Running lions with one dog????

[Cowboyvon]

In the mountains in Montana there isn't a man alive that can stick with seasoned dogs on a good lion track. Andy

You should try it in this country... lol

[justahunter]

my work partners uncle was an old time cougar hunter in the Adams lake area of BC and he in deep snow on snowshoes ran down his dogs and then the Tom lion...He treed it. Conditions were pretty extreme however.

This is starting to sound like a book of tall tails and weak Harted dogs .

[justahunter]

A poodle could Tree most lions if it had the ability to trail one up . lions run and Tree because they are being hunted Not doing the hunting . jmo

[macedonia mule man]

Justahunter I was told basically the same thing by a man that has tree a lot of lion. Sounds like the folk tales of lion hunting is about like the folk tale of alligator hunting down here. Most anybody can catch a gator, and you can get hurt but you would have to try hard.

[horshur]

I know about a shitzpoo that treed a cougar in the backyard on the sunshine coast...bout a 10 second chase.

[Dan Edwards]

Justahunter I was told basically the same thing by a man that has tree a lot of lion. Sounds like the folk tales of lion hunting is about like the folk tale of alligator hunting down here. Most anybody can catch a gator, and you can get hurt but you would have to try hard.

That stuff cracks me up. And hell they made shows out of it like its some kinda rough job or something.

[tradslam]

There are a ton a variables in this thread not being talked about. Some of these guys catch a ton of cats the others only a few a year (im one that catches a few and runs a ton of other critters) If you're out of the truck following the dogs and getting to the tree quick that will change things a bit, as well as the country. No, you're never going to run down a hound, but if you know the area, roads, avoiding getting cliffed out, that sure puts the ball in your court.

The wrong cat is going to put a hurting on a few dogs. The more dogs the more that can get cut up and not be as likely to get out of the way on a ground, that the few dogs would have been ok with. apple and oranges

I think the average guy that hunt on the weekends and avoids bad conditions and hunts for fun (me) one or two dogs will be plenty. When I started cutting the number of dogs I had, the progression in those dogs sky rocketed. 5 inexperienced dogs on a grumpy ground caught lion, is definitely not the same as 4/5 dogs that are catching a lion or 2 a week......

[lionhunter78]

Fact is you don't need more than one dog to catch a lion

[Mike Leonard]

One dog will work perfect for catching lions until it doesn't.

[mulehound]

Lost my best lion dog two years ago, big tom came down and killed her after she had split off and caught him on her own. I walked in on him he had torn her chest out and was eating her liver. Mikes right works till it doesn't.
Darrel

[Richochet Rabbit]

Find the article written for fur fish and game magazine earlier this year, by Jack Spencer. He bear and lion hunts with hounds, in Utah believe? He decided to hunt a lion on its own terms...on foot. He did it. Successfully. Who needs hounds when you're a super mega badass and can run one down on foot and make the kill!?!?!

However,I would need hounds... I couldn't handle what he went through to tag that tom... Great story nevertheless, sorry to deviate from the topic of this post but felt some of you would enjoy the article.

[Mike Leonard]

RR,

Yes that takes some doing. I read accounts of mostly Native American hunters in Canada catching cougar for bounty money and they were quite successful. they usually hunted when the snow lay heavy and the deer and moose yarded up and the big cats moved in on them. they were experts of snowshoes and they were tuff as nails and relentless and did not care if they had to lay out on the trail thru cold nights to catch the cat. Not many folks today willing to take on that challenge.

[justahunter]

Follow tracks on foot in snow . you will be very successful .

[twist]

Justahunter hit it on the head in his last post! Not rocket science. Andy

[Pagosa]

Justahunter, I assume you mean leading your dogs on a fresh lion/bobcat track until you jump it? I have been very successful in tracking elk in the rifle seasons, and normally if it's a fresh track (>8 hours) you can at least see it, jump it, or get a shot in 3-6 hours later. It may take walking 3-5 miles. I assume leading your dogs on a fresh cat track would be similar?
I only have one dog worth a hoot anyhow and he is just a pup. The other will join in the race, but she is mostly silent until she visually see a bayed/trees animal.