Larry M.

Our mountain lion hunt, led by Logan Anderson, exceeded my expectations in most every respect. Logan, his wife Josie, and their two young daughters define the All-American western ranch family. It is indeed a pleasure to call these folks friends. We were graciously welcomed into their home for fine home-cooked meals at their dining room table. If you want to see what it takes to run a ranch and provide first-class lion hunts, check out the Anderson’s. When Josie wasn’t running errands, she was in the kitchen with a four-month old in one arm and doing the domestic chores with the other. Even the three-year old is a good hand, out with dad feeding and tending the livestock and lion dogs.

Logan is a professional at running a business of guiding hunts. Our hunt arrangements were easy to make and he had everything covered, prepared, and ready to go upon our arrival. Accommodations were good, we stayed in comfortable casitas.

Our party consisted of two hunters and one photographer. Logan arranged for one guide per client. Logan and the guides, Tanner and Bubba, are ‘real-deal’ cowboys, accomplished ranchers, and lion savvy hunters. They were attentive and looked out for us. Their work ethic is as good as it gets, like getting up at 2a.m. so we can be out by 4:30 in the morning. If you want to witness hard work, spend a day with any of these guys.

And even harder working for us, were the skilled lion dogs, horses, and mules. Logan has over 25 high quality lion dogs. They run all day. The horses and mules literally rode their shoes off in this tough rocky back-country.

Each day, we saw lion sign including a fresh kill on a yearling button-buck. The third day provided us a hot track. The dogs were in pursuit for five hours until the lion was ‘caught’ on a cliff ledge. Our mostly up and down pursuit included taking down fencing, putting it back up, ducking branches, and at times, bush-whacking through dense brush.

If the circumstances warrant, be prepared for long days in the saddle riding difficult terrain. Our third day had us leaving at 4:30am and we did not return until 8:00pm. This is no ‘dude-ranch’; lion hunting is serious business for these ranchers. They need to eliminate lions taking their calves. Logan and his guides will work as hard as you can handle. And for the hunter, they know where the lions are.