bobbed tailed lions

[coastrangecathunting]

i have treed 2 and heard of another, how often do you lion hunters see bobbed tailed lions. i think they have bobbed tails from fighting other lions. the first 1 had a 6 inch tail and the other 1 had about a 10 inch tail . they still had the chocolot brown tip on there tail witch i thought wierd .

jc

[cougarhound]

were those 2 cats females?

[coastrangecathunting]

1 was a juvinile maybe 50, 60 pounds dont know if it was a male or female. the other was a mature tom. they were 150 miles and 3 years diff dont think it was the same cat.

jc

[cougarhound]

the reason i asked is i have heard of females that have had there tails shot or cut off. why? so guides and some others do not kill the cat as this does not make a good mount or rug.

[come-hunt]

Possibly born the wrong time of year and froze off ? brown tip thwarts that theory though. Good question?

[nmplott]

the reason i asked is i have heard of females that have had there tails shot or cut off. why? so guides and some others do not kill the cat as this does not make a good mount or rug.

That sounds like a great idea to keep the population up in areas

[cougarhound]

the reason i asked is i have heard of females that have had there tails shot or cut off. why? so guides and some others do not kill the cat as this does not make a good mount or rug.

That sounds like a great idea to keep the population up in areas

i know for a fact it has been done here.

[LCK]

the reason i asked is i have heard of females that have had there tails shot or cut off. why? so guides and some others do not kill the cat as this does not make a good mount or rug.

That sounds like a great idea to keep the population up in areas

i know for a fact it has been done here.

Catch pole, jacket over the head, elastorator around the tail.

[HoundDawg]

I know how their tails fall off around here and it ain't from fighting other lions.

Of course in your country hard to say... could be something in the water!

[fox hunter]

jumping lions out with a 22 bullet in the tail causes them to become bobbed

[MT Hounder]

Was told by old lion hunter in the area that he use to shoot the tails of cats to see if he was treeing the same ones.

[Ranger]

Ive caught one female with a bob tail and it didnt have a black tip. Sure have always liked the idea of saving them by doing this. I wouldnt recomend the banding thing though. I have killed dogs doing that. Shooting it off would be better. Lets it drain and fight infection.

[coastrangecathunting]

they were both at night and i would have bet on it that there tails had the brown tip. i even thought it was wierd that it didnt turn white . because the scars on there head have white hair. i could be wrong on the brown tip but i would of bet.

jc

[Brianshounds]

i cought one in WA on a deperdation hunt for the F&G that had a three inch tail, no black tip and it had scarr tishue in the end of it must have been bitten off or somthing it was just a little female ..... but F&G had troubles with her so she had to go....

[catdog360]

I heard about one around home here inSW Washington that was a mature tom with bobtailed. I can't believe our hunters would have shot his tail off unless they made a bad shot..... we always figured like jc that he had been fighting.