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Went on a hunt of a lifetime in Utah. Chased a couple older tracks but on day four it all came together. Worked our asses off. From cutting tracks in buggies, to riding mules in, to walking the mountains trying to cut tracks in crossing points. This cat was in some nasty country. We chased him for two days. Always loosing the dogs in the cliffs. We found him the second day one canyon over with a fresh kill. Full belly and he didn’t want to run as far to the cliffs again. The north slopes had about 1-2 feet of snow and the south slopes were almost bare. He was still up at 8400 feet elevation. Hard ass hunt.
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I’m 6’2” about 220. He’s a big Tom.
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Nice cat, congrats 👍
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This is the epitome of Lion hunting to me. Not sure if its from reading old Jack Oconnor stories, or from hanging out down in the red rock. I've just always wanted to have a lion hunt there. AWESOME
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Boy, what a beauty!
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What an epic hunt.
Bigggggg cat.
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Holy Smokes!
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Awesome Lion! Congratulations! Bucket list hunt for me for sure
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Congratulations
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Beautiful cat! Congrats
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That's a good Tom!
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Very nice I’d like to see more of those taken in Washington what a big old pumpkin head on him
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Great cat!
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Beautiful cat. I miss those days
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One of my top bucket list hunts for sure. Awesome cat
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Congrats! That is a great Tom!!
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That looks like such a cool hunt!
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Nice cat! Bucket list hunt
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Congrats! That's one big cat.
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That's a stud, congrats
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Thank you for taking that big cat out of the system.
Will you be doing a mount with it, he is one big Tom. Probably was almost as much as you.
Just curious what a hunt like that would run?if it's with in my means I'll like to do one.
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He's a tank, congrats!
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Dandy cat!
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Glad it came together for you! Big lion!
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The hunt wasn’t cheap. Been planning and researching for a four years. Booked this two years ago with an outfitter that kills a lot of big cats. We used to, side by sides, mules, and hiked . They know the area very well . Had three rotations of dogs so we had fresh dogs every day. When you count up everything. Guide, lodging and food was on my own, a tip, plane tickets and rental car. I’m north of $10,000 on this hunt already. He’s a really big cat so I am doing a life size mount with some habitat. Philip Soucy in Montana is going to mount him. Probably one of the best cat/lion taxidermist in the country. That’s going to be $7,000 + for the mount. Was a bucket list hunt. Not sure I will do one again or get a chance at a bigger cat. So wanted to do it right this time.
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Beautiful Cat
I’m glad to hear your going with Phil no use spending that type of money and have so so taxidermist ruin a mount of a life time.
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Wow!!! That is a Whopper!!!
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Did they have you on "stand by?" Reason I ask is, I was in the midst of doing a cat hunt in North Idaho, until my wife used that money to get me Montana Spring bear hunt. But talking with the guides, they recommended being on standby instead of just booking a week in advance. That way it could be timed better with snow conditions and cat movement. I was ok with stand by, just because it was Northern Idaho and could be there fairly quickly. But not sure I could just drop everything and shoot to Utah
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Awesome cat. That is great You got Soucy to do the mount. I have seen some of his at an SCI convention and they are crazy lifelike. He is definitely one of the most highly sought after cat Taxidermist's around. This is a bucket list item for me hopefully in the next 5 years
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Awesome cat! I’ll be doing likewise in a couple weeks and am hoping for something of that caliber!
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Bucket list hunt for me!!! Jealous for sure....nicely done.
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Congrats on a hammer of a cat! Sounds like the whole experience met all your expectations all around! Can’t wait to see the finished mount of this guy too
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I don’t think there is anything more fun than hound hunting! Amazing cat and congrats!! I’m jealous
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