chilcotin hillbilly
03-17-2013, 06:43 PM
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A while back I wrote of an encounter with a juvenile she lion that ended up with a dead cat killed with a knife. I had asked the readers to give it some thought before killing a female and the consequences of pulling the trigger on one.
A few days after posting the story the only other local hound guy was out with his nephew who is a want to be houndguy and they kill a female. When I heard where they shot the cat I had a feeling this cat had juveniles in the area. I had run into her early in the season in the same location. I knew it was a matter of time before the juveniles showed up, today was the day.
I was out with my daughter and nephew looking for a lion to run as lynx is over for the year. Soon we cut her track and 1 1/2 miles later the dogs had this little girl treed.
I am guessing her wieght between 40 and 50 lbs. I am pretty sure I haven't seen the last of this cat as it is moving into more residential areas.
Whats the chances this young one making it to next winter? 50%
There seems to be some old school hound guys still left out there that thinks shooting game out for dogs makes good dogs! Now I look at my dogs which see 15 % of the game shot out for them, are they crappy dogs? I may think a little to much of my dogs but they catch a pile of game bears, lion and lynx between 70 and 100 trees a year.
Times are changing and houndsmen need to be looked at as conservationist, catch and release hunting with the focus on game management.
Now I don't think killing females should be out lawed and in some cases ok, but when a female is treed, think ,have you done your due diligents in proving this female is infact completely independant.
This often will take more then a day to figure out, kittens including juveniles can be miles away from where you cut a track . Sorry for the rant!
Anyhow we had some fun and got a couple pictures, enjoy.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/Cats%202012-13/littlefemale_zpsf46584c4.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/Cats%202012-13/CarsonCourtneyandthekitty_zps6b1e5238.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/Cats%202012-13/tredsterRudyandVicki_zpsb4f5ac5f.jpg
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A while back I wrote of an encounter with a juvenile she lion that ended up with a dead cat killed with a knife. I had asked the readers to give it some thought before killing a female and the consequences of pulling the trigger on one.
A few days after posting the story the only other local hound guy was out with his nephew who is a want to be houndguy and they kill a female. When I heard where they shot the cat I had a feeling this cat had juveniles in the area. I had run into her early in the season in the same location. I knew it was a matter of time before the juveniles showed up, today was the day.
I was out with my daughter and nephew looking for a lion to run as lynx is over for the year. Soon we cut her track and 1 1/2 miles later the dogs had this little girl treed.
I am guessing her wieght between 40 and 50 lbs. I am pretty sure I haven't seen the last of this cat as it is moving into more residential areas.
Whats the chances this young one making it to next winter? 50%
There seems to be some old school hound guys still left out there that thinks shooting game out for dogs makes good dogs! Now I look at my dogs which see 15 % of the game shot out for them, are they crappy dogs? I may think a little to much of my dogs but they catch a pile of game bears, lion and lynx between 70 and 100 trees a year.
Times are changing and houndsmen need to be looked at as conservationist, catch and release hunting with the focus on game management.
Now I don't think killing females should be out lawed and in some cases ok, but when a female is treed, think ,have you done your due diligents in proving this female is infact completely independant.
This often will take more then a day to figure out, kittens including juveniles can be miles away from where you cut a track . Sorry for the rant!
Anyhow we had some fun and got a couple pictures, enjoy.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/Cats%202012-13/littlefemale_zpsf46584c4.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/Cats%202012-13/CarsonCourtneyandthekitty_zps6b1e5238.jpg
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm194/skinnercreek/Cats%202012-13/tredsterRudyandVicki_zpsb4f5ac5f.jpg