Was out guiding aoudad day before yesterday and in the middle of our stalk a lion charged the herd of aoudad!
Well long story short the lion presented us with a 325 yard broadside shot. My hunter squeezed off the trigger and the kitty jumped up 6 feet in the air and kicked it legs out.

It did not run off though, it slowly walked into a thicket and dissappeared. We looked for hours and hours for blood, hair, etc. Even followed its tracks into the thicket and no luck.

What is the typical reaction of a mountain lion when hit? Would it normally just walk off even if missed?

It is wquite possible that the bullet hit the ground which caused the cat to jump up and kick its legs out. If you didn't find any blood at all chances are you missed it. If that lion has never been shot at and had no pressure on it, the shot may not have scared it enough to run. I've seen that before with deer and coyotes as well. They just stand there and then walk off.

I shot at a Bobcat on my place before and shot just under him. The cat jumped straight up in the air. It just casually walked off like nothing ever happened. I guess that could have happened to your lion.

Sounds like quite the hunt though!

Thanks for the help. I was thinking the bullet blew up a rock right bellow the lion causing it to do that. Being not expert I just wanted to double check!

same thing with bobcat as well here

That would be my guess too - under shot him. Congrats on getting to see one. That's quite the treat!

The guys nailed it, your hunter missed. Get someone on it with some dogs ASAP.

Bob

Dang mountain lion pulled a matrix move on your hunter!

The two that I have been fortunate enough to shoot have both dropped immediately, then made efforts to run off but died within 20 yards of where the initial shot was. They are tough SOB's. Based on your explantion, I'd say the hunter missed.

I shot at a bobcat that did the same exact thing, but I found him about 5 yards away in the brush dead as could be, but I did find blood where he was standing.

Should of took another shot if it was just milling around.

We did but they were near misses. After pumping an aoudad full of lead and watching that hole scenario unfold its hard to hold steady on a kitty.

i would be sick if i missed a mt. lion! i'd be even sicker if i knew i hit it and couldn't find it...

still cool that you saw a cat though

me too, mt. lion w/out dogs is my dream.

What a cool story. Thanks for suring it, but to bad the hunter missed it. Sounds like you have a good hunting trip to make out there real soon.

there was a lion killed to sheep in skelly town tx east of borger about a week ago.it was on the news

Hey Mike, Lions are protected in that part of the country. Make sure no one knows if you do kill one

I wasn't aware that mountain lions were protected anywhere in the state of Texas. Couldn't find anything on the TPWD website. Do you have a link?

Thanks,

David

I dont think that is correct.

yeah they just restocked them 15 yrs ago on the west side of 90

X2. Never heard this before either and used to live in that area...

That is incorrect information.

+1, that is completely incorrect. Mountain Lions are not protected anywhere in the state of Texas except for National or State Parks.