AzHunt Report post Posted October 1, 2008 In my opinion that is a great cat, heavy, wide. It is not 250 lbs. though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFGinNM Report post Posted October 1, 2008 If that cat is 250... the man holding it up must be 350. --Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBArcher Report post Posted October 1, 2008 Great looking cat, old warrior Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted October 1, 2008 that cat is still under 200 pounds . But Anyone would love to put a tag on it. Agreed. On both Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted October 1, 2008 No way will any mountain lion weigh 520 pounds. The Zambian lion shown with my posts is as big as any African lion, and it was estimated to have "only" weighed between 450 and 500 pounds. That's a big mountain lion tom, to be sure, but I'd believe its weight more if it were reported to be 175 to 200 pounds. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted October 1, 2008 that's a nice lion in the photo, but i'd guess it more like 150. no way it is even close to 200. lions just ain't that big of an animal. look at it compared to the guy holding it. i kinda doubt if he weighs 250. most lions are 125 lbs or less. a tom that gets to live a long time can get to over 200 on occasion. me and my oldest boy killed one about 20 years ago that was 8'11". his forearms were bigger than my thighs. he scores well over 15. i'd guess him at maybe 165-175. i figured that when he was younger he might have been a 200+ pounder. he was the oldest, most beat up thing i ever saw. starting to get poor. ears looked like tassles. one nostril had grown shut from a huge scar through it. this lion in the photos doesn't look to be real old. he has a good head on him, but his torso looks to be quite short. i don't think he's a 7 footer. a really big lion will have front paws quite a bit wider than that also. and i'm not running him down, he's a dang nice lion. really pretty head. i'da shot him and been proud of it. once we killed a cattle killer in new mex and took a game warden back to it the next day. he took a scale and it weighed 210 lbs. not a real long lion, a little over 7'. he kinda had a short tail, but he was built like a jag. tremendously thick. meanest lion i ever saw. killed 2 of our dogs, tore 2 others up so bad we had to pack em out on the saddles with us and tossed 2 others off in a crack in the cliff that we had a heck of time fishin' out. ooooooooo. my old addiction is startin' to come back over me. i gotta shut up or i'll have me some more pups by nightfall. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted October 1, 2008 Hey lark you are in luck i have some redbone-black and tan pups for sale out in queen creek come buy and get a couple. 100.00 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted October 1, 2008 If that cat was 500 lbs, do you think that guy would be holding it up off the ground like that? Only Lark could do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZcoues_addict Report post Posted October 1, 2008 Awesome cat! Thanks for posting the pics! I think someone was exaggerating, and he was just saying that the 5 and 2 got reversed in the email, 250 instead of 520. But 250 still sounds high, as others have posted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted October 2, 2008 Here is a pic of a lion that weighs 227 pounds...To me this lion looks more like just about as big as they get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted October 2, 2008 I saw a picture of a huge lion taken in British Colombia many years back that they said was around 250lbs. but I have never heard of or seen pictures of anything bigger than that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JMP Report post Posted October 2, 2008 good to know. like i said, don't know the guy, just got the email. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted October 5, 2008 Lark, Just got to thinking......you know that hundred bucks for the redbone is just the tip of the iceberg....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jldeerslayer Report post Posted November 12, 2008 ive also seen plenty of cats and no way is one 500. the two pics are of nice cats though. that first looks like an old worn out one. nice and fat but no way the thing would go 500. 200 maybe but not 500 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lionhunter Report post Posted November 23, 2008 that cat is still under 200 pounds . But Anyone would love to put a tag on it. 5oo lbs???? NOPE! I have hunted lion in AZ for 22 years, and I doubt we ever killed any lion over 220 pounds. Very few ever found their way to a scale, but the couple exceptionally big ones that did were less than 200 pounds. A friend of mine killed a lion that measured 9 ft. 1 inch from note to tip of tail, but he did not weigh it. I am new to this sight, but so far I read about a guy who has a 30-06 that only drops 30 inches at 1000 yards, and now a 500 pound Mt. lion. It is definately entertaining! DW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
