huntin1005 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 Had an awesome hunt for whitetail this year and got to double down on a couple of Lions with my son. Not everyday you get to do that. There were actually 3 lions total in the area. 17 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted November 2, 2022 Man, what memories! Talk about having everything fall into place and scoring a father/son double on a pair of lions! Congrats! (love the first photo) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighschoolHunter Report post Posted November 2, 2022 That is awesome. Did you call them in or glass them up? Congratulations either way 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntin1005 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 We had a doe and fawn blow out below us about 150 yards and the doe kept blowing for at least ten minutes. She kept looking back in our direction but we knew that they didn’t wind us ( wind blowing pretty good in our face). I told my son to get his rifle ready and I would skirt the hill to see what was below us. He said he heard something growling. I proceeded to walk over to the saddle to glass back to where he was sitting and he was getting prone. Next thing I see is him shooting down from where we were glassing. He shoots throws his hands up in excitement and is frantically waving for me to get back over there. I run back and he said he just smoked a lion and there were 2 more with it. I get set up on his rifle and the second cat was sitting under a juniper above his cat. I take the shot and my cat bails off into the cut. Then a 3rd lion pops out and proceeds to sniff around my sons lion then ended up disappearing into the cut mine went into. It killed around for about 15 minutes. My oldest son was supposed to be with us but wouldn’t call out sick from work. Needless to say he was bummed. We could have had a Trifecta. IMG_1190.MOV 6 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertmafia21 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 Wowza that’s cool! Congrats and let us know the ages when you find out. Both female? This reminds me of when I got mine. 4 were together and I was by myself. Only 180 yards too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntin1005 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 1 male 1 female Game and fish rough guess 2-3 years old. Will get the official ages sometime next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted November 2, 2022 thats wild. ive read a lot of stories over the years, and im sure its happened but i dont remember ever reading about people shooting 2 lions together like that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 29 minutes ago, trphyhntr said: thats wild. ive read a lot of stories over the years, and im sure its happened but i dont remember ever reading about people shooting 2 lions together like that. I did that when I got mine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted November 2, 2022 That's awesome! Hopefully there will be a lot more deer in your spot next couple years now. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues7777 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 Awesome congratz to you and your son.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EarlyBronco Report post Posted November 2, 2022 This is awesome congrats 👍🏼 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBIG10 Report post Posted November 2, 2022 Some of the best meat out there. Good shooting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn Report post Posted November 2, 2022 Congrats! Awesome 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted November 2, 2022 That’s really cool…congrats! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunter4life Report post Posted November 3, 2022 Ages will be very young, probably <18 months. They don't tend to stick together with their mother very long after that. A mother with juveniles is pretty much the only scenario where you will get 3 hanging around together. I agree with AZBig 10. Young lions will be very good eating. Old toms will get pretty tough and are not even close to as good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
