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Mountain Lion Hunts Available (Southern NM) $2500
craigslist phoenix | sporting goods ...March 08, 2011 16:57
http://WWW.ARROWHEADOUTFITTERS.NET
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5-Day Mountain Lion Hunt w/ Hounds

Hunts Available Dec.1st-March 31st (New Mexico)

Transportation is provided. Main meals and lodging are not included in this price…but we can tailor your hunt as well.

License Fees/Tags
Resident $43 Nonresident $300
Tag is over the counter, has to be bought at the latest 2 days prior.

50% of the total cost must be deposited to hold your hunt date. This hunt fee is $2500.00 per person plus tax for a Tom lion (male). “If the hunter wishes to kill a Queen lion (female) a kill fee of $500 extra will be added”.

The hunt will be conducted by the means of truck, and hiking with the use of well trained/bred lion hounds.

85% Success Rate Snow & 65% Success Rate Dirt. Toms average 130-185 lbs, Queens 60-120 lbs.

Your trophy will be skinned for you. But packing out of hide and meat is not included in price.

Bonus to your lion hunt! You can hunt bobcats around this time as well starting November 15th - March 31st...$250 per bobcat kill fee… unlimited number of bobcats can be harvested, with NM Furbearers Tag.
License Fees
Resident $20.00 Nonresident $345.00

Visit http://www.arrowheadoutfitters.net for more info and other hunts that are available.

Now booking for Fall Black Bear hunts with hounds…Refer to the website.

azbackpackr wrote:I would rather those cats be very wary of me when I am hiking, and I feel that if they are just a little pressured during the season it does make them more leery of people.

Jim Lyding wrote:Finally, anyone who thinks that hunting mountain lions makes people safer should consider the following statistics: 85 people have been killed in hunting accidents in California during the last 20 years, but only 14 people have been killed by cougars in all of North America over the last 100 years.

The Stillernator wrote:@rlrjamy

I gotta cut and paste that on Facebook.

azbackpackr wrote:...I never heard of a cat tearing apart a tent to get in.

VVebb wrote:Remember folks: Here's the best thing to do if you're hiking with a group of friends and you see a lion.

(1) Stop
(2) Pull out your handgun
(3) Aim at a friend's knee
(4) Pull the trigger
(5) Do a little dance
(6) Walk away laughing

(You won't even have to bother running with your friend laying on the ground at the lion's feet.)

Just kidding folks, just kidding. It's a joke.

VVebb wrote:

azbackpackr wrote:...I never heard of a cat tearing apart a tent to get in.

I have; although, you may be right that a tent might reduce the likelihood of attack since a tent doesn't "look" like prey, even if it smells like prey (i.e. you).

I have a friend whose dad was attacked while he was in a tent. As it happens, he was bowhunting on that trip, and had a gun with him for personal protection (which was illegal, due to the bowhunt, in the state where he was hunting). He shot the lion. He reported the attack, and was cited for possessing a gun during a bowhunt. He went to court to fight it, and brought the shredded tent as evidence of the attack, but the judge refused to dismiss the charge (although he did reduce the fine). Honestly, I can't blame my friend's dad for carrying the gun for protection, and I can't blame the judge for holding him accountable.

(Footnote: In Arizona, you may carry a handgun for protection during a bowhunt, so long as it doesn't have a scope mounted on it, etc.)