Montana Mountain Lion/Cougar Hunting

Experience the hunt of your lifetime with Redbone Outfitting on your cougar or Mountain lion hunt.  This will be the most exciting hunt you will ever go on. We have been raising and training  mountain lion hounds for over 35 years, these are the best big game hounds available. There is nothing like the thrill of coming up on the hounds with a lion bayed up in the cliff's or in a tree.

Mountain snow is helpfull for these hunts and clients will need to be "on call" for Eastern Montana Mountain lion and cougar hunts.  "On Call" means that we will call you when there is snow on the ground.  Our hounds do not need snow to run a cougar track but it helps identify the sex of a lion or cougar before turning the dogs loose. The lack of snow may only be an issue for early season Eastern hunts.  We also do Western Montana Mountain Lion Hunts. Our western Mt. hunts are conducted on the Lolo national forest as permited by the Missoula ranger dist.
Success rate on cougar and mountain lion hunts will be near 100%.  Because lion hunting is a lot of walking, being in good physical condition is an absolute must. Licenses for Eastern Montana are available over the counter if purchased by August 15th. We also do guided cougar hunts in Western Montana and the Western Montana area is by permit only. We can help you with the application process if you wish to hunt in Western Montana it is a great cougar and lion area and 10% of the permits will go to nonresidents.

Season dates                                               

December 1-April 15      click here for reservation form....reservations.pdf

Weapons

Rifle, handgun or archery (We don't recommend archery though) Most shots at lions will be 30 yards or less and over the years we have found that a open sight lever gun such as a .30-30 will work best. We keep a 30-30 in camp at all times if you prefer to use our rifle.

Mountain Lion Hunting Rates

Hunt Prices: 8 day hunt- $4700

What Gear To Bring On Your Montana Cougar Hunt

• Sleeping bag
• Personal toiletries
• Towel
• Appropriate hunting clothing, this means wool pants and shirt
• Air bob boots 
• Hunting Gear: binocs, Rifle or bow
• Camera
• Small survival kit to fit in your back pack
• small back pack for day hunts

Hunting Montana Mountain Lion With Dogs

Our method of lion hunting is a time proven tradition. We have some of the best big game hounds in the west and have been raising and training this line of dogs for over 40 years. We start the day by driving the roads in our hunting area looking for tracks, if none are found crossing roads we use snowmobiles to check all the trails. We also walk ridges and draws looking for lion sign. In poor hunting conditions we use rig dogs and the dogs will strike (bark) from a platform on the hunting truck if we cross a track. Whatever method we use on your lion (cougar) hunt it will be a memorable trip.

Contact Us or Request More Information

Give Bud a call if you have questions about our lion hunts. Keep in mind when shopping for a hunt "cheaper is not better" If you book a cheap trip with some other outfitter you will get what you paid for, a "cheap trip"

You may add wolf to your lion hunt this winter or we can do a wolf only hunt if you desire.

Deposits are REQUIRED to book a hunt.