The first day was a wash.
P.T. Carter and Bryant McGee tried to find where the big tom may have
gone while Rick went a little further north.
Rick cut the tracks of a big tom that was heading south, but after
tracking him for several miles, the day finally ran out.
Day two started to look like a repeat of day one. Bob sounded a little skeptical about his
chances of actually seeing a lion.
Finally a decision was made to unload the dogs and work a rim in hopes
of cutting a fresh track. About a mile
into the hike, the dogs struck on something!
The dogs started to get excited as they worked the track from the bottom
of the canyon to the northern rim where they trailed to a cave entrance. This is when they went ballistic. In the back of the cave sat the same monster
tom P.T. and his wife had caught a few days back!
It wasn’t long before the big tom decided he was in a bad
spot, so he started to fight his way out of the cave. The scramble of hunters trying to gather up
dogs, dogs trying to get to the lion, and the lion trying to get out of the
cave was a sight to see! The big tom
made his way to the cave entrance and made a break for it! He only got about thirty yards downslope
before the dogs forced him up a big pinion juniper.
Seeing the big cat up in the tree was an experience Bob
never thought he would get. Video
cameras and still cameras came out and pictures of the whole fiasco were taken
by everyone there. Bob finally pulled
out his pistol and set aim at the big cat.
One shot sent the Lion out of the tree and down to the bottom of the
canyon. Turns out Bob is a good shot
with a pistol, and the big tom laid dead at the bottom of the canyon.
Bob kept repeating how he couldn’t understand how a couple
guys and some dogs could turn up a lion the way they did. What he may not know is most of the credit
goes toward the dogs!
You can watch the video of this hunt on MuleyBull Outfitters "Just Hunting Volume 2" found at:
Amazon.com
Coming August 2014!
