13/11: Muley Eater
Category: Hunting: Mtn Lion
Posted by: ch0p5
Finally, I've notched a tag for myself this year.
I was hunting Mule Deer with George Peters / High Country Outfitters in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness last week.
On the third day we were working our way to a glassing point when below us elk started to bark (alert) there was more barking below and to the right also. We sat down to see if we could glass up the elk & hopefully a bull (I had an Elk tag also). George cow calls & they answered back. Glassing, George say's "there's a Mountain Lion" then he say's "the Lion just laid down, perfect!" he show's me where and then ranges it at 591 yards. Thru a window in the pines, behind a downed log I catch the movement of a Lion's tail. That's why the Elk are alerted.
George asks, "Ya want a Lion", Heck yes but that's a long ways. "that's ok, If you miss it's only a Lion, take your time & squeeze one off when ever your ready". During the recoil I think to myself, That felt good! Then at the end of the rifle crack......... twackkkk........ that sounded good! Then George say's "you got him, holy $*#t! what a shot!" ect, ect, ect... It was pretty exciting. Thru the glass George saw the lion slowly roll, tail up then the white belly, then rolls 2 more times down hill and out of sight.
In Idaho the lion season is open, you can use a mule deer tag as a lion tag. It's a tom & measures 7' with a 14" skull, estimated weight of 150 lb. He was in great shape with a thick layer of fat. I glad to have him dead cause he would have eaten a lot more critters in his lifetime.
I didn't get a Muley buck but I did get a Muley eater. I hope everyone has had a great hunting season.
Claude
I was hunting Mule Deer with George Peters / High Country Outfitters in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness last week.
On the third day we were working our way to a glassing point when below us elk started to bark (alert) there was more barking below and to the right also. We sat down to see if we could glass up the elk & hopefully a bull (I had an Elk tag also). George cow calls & they answered back. Glassing, George say's "there's a Mountain Lion" then he say's "the Lion just laid down, perfect!" he show's me where and then ranges it at 591 yards. Thru a window in the pines, behind a downed log I catch the movement of a Lion's tail. That's why the Elk are alerted.
George asks, "Ya want a Lion", Heck yes but that's a long ways. "that's ok, If you miss it's only a Lion, take your time & squeeze one off when ever your ready". During the recoil I think to myself, That felt good! Then at the end of the rifle crack......... twackkkk........ that sounded good! Then George say's "you got him, holy $*#t! what a shot!" ect, ect, ect... It was pretty exciting. Thru the glass George saw the lion slowly roll, tail up then the white belly, then rolls 2 more times down hill and out of sight.
In Idaho the lion season is open, you can use a mule deer tag as a lion tag. It's a tom & measures 7' with a 14" skull, estimated weight of 150 lb. He was in great shape with a thick layer of fat. I glad to have him dead cause he would have eaten a lot more critters in his lifetime.
I didn't get a Muley buck but I did get a Muley eater. I hope everyone has had a great hunting season.
Claude
George Peter wrote: