Spent a bit of time up there. Mountain lions are usually pretty secretive. We have one that lives around here somewhere. Up one of the canyons in the rock wall we have here. Wolf up there too. Gummit trapper told me not to shoot it
while he was up here asking about shooting the coyotes on the ranch.. He also knew about the lion..I've seen the lions tracks but never the lion..Seen the wolf a time or two though
Actually I am not anti wolf..I am anti people interfering with the local ecology. Didn't need wolves here. They were already here. The ones here now though are surely not afraid of people. They actually come up and hang around while you field dress an animal. Actually try to chase you off so they can eat...The grizz on the other hand have been known to just come in and take it from you. Not a joke. The Yotes are bad enough killing stock(even cows)...but mostly when they are giving birth to calves. The biggest bunch of yotes I have seen at one time was 17 in one pack..but I had a rifle and they were gone out of range before I even got a looksee. Except for 5 all of the yotes I have shot this summer were with either my 45 auto or a Smith M-28 I have with a red dot sight on it. It's good for up to 100 yds..the 45 is ok to about 50 or so..then I am out of my element. The other 5 I shot with rifles..one with 22-250 and the others with the Bushmaster varminter in 223. Very accurate.
YG that 308 will do you good. When you get a set of dies for it..consider buying a set of small base dies for semi autos and pumps so they will always function through the rifle.. In fact before going out with the rifle..make sure the ammo you have loaded will function through the rifle. Just sit on the ol front porch and run 'em through the magazine with the rifle pointed somewhere other than your neighbors house..if they are that close
I'm still jealous
