West TX lion

[Jaybo31]

I've only seen one other killed on this site with a bow. That is way cool. Could you tell if she may have had cubs? Them young mom's can be crazy.

[Tx_Wader]

Man I don't know what you're going to do for an encore...that's going to be hard to beat. Congratulations...with a bow, wow.

[sierracharlie338]

Great story and shot OP.

My guess is she was indeed tracking you. I used to hunt out around Junction. One morning I was walking into the stand, about 3/4 mile walk, when I just got that feeling that something was watching or following me. I even turned around a couple times with a red light to see if I saw anything but nothing was there. I walked quickly to my blind and closed the door. Needless to say I didn't see any game. Finished my morning hunt and headed back to the ranger. As I was walking back I began scanning my tracks where I walked in. Sure enough, I found some cat prints that had been laid over the ones where I walked in. The ground was soft enough and we had a dew to show they were fresh that morning. IT wasn't a big cat, either a juvenile or large bobcat, my bet being the latter.

Still gives me a little tingle thinking about it hahaha.

[CTaylor09]

Congrats! Bucket list animal and with a bow even better.

[diamond10x]

That’s freakin awesome! Congrats on one of the coolest kills there is, done with a bow to boot!

[ArcheryAddict]

Awesome

[CabezaBlanca]

Wow! Congratulations!

[Bisch]

West TX lion

Very cool!

You should have bought some lottery tickets on your way home!!!!!

Congrats!

Bisch


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[Killer]

Don't see this everyday! Congrats on a rare trophy

[Rwc]

Dream Kill, Congrats.


Rwc

[hunt247]

So Cool!

[salth2o]

What an amazing trophy and story. Congrats!

[lanceodom]

Dream for me right there!!! Congrats!! You have to post pics of the mount when you get it back!

[ShaBow]

That is awesome! Ultimate Trophy.

[Gary Roberson]

Congratulations! Most likely she was cruising and checking your feeders for deer or other edible prey. There's a reason that you placed the blind where it is as you thought it gave you the most advantages over deer at the feeder. The lion was approaching the feeder from this same direction as she knew it gave her the greatest advantage to catch a deer at the feeder. Tells me that you have your blind in the right spot.
Great shot under pressure!
Adios,
Gary