Dry Ground Lion Hunt/Utah

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:44 pm

This is the lion I took in Utah, two weeks ago. This is a test pic, so bare with me.

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:47 pm

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:49 pm

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:55 pm

Ok, I thinkI got it now. I went out to Utah with my brother and two other friends two weeks ago. I ran with Loyd Nielson of Blanding Utah (Sunrise Outfitting). AWSOME! Thats the only way to describe the trip. We hunted seven days, and took this lion on the seventh day at 1:30 in the afternoon. We cold trailed lions for days in a row, into deep canyons, up the other side, and back down again. It was the most physically challenging hunt I have ever been on. When the good Lord made the earth, he needed a place for a rock garden, he he said "Utah will do". Loyds Dogs worked as hard if not harder than any Ive seen. My Brother myself and the other two followed the dogs step for step for seven days, at one point actually having to rope the dogs up out of a canyon and back on top. After two minutes with Loyd and his brother leroy, I knew they were good peope, houndsman to the core, I felt like a life long friend and I had new them all my life. The conditions were the worst you could ask for, frozen solid at night, and thaw into mud during the day. I watched those dogs cold trail a big tom who's track was frozen in the mud from the night before. We treed a small tom that we let go on Tuesday, caught this cat on Sunday in the rocks. I have more pictures and I will try and post some. If you are a houndsman who runs bears in the east, you owe it to yourself to go West just once and run a lion on dry ground, you will never forget it!

Josh Kunde · Post by **Josh Kunde** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:03 pm

nice cat and congrats on the hunt!
Josh

Cat track · Post by **Cat track** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:06 pm

congrats on the cat, did u get to take your own dogs. just curious. Nice pics as well.

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:14 pm

Cat Track, I did not bring any dogs with me. To be honest, I don't think they would have fared well. Don't get me wrong we catch plenty of bears with em, but cats on dry gound, in and around those canyons, I think they would be lost. They are not bred or trained for all the cold trailing, and the first real rock outcrop, or canyon wall, they would be treed righ there. Just my 2 cents.

Majestic Tree Hound · Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:07 am

Lloyd is A Great guy thats for sure .. And when he's running Dry IT's Dry..

So you Got to See one of My Pups Run ?? "Dozer" Lloyd has done a great job training him ...

I gess I'l have to make out and hunt with him !!

Mike Leonard · Post by **Mike Leonard** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:46 am

Congratualtions!

Nice cat and also Lloyd's tops, and that country out there is just pretty hard to describe isn't it? Lucky for me I am only two hours away from it.

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:40 pm

Steve, that Dozer dog has a nose you read about, and climbs like a monkey. For a big dog, he had no problem climbing in and out of those canyons. At one point he trailed out onto a lip about six inches wide for about 100 feet, with a sheer drop of several hundred feet below, without a care.

Mike that San Jaun Valley area (the four corners) is a neat place. Hard to explain or show true justice in the pictures, you have to see it for yourself.

Majestic Tree Hound · Post by **Majestic Tree Hound** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:17 pm

Oh congrats on your Cat !! And I know you had to haved Fun !!

By what Lloyd tells me Dozer could have a colder nose than his Daddy.. "Red Bear" I have ran Bear on Old coon track durring the day till 1:30 in the Afternoon , He can show you some den trees..lol .. Ok now everyone will Jump on me .. But its the Truth .. "Dozer's" Maw is Maggie May .. the one I crossed on Kong last year..

Jason Waterhouse · Post by **Jason Waterhouse** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:58 pm

Nice job on the cat looks like you had fun

NH-Dog · Post by **NH-Dog** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:58 pm

Well Steve, I can't comment on the parents, all I know is what I saw. For a young dog he did superb. I wathced him and another dog start a track that the other dogs had already blown out on. Me Loyd and my brother took a straight line across the top of the rim to the dogs in the lead. Dozer ran that track and made it to the tree before we did. I also wathced him work several cold tracks, and the one I eventually took. He ran with the older dogs step for step, climbing into places you couldn't think possible. The only small fault might be a little extra mouth, but I think he will come out of that, he's still young and gets excited.

Jason, I had the time of my life, and I can't say it enough, if you ever get the chance you have to go run a lion. Your a houndman, you have read about it, imagined it, and won't be satisfied untill you do. Pay for it, swap a hunt, whatever you have to do. I felt like the houndman of old, trasping from canyon to canyon, through indian ruins, you name it chasing a lion.

Majestic Tree Hound · Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:38 pm

Thank you so much for the honest assesment of the Pup, its always helpful for the Next breeding Move.. His Father was like a hair trigger with his Mouth but at around 18 months he begain to hold his lip a little better..

Now if Lloyd can keep him from Falling off some Cliff he should be in good shape for a good long time..

Thanks again and it sounds like you had a hunt of a life time.. Or aleast 3 or 4 years.. I sure Wish Lloyd would start a Web Site he could really show some nice areas..

Well Lloyd Call and Said He Does !! www.sunriseoutfitting.com

Rockcreek · Post by **Rockcreek** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:27 am

NH- Congrats! The memories will last a life time. Take care. Mason

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