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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #105 on: December 15, 2022, 10:06:51 AM »
I talked to Zach on the radio "tell Phillip he must be living right, that's the luckiest thing that could have happened, saved you guys miles of walking in that deep snow". Zach said the lion tracks have no snow at his bed and he's got really big feet, we probably just scared him out of his bed when we started getting dogs ready at the snowmobiles, meanwhile the dogs are screaming up the mountain angled toward the lower front of the ridge. I told the guys I would go check around the other side, the dogs had gone over, we could no longer hear them, I turned the snowmobile around and headed down toward the front of that ridge, there's a short access road to a trailhead, i went to the trailhead to listen.

TREED, wahoo, I called the guys "they are already treed on this side". They said they could hear the dogs too and probably about 300 yards from them. They plodded there way to the tree, took some photos, tied the dogs back, and shot the lion, it was hit hard but ran straight downhill.

We all had cell service, Phillip stayed with the dogs, Zach followed and found the dead cat, he called Phillip and told him he was dragging the cat down to meet me at the snowmobile, when I call back you can turn the dogs loose and bring the dog leashes. Phillip is a capable hands on guy, we figured he could handle doing that, Zach pulled the cat down to meet me, Phillip turned the dogs loose and headed down to meet us.

We were admiring the huge cat, then dogs all came and we put them away in the dog sled, Phil soon came, we took lots of photos, then we all loaded up and headed back to the other snowmobiles.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2022, 10:14:05 AM by bearpaw »
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #106 on: December 15, 2022, 10:23:32 AM »
We got back to the other snowmobiles, Zach and Phillip headed in to get the elk head. I went to find a turn around and came back, we admired the bull a bit, then tied his head on and headed out to the truck.

The game warden came while we were finish skinning at my house, he sealed the hide and said it was the biggest cat he had checked in quite some time. He scanned the elk head for bullets, they will scan the elk kill site too. Phillip has the warden's number in case he gets questioned about hauling around a green 6x6 bull elk head in December!

We estimated cat's weight at 160ish maybe 170+ due to the full belly, I didn't have a scale handy. Phillip is going to do a life size of the cat with the elk head, that will be a great scene!
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #107 on: December 15, 2022, 10:28:02 AM »
 :yike: What a cat!
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #108 on: December 15, 2022, 10:31:02 AM »
Good job wow!
Congrats on the nice cat
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #109 on: December 15, 2022, 10:55:11 AM »
THAT was awesome!!!!!  Thanks for taking the time to do the write up!  Heck of a cat!
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #110 on: December 15, 2022, 12:31:46 PM »
Love it great story!

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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #111 on: December 15, 2022, 02:46:16 PM »
BIG Lion.  Wow.
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #112 on: December 15, 2022, 10:01:07 PM »
WOW! That's a big cat!
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #113 on: December 19, 2022, 07:57:51 AM »
Another couple photos I got from one of the other guys.
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #114 on: December 19, 2022, 09:25:54 AM »
What a memory for those guys!

Thank you for bringing us along...   :tup:
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #115 on: December 19, 2022, 09:38:21 AM »
I love this time of year and hearing these stories. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #116 on: December 19, 2022, 05:59:33 PM »
Awesome story and cat.  Thanks for taking us along!
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #117 on: December 19, 2022, 06:38:13 PM »
Congrats to the hunter.👍
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #118 on: December 22, 2022, 09:58:39 AM »
The last lion hunt was a bust, the only cat that moved for several days was a female with kittens, mostly cold weather, wind, and drifting snow, it's possible other cats moved but with the drifting snow it must have completely disappeared their tracks. They were worried about getting home to Oregon for Xmas, the gorge was closed a day, so we stopped the hunt early and they are coming back next year.

I get a little time off for the holidays, last night I slept over 10 hours, LOL.
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Re: Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022
« Reply #119 on: December 22, 2022, 12:02:18 PM »
Enjoy the break and holidays with your family Dale. Please say hi to Brian, Daniel and the crew for me.
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