Montana Mountain Lion Adventures

June had her 12 week shots and wellness check today. She is growing like a w**d!!

➡️This is her super guilty face when she knows that we don’t chew house plants but the ones at the clinic are new and underrating.

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Juniper was taking in all the interesting scenery at her first puppy check with Dr Reedy.

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I think it’s safe to say she picked her human.

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Last week in NW MT caught a few easy ones and did t catch a few as well. The old boy got a solo tree on a little guy.

In mid/late March treed this guy. This bruiser killed a full grown cow moose.

I can’t take her anywhere without her snacks. Typical of a grizzly bear. Lol.

Anatomy lesson for those who don’t know. The black spot clearly indicates a male lion. Spit treed the other day this Tom is a very young guy but his evidence of s*x is extremely easy to tell. The female was treed 80 yards away.

Couple lions from early March. Molly, Jason’s dog, located a random kitten that had been stashed which was pretty cool and unexpected.

Some of the lions from late Feb when the weather was nice. Spent a day with Royal Tine rounding up 3 lions for sampling.

This morning the sun was struggling to break through the cold fog. However it turned out to be a nice and productive day.

Yesterday there was pattern. Stuck, stuck, stuck. 14 inches of new snow on top of lots of old snow made for tough conditions.

I bought a new Ski Doo in mid January. Im at 1008 miles already. I also always carry a saw with me in case a tree jumps out in front of me and I hit them.

While looking for tracks early am I could see the northern lights. Simply turned the flash off on my phone and took a few pics.

Back in December I had the opportunity to take Brantley Gilbert and crew out for a day. We treed and freed a lion. The perks were backstage passes and VIP treatment at their concert in Spokane with Five Finger Death Punch. I elected to stay home and lion hunt but Jody and her sister were not about to let that opportunity escape. I can honestly say he is a super great guy to hang out with and a true sportsman. As normal good friends made the hunt easier thanks Jason, Trent, and Travis.

This nice Tom had a bunch of permanent body modifications complimentary from another lion.

The odd things we enjoy seeing. I love watching dogs eat,drink and sleep after a long tiring day

Finished up my track machine last week when it was warm Caught a nice Tom a few days ago during that odd rainy day with a friend. Yesterday and today the cats are walking on top of the snow.

The Christmas Eve tradition continued with a lion tree with friends. Project lion limo track machine is under way next few steps will be doors, different front windshield, rear door frame and some type of high quality dog transportation box.

7 or 8 lions from earlier this month treed and freed with good friends. One of the females is losing hair indicating she’s about to give birth soon.

Sheep hunt was a success. This guy is roughly 9-1/2 years old and green gross around 171ish. Jason and I got to see lots of sheep and new country. I can check that off my list of experiences but I would rather tree a female lion then look for sheep again.

The first group of hunters made out with 100% success. Had a few bears roaming around as per normal.

Some of the Montana bears treed and freed from this spring hound season. We made it through fishing season and archery season seems to be off to a great start at 100% last week.

Went to Boulder Lakes today still a little frozen. Then went to Delmo lake and caught a few fish.

The horses went on strike and are demanding a fuel surcharge before they use their horse power.

Unfortunately lion season is over, however the new snow pack is absolutely an awesome sight.

It’s plumb chilly c**n hunting last night.

Finally mounted one of my lions. It turned out decent.

I swear this bobcat picked the biggest tree I have ever treed in. I spent an hour and a half with binoculars checking the tree to verify there was no error on the dogs behalf. A few pictures later we called it a day.

This big guy had been scraping with another lion and has some amazing fresh battle scars in his skull. He weighed 157 # with a empty belly and has a awesome head.

Today’s cat has memorizing whiskers. Kinda like me

One very neat thing about my life is I see the sunrise everyday from a different view. Sometimes it’s trying to poke through the fog from a valley below and sometimes it’s just a direction but I do try to see it every morning (mostly so I know my direction)

Some Of the February cats so far.

We caught a New Year’s Eve lion yesterday.

We caught this female yesterday. Her and her juveniles had eaten a whole deer in one night. Her belly looks like mine after I eat a pizza. Trent Sullivan

This cat weighed in at 147 # empty. Good dogs and a good guide made a successful trip after passing up some small lions this season and last season my friend and client decided he would harvest this lion.

May consider selling a lightly used used Tacoma only 80,000 miles. Drives great. You may want some duct tape but all in all pretty dang good. It’s a TRD with lots of extras so It could be bargain.

Just another day in the woods.

Before the recent snow the sophisticated hunting machines trailed this cat from snow through dirt and caught their quarry.