Non-Typical Solutions

Come on Casey.......you know you wanna take her......

OK TJ, now you have me scared...maybe will rethink this adventure......I can picture falling asleep and I had no idea 25'....ouch. I might be too afraid of heights to go that high as well........some of you hunters are just flat tough out there.....hats off to you for putting the time and effort in.....

Counting every day...........

During this past week of hiking and spending time with my family we had an interesting topic of dicussion. Any time you hear somebody finding a skull or carcass of an animal it seems everybody says, "Lion kill". So we are hiking around and find a pile of turkey feathers, "Lion kill", my wife hollers out. We find old cow bones strewn on a steep slope, "Lion kill", my wife hollers again. Then there is the pile of woodpecker feathers....yep....my wife again...."Lion kill". She was making fun of me and my hunting buddies......but really, are they all "Lion kill"? Can that really be determined....lion kill without actually seeing the act? What are your thoughts? I gotta believe that some of the carcasses we come across are death by natural cause, nutrition, age etc.

No doubt a life changing experience and a reminder for all of us.......

Can't wait to find a skull and bones like that.....way cool.......................

Now that is funny....but oh so true....

Bingo.........exactly my thoughts when I read that article........wonder why he doesn't bother to come visit and see for himself......uh..........no brainer...........

That is what the TV version of the report said as well, I just could not find it online........again such a tragedy.....

That looks fun........are you telling me that cat can't get that collar off???

Exactly my thoughts.........dang

No tags for my family.....back out to the woods to look for sheds to compensate for the depression......

Cool pictures there luckydraw......I think most of my problem is the skulls etc that we find are old old......we did find a pile of turkey feathers up uder a tree. I proceeded to try and explain to my wife that there was a real lion kill.......of course she wanted to know how I was so sure. I then explained the cat tendency to pull their prey up under a tree and cover it up ofr next time around. Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Good to hear some are still packin, bad to hear I went so far to find the few I found and you found all those right in my back yard. Good job looks like fun.........

I remember watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom on Sunday afternoon. The cheetah splitting of the weak. I guess what I would expect is that a nice healthy whitetail buck/doe stands a better chance against a lion than an older crippled animal. The age bringing the animal down and then falling prey to the lion. One of my buddies found a large bull elk in an area that I suspect that bull had fallen victum to hunting injury and then whatever else came along with that injury.

I took it hook line and sinker....thanks for the momentary thrill.......now back to the bottom of the barrell.....

Absolutely awesome........

Nice finds..........I have started packing because I can and because I don't want somebody finding my skull out there from lion kill..

After I recived the gift of the skull I sat around the campfire visiting with family and friends........and it does suck he is dead. He really doesn't have that wide of a spread, his left side is useless as far as scoring goes. But that right side makes him one of a kind...........can't wait to check my trail cam in a few weeks to see if something new shows up for me to start obsessing all over again.

Had the opportunity to get out in the hills for a couple of days. Dish water was frozen solid on Monday morning, turkey were gobbling as the sun came up and the coyotes were letting us know they knew we were around. The day was absolutely beautiful as was the following several days. First day finds. Cole with his own freak skull from this week. My favorite hiking partner with her find of the 3rd day. We had hiked all day long she had come up with nothing. We get 200 yards from the truck to end the day and she finds this cute little white tail antler. Totally made her day. My only brown of the trip but most important was the great time I had with my wife and boys. I love getting out there seeing the great things our great Arizona has to see. Last, the two freak bucks side by side.

Defintely.......prayers for his family.......too young......

So you are joining my wife in making fun??? We already tore up all the options we could imagine while out there.......you guys are lots of help......

I can't ask for the sheds, in both cases young kids found the sheds and I would never ask them to give them up. I know what it is like to find a shed and it doesn't happen every day. I feel fortunate that the finder of the skull gave it too me so I have my pictures and I have the skull, all is good.

Wish mine would recognize an antler.............dang nice find....

Ever since getting pictures of this buck on trail cam, I have been obsessed with finding him when I had a gun or bow in my hand and a tag. [ Not being that great of a hunter he has played ghost. My buddy and his family went camping last summer did some hinking. Look what they found................I believe these would be from the spring of 2010 and 2011. Both found the same weekend about half a mile apart from each other. Now my obsession has just gotten worse. I have a trail cam picture and my buddy has two years worth of drops off this guy. Killing me..........I don't have a deer or an antler off this guy but it has been fun trying to catch up with either. Droptine Update A friend of a friend of a friend found this skull and recognized it from my avatar here on coueswhitetail. Needless to say there is a strange emotion involved with getting this skull. Very thankful for the gracious giver who got it to me, yet feel just a little cheated in not getting to see this buck in real life. So what now? Droptine is gone. I set up trail cams again, looking for the next obsession.