What is the typical method for hunting a captive bred lion?

[postoak]

The title says it all.

 

[Royal27]

Tracking in sandy soil

 

[BnC 04]

Drag the sand, find a track and start walking.

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

As has been stated, tracking is the typical method, but there are opportunities for more challenging hunts in mountainous terrain.

 

[postoak]

So CBL hunting is more challenging than wild lion hunting typically? I'm thinking with CBL you are shooting off sticks or off-hand and it sounds like with wild lions most of the time you'll have your rifle propped on the front rail of the blind, could even have a set of short sticks holding the rear of the rifle steady.

 

[Bruce]

So CBL hunting is more challenging than wild lion hunting typically? I'm thinking with CBL you are shooting off sticks or off-hand and it sounds like with wild lions most of the time you'll have your rifle propped on the front rail of the blind, could even have a set of sticks holding the rear of the rifle steady.

Not ALL wild lion hunting is on bait!
Walking and tracking can also be employed at times on wild lion.

 

[Tanks]

Treats, and saying "here, kitty, kitty".

 

[Royal27]

So CBL hunting is more challenging than wild lion hunting typically? I'm thinking with CBL you are shooting off sticks or off-hand and it sounds like with wild lions most of the time you'll have your rifle propped on the front rail of the blind, could even have a set of short sticks holding the rear of the rifle steady.

All depends on your definition of challenging.

Is your definition a harder shot? Then CBL may be the bigger challenge.

Is your definition actually getting a shot. Then CBL probably isn't much of a challenge.

 

[postoak]

Yeah, for me, an easier shot means less challenging. That's just for me.

 

[Ridgewalker]

Two reports of CBL hunts 2019:
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-pawprint-kalahari-lion-lioness-hunt.51595/
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-cat-scratch-fever-in-the-kalahari.52661/

 

[IvW]

So CBL hunting is more challenging than wild lion hunting typically? I'm thinking with CBL you are shooting off sticks or off-hand and it sounds like with wild lions most of the time you'll have your rifle propped on the front rail of the blind, could even have a set of short sticks holding the rear of the rifle steady.

Never...

You are not talking about the whole hunting experience only about which one will provide the more challenging taking off the shot....

Hunting wild lions is not just about taking the shot...rather about the whole experience of finding lions, tracking or baiting them, hunting the animals needed for bait, checking baits every day, adapting and changing plans, outwitting your pray, actually getting them onto the bait, positioning the blind, building the blind, getting into the blind, waiting in anticipation, determining the age of the lion and if everything works out concluding a successful hunt by carefully squeezing the trigger and placing the shot where it needs to go....

CBL the outcome is inevitable, wild lions it is uncertain and requires a lot more skill, experience and effort, not just the skill of the trackers but all involved.....

 

[Ridgewalker]

If you have very limited time and want a great lion, I’d suggest CBL. Mine was exciting.
If you have time and enough funds and want a great hunt (success not guaranteed), go wild. Wild places are always exciting and a bit more iffy on success.
JMO&E

 

[edward]

i believe if the hunt is fair chase,wild or cbl,a truly HONEST HUNT ,then you have just as much of a chance that the lion can and mite win,meaning you will be mounted on his wall and not the other way around.cant beat that for excitement.

 

[TOBY458]

If CBL hunting is done correctly, and hunted on large farms, (think 10,000 acres) it's a very fun experience. The lion has been there a minimum of 30 days. The lion is feeding on game within the area. So, in short, you're still hunting an animal that can kill you.
I've never hunted a wild lion, and unless I have an unexpected influx of cash, I probably never will be able to. But, I have hunted CBL under the correct conditions, and found it worth the money. Since you can't import Lions into the USA from SA, you may as well hunt a Lioness for less than half the price, and take plenty of pictures. If you're interested in such a hunt, I have a great connection.

 

[postoak]

Never...

You are not talking about the whole hunting experience only about which one will provide the more challenging taking off the shot....

Hunting wild lions is not just about taking the shot...rather about the whole experience of finding lions, tracking or baiting them, hunting the animals needed for bait, checking baits every day, adapting and changing plans, outwitting your pray, actually getting them onto the bait, positioning the blind, building the blind, getting into the blind, waiting in anticipation, determining the age of the lion and if everything works out concluding a successful hunt by carefully squeezing the trigger and placing the shot where it needs to go....

CBL the outcome is inevitable, wild lions it is uncertain and requires a lot more skill, experience and effort, not just the skill of the trackers but all involved.....

I definitely understand what you are saying but for the guest hunter the main challenge -- his main job -- is to make an accurate shot, not just on lion, but any dangerous game. Aside from extensive pre-hunt practice, the three main things that affect this, are distance, clarity of shot (through brush, etc.), and the steadiness of the rest available to him. Having a great experience is just incidental and if you have a great long challenging hunt and then blow the shot, then everything good up to then goes down the drain, so to speak.

 

[leslie hetrick]

i think the difference is the wild lion will be armed and the fenced in one may not. this wild cat is armed. i realy don,t think you could tell the difference if its chewing on you.

 

[postoak]

That's a very smug looking kitty!

 

[spike.t]

I definitely understand what you are saying but for the guest hunter the main challenge -- his main job -- is to make an accurate shot, not just on lion, but any dangerous game. Aside from extensive pre-hunt practice, the three main things that affect this, are distance, clarity of shot (through brush, etc.), and the steadiness of the rest available to him. Having a great experience is just incidental and if you have a great long challenging hunt and then blow the shot, then everything good up to then goes down the drain, so to speak.

As @lvW said hunting wild lion is the whole experience and being part of it.....if it's only an incidental part for you then stick to a cbl hunt.......And if you miss that's hunting..... Hunting a wild lion is far from guaranteed but from the reports on cbl hunts it's pretty much a dead cert from what I can see......not knocking it just how I believe it is.....enjoy either...but as we have said if it's a wild one enjoy the whole experience..... Can be boring I suppose for some continuously checking baits but never know what you might find....and can be frustrating .....but that's how it is......

 

[Tanks]

If having a shot guaranteed is the definition of hunting experience then CBL is it. If the whole process up to the shot and having a chance of not having a shot is your definition of hunting experience then wild lion is it.

Nothing wrong with either. CBL definitely makes the budget for most not to mention one can basically order the type of lion (large, black mane etc.) whereas with a wild lion most of the time it is the draw of luck.

 

[Red Leg]

I definitely understand what you are saying but for the guest hunter the main challenge -- his main job -- is to make an accurate shot, not just on lion, but any dangerous game. Aside from extensive pre-hunt practice, the three main things that affect this, are distance, clarity of shot (through brush, etc.), and the steadiness of the rest available to him. Having a great experience is just incidental and if you have a great long challenging hunt and then blow the shot, then everything good up to then goes down the drain, so to speak.

"Having a great experience is just incidental....." you and I must come from different planets. The experience, the hunt is everything to me. For instance, I would much rather have a 28" free range Nyala from the Zambezi Delta of Mozambique that I hunted for two weeks than a 30" protein enhanced bull that probably has a name from a fenced farm (apologies to a couple of our sponsors). One reason a leopard hunt is so much fun is sharing the strategy and experience of trying to get one on a bait at all with one's PH. Though I realize it is unfortunately not the case, anyone should be able to shoot competently. Else, they have no business attempting to kill a game animal in the first place.

I am sure a CBL hunt can be exciting and even dangerous. So is climbing in an arena with a Spanish bull. He will also have a perfect "hair" to paraphrase Warren Zevon. I just wish I could have hunted a lion in the thirties or had the resources today to spend on some ragged haired, old wild male that took every minute of a 21-day safari, to finally get on bait.

And none of that is to criticise in any way my fellow hunters who have gone the CBL route. And if the "experience" was what you expected and wanted, then great. I personally would want another one with respect to a lion.