Happened to me two years ago. Moving in on a small herd with a noisy bull in it. Came across a fresh calf elk kill about 50 yards from the bugler. Looked over the kill and decided to keep moving towards the bull. About 15 yards further and looked up in an old growth fir and there 19 yards above me perched on a big limb sits a lion staring down at me. Punched him right behind the left shoulder with a 125 gr muzzy. With always buying deer,elk,bear and cougar tags I now have a nice lion rug on my wall. Always a bird in the hand in Washington for me unless a OIL tag you burnt a ton of points on.
