Mountain Lion picture

[DUG]

My son and I got to see our 1st mountain lion up close. It was dead. Not sure of the whole story, but from what the WM told us was that a guy was quail hunting and the lion started attacking his dog. He shot it with his shotgun but didn't kill it. The next day hounds found it and it was finished off. It was an adult female about 75 lbs. I got to see the claws. Now I know why they are amazing killers. Incredible how sharp they are. Here's a couple of pictures.

[hunterdude]

WOW! Hoopefully the dogs didn't get hurt to bad!

[deserthntr]

i was at the g&f place where that got taken a few hours later, remember its illeagal to shoot them with shotguns so if you are varmit calling and call one in make sure its with your rifle, the g&f officer said the guy said it just came out of a bush and put 3 loads of 7 1/2 in it, and then the rest of the story DUG told

[russd]

i was at the g&f place where that got taken a few hours later, remember its illeagal to shoot them with shotguns so if you are varmit calling and call one in make sure its with your rifle, the g&f officer said the guy said it just came out of a bush and put 3 loads of 7 1/2 in it, and then the rest of the story DUG told

so does the bird hunter get into trouble for his actions?

[DUG]

He wasn't cited, but he didn't get to keep the lion either. You can protect your dog from an attack from a lion. Now if he would of had a slug he would have been legal. And if he had a tag he could of kept it. He wasn't issued a citation because of self defense. My son and I both put our lion tags and some slugs in our pockets that morning before starting our quail hunt. And then we found out about the lion being close to where we were.

[DUG]

Hey deserthntr, did you do good on quail up there? Did you take your dog?

[WOODSAZ]

What about buck shot? Is that legal?

[jakehaffey]

Thats pretty cool!

[DUG]

What about buck shot? Is that legal?

 

Buckshot is not legal. Has to be shotgun shooting slug.

 

[deserthntr]

DUG we did ok, 7 each, my old man got tired so i was chasin birds by myself for a while but everything was still runnin to much so didnt do to good on the points, this is my only my dogs 6th or so trip on quail tho too but she is getting the hang of it, i couldve got more but it was hot and oreo's pads were getting soft and just starting to get tender so i took her back, she did great on the birds tho, she only couldnt find one what about you?

[DUG]

That's funny when we hunt it's my son who gets tired 1st. I got a limit and my son got 2. We hit the check station about 11:30. I was tired too. Birds were flushing up real far.

[deserthntr]

how olds your son? thats how it used to be but this year i am kickin my dads but, when your 15 you have tons of energy haha, and my dad is 49 so i am whoopin up on him haha, probably gunna have to pack his deer out for him this year, he says since i know how do clean my deer and elk and everything all by myself i can do it lol, thats what he has done for my past 2 deer, 2 turkeys, and pigs, so my elk he'll probably say the same haha

[DUG]

I'm about to turn 45 and my son is 18. He'll out hunt me by the time I'm 70. I did his 1st pig and elk. It's up to him now. Although I'll probably think he's doing it wrong or too slow and want to take over.

[deserthntr]

ya my dad did my first everything, besides my lion, but then after that he said you know how haha, maybe we will have to get together to do some huntin behind dogs, what do you have? i have a shorthair

[DUG]

We have a brother and sister Brittany and a 10 mo. old english springer and a yellow lab. They are good on birds in the yard. We haven't really hunted them yet though. My spot at Tonto Basin is not real dog friendly. My son can also relate to that by getting stuck on the cholla a few times on Saturday.