Montana Mountain Lion/Cougar Hunting

Experience your Montana Mountain Lion hunt of a lifetime with Redbone Outfitting.  Our highly trained hounds chase these massive cats around the Little Rocky Mountains until they run up a tree.  After that, you hunt one on one with the 4th largest cat in the world.  

Mountain snow is a must for these hunts and clients will need to be "on call" for Eastern Montana Mountain lion hunts.  "On Call" means that we will call you when there is snow on the ground.  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.

100% Success Rate

Success rate on 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 lion hunt 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 lion area and 10% of the permits will go to nonresidents.

Season dates                                               

December 1-April 15

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.

Mountain Lion Hunting Rates

Hunt Prices: 7 Day Mountain Lion Hunt - $3,900

Hunter/Guide Ratio: 1 on 2

Non-Hunting Guests are $100/day if we have room. Hunters have first priority.

What Gear To Bring On Your Montana Cougar Hunt

• Sleeping bag
• Personal toiletries
• Towel
• Appropriate hunting clothing
• Hunting Gear: binocs, Rifle or bow
• Camera 

Hunting Montana Mountain Lion With Dogs

We will drive all of the roads that have snow on them, during this time we are looking for fresh tracks or waiting for the dogs to bark (because of a cat nearby).  If either of these situations occur, we turn the dogs loose.  After we turn the dogs loose, we follow them until they have treed the lion.  If we don't find any cat tracks on the road, we will walk down ridges and draws, looking for lion tracks in the snow.  We have very talented dogs, who love to hunt.  

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