What did you do with your lion?

[streetdoctor]

With a little luck I'll have an opportunity at a big tom in a few days. What did you do with your lion? Best cuts of meat?

 

[svivian]

Very similar to pork so cook it the same. Pulled pork kitty is a favorite even with my wife

 

[gonzaga]

Like mentioned above, dang good eating. Plenty of guys have been pleasantly surprised.

 

[justin davis]

Lion is excellent

 

[Legend]

Braised is best as you really should cool it to a high temp to kill everything. It is really tasty and often wins the blind taste test at wild game cook offs.

 

[streetdoctor]

good to hear! hopefully I can report back success in a week or so.

 

[ORJoe]

Mostly cooked the meat like pork chops, very good stuff.
Had the skull sitting on a tray in the carport and a raccoon or cat dragged it into the driveway and I ran over with my truck in the dark.

 

[wytx]

Tasted great but a funky smell while cooking. Made good chili with one of ours.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

I had no idea people ate lion meat. That's cool and would definitely be an exotic twist to a wild game feed in these parts. Usually raccoon, beaver, and possum take the title. LOL!

 

[gonzaga]

The tenderloin on a Lion is second to none....

 

[Bubblehide]

Lewis and Clark wrote in their journal that it was the best game meat.

 

[6mm Remington]

I've had it and really liked it.

 

[Short Track]

I'm considering lion hunting. Never thought I would want to follow a pack of dogs, and trek though snow. But I'm bored. I see you eat them. Do you mount them, or just keep the skin ???

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

I'm considering lion hunting. Never thought I would want to follow a pack of dogs, and trek though snow. But I'm bored. I see you eat them. Do you mount them, or just keep the skin ???

Full body, rug, or skull I imagine...

 

[Short Track]

Still not sure I can do it. I think they are kinda cool & scarce. If there were 10 zillion of them around, then sure....

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Still not sure I can do it. I think they are kinda cool & scarce. If there were 10 zillion of them around, then sure....

I think the guys that live in WY, MT, ID, OR, and WA would argue that there are WAAAAAAAYYYYYY too many lions around. We never saw one in the Big Horns in October, but they saw and stalked us plenty. On our way back out in the dark one day, we had 2 sets of lion tracks inside our boot tracks in the snow from the morning.

 

[streetdoctor]

Still not sure I can do it. I think they are kinda cool & scarce. If there were 10 zillion of them around, then sure....

There's 5500 estimated in Colorado and they eat a deer a week. Our mule deer population is in steady decline. Like coyotes its predator control. We've identified 4 separate lions in the small area im hunting.

 

[Short Track]

What makes a predator like this so scared of a little itty-bitty hound dog ?

 

[streetdoctor]

What makes a predator like this so scared of a little itty-bitty hound dog ?

You should read "The beast in the garden". It's a great read on lion populations in the front range and they also talk about the attempted reintroduction into yellowstone from a biologist perspective. Not sure your angle on "itty bitty hound dogs" but I'm also not interested in hearing it.

 

[Hunt the Top]

What makes a predator like this so scared of a little itty-bitty hound dog ?

Intensity


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