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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

were those 2 cats females?

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

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.

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

cougarhound wrote: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

nmplott wrote:

cougarhound wrote: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.

cougarhound wrote:

nmplott wrote:

cougarhound wrote: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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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....

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.