USA: Colorado Lion

Stetsonham

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Killed this nice Tom 12-30-22. I had hounds during my high school days but never took a lion for myself, still have friends that have hounds and was able to take this nice one with them. This was a lion tag for a reservation so I had set dates of Jan 1 2022 to Dec 31 22. During last winter we caught a few nice females but nothing to pull the trigger on. This winter there has been very very little snow, but I lucked out and it started snowing last week of December, spent two days cutting roads with no luck, snow stopped on the 30th and animals started moving around again. Buddy cut this Tom’s track at 10am started him at 11am and had him caught at 11:30. Very short race he was plum full of raccoon and sleeping in a drainage when we caught up to him. Very happy to add another trophy to my wall and memory bank! Also my brother was able to tag along for the whole hunt which I always love.
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Two different females from last year
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Beautiful cat! Well done, holding out paid off. Always nice to share an adventure with family, makes it all that much more special.
 
Very Nice. Thanks for sharing
 
Congrats, that´s a nice one !

By the way, great looking dog, just love hounds.
 
Monster Tom-congratulations! I love chasing hounds after cats and bears, glad you were siccessful
 
Very nice cat! I was fortunate to take a great Tom in Colorado back in the early 1990's.
 
Congrats - thats a great Tom!
 
Great cat. Congrats
Bruce
 
Congrats and thanks for sharing!
 
Just beautiful. You need to give that first photograph to your Taxidermist and ask him to match it.
 
Congratulations! A Cat is high on my list
 
Very nice. What part of CO? What gun? I need to post my CO lion hunt from last month also.
 
Stetsonham I am sooooo envious!!! What a grand time to spend with family! All my expensive cougar hunts came up dry. May be getting to long in the tooth to chase another on foot, but it sounds like yours was a very short run.
Congratulations!
 

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