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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2024, 02:34:22 PM »
Beautiful cat. I miss those days

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2024, 02:34:57 PM »
One of my top bucket list hunts for sure. Awesome cat

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2024, 05:51:32 PM »
Congrats! That is a great Tom!!
Happiness is being in the woods!!!

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2024, 04:57:36 PM »
That looks like such a cool hunt!

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2024, 05:43:43 PM »
Nice cat! Bucket list hunt :tup:
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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2024, 06:59:18 PM »
Congrats!  That's one big cat.

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2024, 08:25:19 PM »
That's a stud, congrats

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2024, 04:23:41 PM »
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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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2024, 06:50:29 PM »
He's a tank, congrats!
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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2024, 09:35:49 PM »
Dandy cat! :tup:
Slap some bacon on a biscut and lets go, were burrnin daylight!

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2024, 08:00:10 AM »
Glad it came together for you! Big lion!
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2024, 08:50:12 AM »
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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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2024, 06:23:12 PM »
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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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #28 on: December 25, 2024, 10:35:31 PM »
Wow!!!  That is a Whopper!!!
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Re: Big old Utah mountain lion.
« Reply #29 on: December 26, 2024, 09:48:36 AM »
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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