I for one would hate to see a lion killed with the lack of them around here just for 150 bucks. "

I didn't say it so bluntly but that was my point!

Interesting post folks, VERY interesting?

I'm with you on this one Mike; I think .....

I'm not one for anyone harvesting lions just for the $$$$ but in our neck of the woods Bobcats are just about endangered but because they bring $350 that makes it ok

kk,

Your post does bring up a very good topic and one that most all of us deal with from day to day: how do we financially support our hunting trips, feed our dogs and pay for equipment?

I suppose few of us would have gotten into this sport had somebody sat us down and showed us what the real cost of feeding and hunting a pack of lion or bear hounds was. When I started, I use to jump in with some buddies and buy a little gas from time to time. Little did I know when I was developing my hunting habit what the real cost of running was. And then hunting one or two dogs isn't anything like feeding and training a damn bear pack.

Lots of guys raise, train and sell pups or started dogs to help finance their hunting habit; others advertise and train or hunt other people's dogs for a FEE. And then there are the guys that guide and try to make ends meet by hunting clients. However, in the end most of us end up putting family money into the pot to feed and hunt dogs. And that's OK because we all chose it. I suppose that's why I get a little pissy when people post up looking for a free lion or bear hunt, cause many of them don't have a clue as the money we hounddoggers have put into the sport.

I've done my share of killing so I'm not gonna preach about turning lions loose, but as the tracks have thinned out I turn alot more loose and keep the location of that cat to myself so others don't go running in for the kill. Good toms are few and far apart where I hunt, and there isn't anything wrong with killing them, but a guy should probably think long and hard about it before he pulls the trigger. And that's why I stay to myself, cause there's aways somebody that wants to bust a cap in that lion if you bring them along...........

Good luck on the coming season,
ike

Thanks for your replies, I share the same opinion as most of you, I do not kill a lion for fun, Thanks for your post Ike, you summed up the way I am thinking, I am really trying hard to get enough money to buy that new astro GPS unit it is not cheap but I am hoping it will be a big time saver. I have had some dogs lost for 4 days this last bear hunt, I spent alot of time and money looking for them, as most of us have.

Biggamehunter
I live in Price, so I am not to far from you. My dogs are young all 3 are,1 1/2 year old. they did a great job on bear this fall, in the spring they kind of sucked, but they learned a lot. I might need some help on the bobcats, the dog I had to catch Bobs got killed on the spring bear hunt and left a big hole in my pack. Thanks for the offer.

Yeah FullCry apparently sarcasm isn't taken to lightly here either! Ha!

That's to bad about your dog KK. I had a little Plott tick killed this summer too. It's no fun at all. Lots of work and only heartache to show for it.

The prices that you got quoted are way low, someone is trying to get something good for nothing. Any lion I have ever seen sold goes in the 500 plus range, check taxidermy.net. Just food for thought. Heck bobcats from the east coast have been selling in the 100 to 150 range for taxidermy use, and thats usually frozen whole. A good tom would bring 500 easy, and does all year long on taxidermy.net BUT, with the economy, things may have changed in a year.

I 've sold a few big toms over the past few years and allways got between 500 and 700 with out shopping them around. The cat population is a little different here and virtually no houndsmen.

Give Ken Streeter a call at: 208-816-4245, he is the one that buys them for taxidermy work and he knows a lot of guys that want them. He is also really fair with prices and pays good.