Is This A Big Cat?

[shrapnel]

 

[MTTW]

Should have gave him another year.

 

[rjthehunter]

Unless that dude and dogs are small, I'd call it a big kitty!

 

[bonedogg]

dude has shoulders like a trout lol

 

[kiwi hunter]

Thats not big, more like huge. Mate here in oz has one in his pool room, very nice

 

[Bulldog0156]

That guy looks like he's really struggling, maybe he needs to start lifting weights!

 

[pabearhunter]

Looks like a trophy to me.

 

[Mallardsx2]

It looks bigger than the one I killed last year and mine was right at B&C minimum score.

 

[Bowhunt_406]

Looks like a great Lion! Lion season is my second favorite hunt of the year. Just gets a little tricky with a lack of snow…

 

[bowhunter_82]

I've always wanted to go lion hunting and watch the dogs work. Awesome Lion, congratulations.

 

[bonedogg]

 

[Steiny77]

It would require a good sized litter box.

 

[muley hunter]

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I would say so and if you are happy with him not much else matters

 

[Sandbrew]

That looks like a BIG cat or a small guy. This lion whole was 174.82 lb with an empty belly on a real scale. He was really hard for me to lift and hold and I could not get him all the way of the ground as he was 9 foot long nose to tip of his tail. His skull made B&C at 15 4/16 officially. He was probably similar in body size to that cat pictured. Can't tell the skull size but it is a good cat.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

That looks like a BIG cat or a small guy. This lion whole was 174.82 lb with an empty belly on a real scale. He was really hard for me to lift and hold and I could not get him all the way of the ground as he was 9 foot long nose to tip of his tail. His skull made B&C at 15 4/16 officially. He was probably similar in body size to that cat pictured. Can't tell the skull size but it a good cat.View attachment 397960

How did you get it out whole?

 

[Sandbrew]

How did you get it out whole?

We had several of us and a full sized big game body bag. Everyone there really wanted to get a weight on this cat. It was about a mile down hill to the trail so it wasn't that bad.

 

[Hammsolo]

Why is it the move to hug cats? I think we should move to holding all critters this way. Coyotes, groundhogs, deer…

 

[brockel]

 

[noharleyyet]

Why is it the move to hug cats? I think we should move to holding all critters this way. Coyotes, groundhogs, deer…

Too big to long arm?

 

[Dakota79]

This South Dakota cat was 180 pounds. The guy holding him is 6 foot 3 and 280 pounds for reference.