Wyoming Mountain Lion Bowhunt: Take 2

Trial153

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As 2021 was heading to finish line I headed back to Wyoming to finish out a mountain lion hunt that started in January of 2021 with my best friend. Although we came home from that hunt without a lion it was a success in all respects.A great time, awesome hound work in amazing places, treed cats and life long memories. Knowing that I was still had that unpunched tag in my pocket, our buddy had me back to finish what I started, a few more days hunting that hopefully would find us the right track that would lead us to a big Tom in tree with dogs below. Well we found our track and after a stellar performance by two exceptional hounds, we had a ring side seat to one of the best chases you could imagine, we finally meet Punch and POW POW at the base of big spruce with a mature tom treed way up high. Those two bitches really put on a show while running that cat. And what great cat he is. Thankful for so many things, the hounds, for great friendships , wild places and the amazing animals that inhabit them . Here are few pictures
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Nice cat and thanks for taking it out of the population !!
What part of the state or who did you hunt with, pm is fine.
Lucky you found snow, we don't have hardly any right now.
 
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Congratulations great Tom. It's on my short list of things to do.

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It’s always a fantastic hunt if you come at from the perspective of watching and enjoying the hounds. Mountain Loins and wild cats in general I think are under appreciated, they are a special animal and when you consider their relative scarcity on the landscape it pretty hard not value and respect them. They are a great animal to hunt and I can’t wait to go again.
 

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Is that backstrap you cooked? I know a guy who cooked one and said it was phenomenal, very similar to pork. He's probably never had veal though.
 
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Is that backstrap you cooked? I know a guy who cooked one and said it was phenomenal, very similar to pork. He's probably never had veal though.

No that’s actually a sirloin tip, i cut it into cut let’s then pounded them. Freaking amazing
 
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