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Great story and pictures - thanks for sharing .

Best luck on the wolves !!!


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bob cats, no lion so far, great eating

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Great story and pics conrgats. I've called in two with a fox pro and my partner killed one, never got a chance at the other.

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Originally Posted by nimrod1949
I have never called in any critter in my ~30 years of hunting not a bird, predator, big game, nothing.

I purchased a Foxpro Fusion hoping to get to take it to Wyoming a few weeks ago on our antelope trip but shipping was slow and we didn't get to take it. It finally arrived and I had some free time after work. A coworker and I wandered up a skid trail into an old brushed over burn and set up for an attempt at calling in a coyote. I had watched a YouTube video by Foxpro on setting up a stand and call progression but really I had very little clue what I was doing. We set up the call and tucked into the brush and started calling.

After about 20 minutes of calling I motioned to my buddy asking if he was ready to call it a day. He motioned back he heard something in the brush to his left. A moment later he snapped his fingers at me and pointed in front of us. I started scanning the opening looking for a coyote and locked eyes with this mountain lion standing broadside at ~20 yards. I had my suppressed AR pistol loaded with 50 grain Vmax sitting in a BogPod FieldMax tripod. I put the cross hairs behind her shoulder and sent one. She bound off crashing through the head high to me brush.

We were completely in shock and my hands were shaking but dark was coming so we started looking for blood. There wasn't any blood and no clear tracks from the pads and she was covering serious ground bounding down the hill. We decided to go down into the brush and look. We got down near the creek at the bottom and my buddy said I hear it breathing! We had walked past her in the brush. We could hear labored breathing above us and then the brush started moving towards us about 25 feet away. We stood there kind of dumb waiting to see if there was going to be excitement. The breathing slowed and the brush stopped moving. We waited and the sun set. I worked my way slowly up hill toward the last spot the brush was moving. I started seeing parts of cat laying in the brush and not moving. She was dead.

She was surprisingly heavy without much to grab onto but we we toted her back up the hill to the skid trail, snapped a few pictures, admired her beauty and fierceness, and began skinning her out. The meat is in the freezer, the hide is at the taxidermist, the skull is in the crock-pot. A mountain lion was at the top of my bucket list so I'm super pumped to finally see one let alone shoot one. Now to my next bucket list item find a wolf!

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Found the 50 grain Vmax on the far side against the hide
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I have always heard good things about lion meat other than the risk of trichinosis. It looked really good.
The plan is mostly sausage but we'll see if I can convince the wife to cook it other ways.
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Very cool. There are a ton of cats out here. Nothing Idaho

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Nice, I am all for eating cougars but not that kind.



Hahaha! +1

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Originally Posted by rainshadow1
Nice! Well done!

I'd love to get the story on my website if you don't mind. (Happy to put in your website with it.)


Thanks! For inspiration I’ve watched your videos and read stories on your website. You’re welcome to use my story!
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Thanks! I'll save it and post it up soon!


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Awesome way to begin calling.

Didn't go that easily for me...

Cool pics, too


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WOW !!!!!!!!!

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Good to see you posting again Steve.

As to the cat...that's neat as hell. I have never called one in that I am aware of. Bears, wolves, bobcats and lynx along with the more common stuff---yes, mountain lions---no. Nice work!
I've killed several over dogs and had my chance at some incidentals, but never due to a predator call.



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That will be a tough act to follow w/ mere coyotes, you must have done it right. I often wonder if there are lions I am not seeing.grin


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Excellent story. Really appreciate your report. I haven't seen a Mountain Lion in the woods. When I lived in Alaska I ran across a lynx. Thought that was pretty cool. It was enjoying a ptarmigan. I considered shooting it, but I had lunch earlier and no one shot at me. I did enjoy sitting there watching it. I may have to try one of those Fox calls. Thanks for the pictures. It's great you are encouraging your kids to be involved. Are you going to do a full body mount or just a rug?


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Very cool and nicely done.

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Originally Posted by dogzapper



WOW !!!!!!!!!

Blessings, Steve




Man it’s good to hear from you Steve! Hope all is well.




Originally Posted by Cariboujack
Excellent story. Really appreciate your report. I haven't seen a Mountain Lion in the woods. When I lived in Alaska I ran across a lynx. Thought that was pretty cool. It was enjoying a ptarmigan. I considered shooting it, but I had lunch earlier and no one shot at me. I did enjoy sitting there watching it. I may have to try one of those Fox calls. Thanks for the pictures. It's great you are encouraging your kids to be involved. Are you going to do a full body mount or just a rug?


For now I’m just having the hide tanned. I may get it rugged though. I used to be really into taxidermy but now I debate on spending the money on another hunt somewhere. The family is voting for some sort of mount though!

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Nice job!


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That's awesome!!


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Very cool! Thanks for sharing!


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Good thread, thanks for sharing.

Your bullet looks great.
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Originally Posted by 30338
Real cool story. Congrats. Never crockpotted a skull. Post pics of that when done please.


I’ve been meaning to post these to answer your question. Sorry the pictures aren’t the greatest.

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It was the stinkiest skull I’ve cooked and I’ve cooked a lot. I treated it twice with 20% peroxide and magnesium carbonate.

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