tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 While camped out on my pig hunt I discovered this the morning I was leaving to return home. Two of my friends shot pigs and left the cape, head, and ribs 20yrds. from our campers and this is a picture of one of them that got buried. It was only drug 10yrds. before it was buried with dirt and sand. I'm assuming it was a lion but I need some help with this one. Do bobcats do the same? We were leaving Tuesday or we would have put a trail cam on it. What do you guys think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZcoues_addict Report post Posted January 8, 2009 Wow! Really cool pictures! There must have been some type of tracks around to get a better idea of the size with all the sand and activity? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted January 8, 2009 Wow! TJ, what are you old guys smokin' in camp???? Those look like camp rake marks..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 I was unable to find a single track. To bad I didn't have dogs or I might have put my 09 tag on this critter. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted January 8, 2009 don't look like any lion sign i ever seen. might be "liein'" sign. them look like finger marks to me. i've only seen one lion eat a pig it didn't kill. the pig died in a trap and the lion ate it the night after it was taken out. in fact i've only seen 2 pigs that lions did eat. they have a real rough tongue and i think it's too painfull for em to lick their butt tryin' to get the taste o' pig outta there mouth. also, i ain't never seen a lion hard up enough to dig up somethin' somebody else covered up. never even seen where i thought one got after another one's kill. when a lion covers somethin' up they drag it up under some brush and cover it with limbs and leaves and other vegitation. some dirt, but just what they scrape up with the other stuff. nope, that ain't no lion coverup. that's pure hooman bean there. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4Falls Report post Posted January 8, 2009 One of your buddies is having some fun with you. In that dirt there would be tracks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Looks like granola sign to me. With just the right tuch of tree hugger added. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Must be hunting with Henderson and Presler again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Wow! TJ, what are you old guys smokin' in camp???? Those look like camp rake marks..... +1 hehehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZcoues_addict Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Haha, you fooled me, guess I didn't look very closely! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFGinNM Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Probably an artsy lion that was afraid to leave any tracks. But the person that did that sure left plenty of footprints around the fresh rake marks. Time to start thinking about how you are going to dish out a bit of payback. --Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diehard Report post Posted January 9, 2009 looks like someone playing mind games with you may be trying to scare you, to me that looks like somebody did that by hand kinda looks like fingers in the sand.i dont think any cat or lion scoop sand from all around. from what i've seen they dig all around what there trying to bury Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Wow! TJ, what are you old guys smokin' in camp???? Those look like camp rake marks..... +1 hehehe If I hadn't witnessed it first hand I would have said the same thing you all are saying after looking at the pictures. A real good friend of mine has been on a few lion hunts with Steve Smith, well known houndsman from Round Valley, and he said it appears lion to him. He will show the pictures to Steve and see what he has to say. This is a picture of where the javelina was drug from and the whatever pissed here and buried it. It was piled up like a house cat does but I distrurbed it before the picture. It was 28 deg. and that is why I think there weren't any tracks I could make out clear. I don't think I was smoken anything? TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunterjohnny Report post Posted January 9, 2009 Artistic is right. Is that some kind of Phoenix or Dodo bird? Just connect the lines, and yall call yourselves hunters! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
