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Trophy Mountain Lion Bagged In Utah

Steve West takes down big cat along with cougar hunting myths

Trophy Mountain Lion Bagged In Utah
Trophy Mountain Lion Bagged In Utah

During the last week of March, 2012, I was in eastern Utah hunting with one of the best, if not the best, guides for mountain lion in North America. This hunt was scheduled and filmed to dispel a lot of myths about hound hunting.

Myth Number One
You have to have perfect snow conditions to get a mountain lion. While great snow conditions help with fast cruising for tracks and quick trailing by the dogs, if you're with the right people and the best pack of hounds, you don't need snow. We trailed a female and treed her for training and video on the first day of my hunt, however the snow was all gone and temperatures in the 70's the rest of the week as we hunted...

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