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NeverStopHuntin
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LAST EDITED ON Nov-12-11 AT 01:26PM (MST)[p]I went out to one of my favorite spots for the general rifle hunt in utah, put in a lot of miles and didn't see very many tracks. The area is very remote and i typically don't see a lot of deer but this is by far the worst i have seen it. I began to think that the deer had moved out, then i pulled my trail camera.
Then I went and pulled another trail camera that had malfunctioned, but it lasted long enough to capture another lion
And some cameras in other spots
Last weekend i hiked up a canyon to do some glassing and see what bucks had made it through the hunt. I hadn't been up the canyon more than an hour and when i hiked out there were fresh lion tracks right on top of my tracks
and to add insult to injury i was actually "stalked" by a mountain lion this morning.
I hiked down into a canyon and while hiking back out i hear a noise. I looked up to see a lion creeping towards me with his belly on the ground. He snuck about 25 yards closer and crouched down to wait me out. I got my cell phone out and tried to video him for a while (loaned my good camera out for a wedding this weekend). I wasn't too happy with the way the crappy cell phone was taking video so i tried to move a little closer. When the lion realized i had two legs instead of four he got out of there quick.
I have never put videos on here and i am not sure how to do it? If someone can help me out i'll post the videos i took this morning.
All of these trail cams and instances were in completely different spots and most of them are on harvest objective units.
I know how most houndsman feel about harvest objective units and i am also fully aware that none of these lions are big. However if someone is interested in running send me a PM. I think i will buy my wife a tag as an early christmas present because i have already shot a lion and i think she would really enjoy it.
For the record i think lions are amazing and seeing this lion creeping towards me, doing what he does best, was one of the top ten coolest things i have seen in the woods. However i feel that the deer numbers are hurting pretty bad and it would be nice to get the deer population back in check first and let the lion population follow.
Then I went and pulled another trail camera that had malfunctioned, but it lasted long enough to capture another lion
And some cameras in other spots
Last weekend i hiked up a canyon to do some glassing and see what bucks had made it through the hunt. I hadn't been up the canyon more than an hour and when i hiked out there were fresh lion tracks right on top of my tracks
and to add insult to injury i was actually "stalked" by a mountain lion this morning.
I hiked down into a canyon and while hiking back out i hear a noise. I looked up to see a lion creeping towards me with his belly on the ground. He snuck about 25 yards closer and crouched down to wait me out. I got my cell phone out and tried to video him for a while (loaned my good camera out for a wedding this weekend). I wasn't too happy with the way the crappy cell phone was taking video so i tried to move a little closer. When the lion realized i had two legs instead of four he got out of there quick.
I have never put videos on here and i am not sure how to do it? If someone can help me out i'll post the videos i took this morning.
All of these trail cams and instances were in completely different spots and most of them are on harvest objective units.
I know how most houndsman feel about harvest objective units and i am also fully aware that none of these lions are big. However if someone is interested in running send me a PM. I think i will buy my wife a tag as an early christmas present because i have already shot a lion and i think she would really enjoy it.
For the record i think lions are amazing and seeing this lion creeping towards me, doing what he does best, was one of the top ten coolest things i have seen in the woods. However i feel that the deer numbers are hurting pretty bad and it would be nice to get the deer population back in check first and let the lion population follow.