Had a buddy call yesterday with a hot cat track on his trap line where he is doing some predator control for a rancher.

I slipped away from work and took an experienced dog and two pups. Both had been on bear and coon but this was their first lion.

We actually trailed it to a freshly killed coyote that the cat had killed, partially ate and buried.

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Treed 250 yards from the buried kill.

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Trapper shot it with his .22-250.

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Not a big cat but him and the rancher were glad to see it off the place. I was just glad all the dogs trailed and treed.