rageinthesage Report post Posted August 27, 2014 A buddy and I were antelope hunting in ten this past weekend when we were driving down an old two track road and I happened to look over and see a dead cow elk laying on the hillside, we had no idea what to think so we killed the truck and headed over to investigate, upon closer observation we noticed claw and bite marks all over her body, at that point we realized what had happened and we both took a step back and looked around knowing we were being watched... This cow elk had probably been dead for less then an hour, I'm talking warm joints, fresh blades of grass in her mouth, eyes still glossy, and you could see the struggle that took place in the freshly kicked up dirt! We couldn't believe it! I have only seen a fresh elk lion kill one other time so it must have been a huge cat! Being that I had a lion tag in my pocket I sat the kill till dark but nothing ever came in. I wish I would have stayed and got an arrow in him but antelope was my #1 priority. I killed my goat early Saturday morning and had not this kill been so far from civilization I would have sat it till he was dead, anyway that's my story and couldn't get pix because my phone was dead. That lion ate well!! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ready2hunt Report post Posted August 27, 2014 wow thats crazy. the sounds of the car probably scared it off. You should have put a camera up to see the cat. Congrats on the goat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rageinthesage Report post Posted August 27, 2014 wow thats crazy. the sounds of the car probably scared it off. You should have put a camera up to see the cat. Congrats on the goat! That's what we figured and unfortunately there are no trail cams allowed where we were. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rageinthesage Report post Posted August 27, 2014 Its actually only the third fresh kill I have ever seen but one of the lions wasn't so lucky and I arrowed her at 46yds off a deer kill on the kaibab many years ago, very cool experience. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsturla Report post Posted August 31, 2014 wow thats crazy. the sounds of the car probably scared it off. You should have put a camera up to see the cat. Congrats on the goat! I bet not, mountain lions don't care too much about automobiles or anything else. it was likely nearby just holding tight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
