COOSEFAN Report post Posted April 27, 2009 I for some reason have a knack for glassin' up lions or just running into them on occasion. I have stopped counting, but I would guess it's in the high 20's probably. One year I saw 9 lions just while hunting the SC Rez between the bear and duck seasons. I've seen one get it's butt kicked by 3 javalina....shortly after that it met the business end of a muzzleloader. Watched a female carry one of her kittens in her mouth as she jumped boulder to boulder down a mountain, the 2nd kitten tried his darndest to keep up which was funny to watch as he'd tumble off the boulders. I've glassed one up that my buddy "GTT" later killed, and another that a client missed several shots at in Mexico this year. I've only seen one while running hounds and that was a blast, just wasn't big enough to kill. Seen several pairs and a few groups of 3 especially on the SC Rez, don't know why, but seems more rare to only see 1 by itself there. I shot and lost one last year that had a partner running with it, and saw a 3rd lion a few days later. Had one lion sit just off the trail watching my friends, my brother and my dad as they packed out a bear, my brother shot that lion at 20 yards as it didn't feel like leaving. Even had another lion eating off an elk quarter that one of our clients had just hung in a tree...the client was only a few yards away putting his gear together when he noticed one of the quarters swinging side to side! He tried to scare off the lion but instead of running it actually came towards him before finally walking off! There's definitely more lions out there than most would think, and you can only imagine how many times you have been very close to one and never knew it! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted April 27, 2009 I walked up on one last year in a wilderness area. I was within about ten yards of it when I saw it. When I stopped, it just calmly walked away like I was even there. An hour later it decided to check me out and followed me for about a half mile. I have never been able to glass one up. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hornhunter Report post Posted April 28, 2009 i have seen 3 lions 2 of them i saw coming back from douglas on a ffa trip there was two walking side by side in a field in kansas settlement and then the third one i saw while out spot lighting with my brother and cousin in unit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAM Report post Posted May 2, 2009 I've seen three lions total. The first was off the Young road right at dusk. It crossed the road in front of me. I stopped the truck and rolled down my window and smacked my lips and it stopped about twenty feet away, crouched and just watched me. The second lion I saw was in a tree with Hap, Rusty, Mike, and Roxy barking beneath it. Hopefully I'll get the lifesize mount of it back some time soon. The third lion I've seen was just this past January in Mexico and yes, I actually glassed it up. Only saw it for 10 seconds or so before it strolled off. I think mountain lions are one of the coolest animals we have in North America! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
