567 | Calling, Hunting, & Eating Mountain Lions

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports:wilderness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In this episode, a listener of the show, Jim, shares his experience and insights on hunting mountain lions in the Pacific Northwest. He discusses the best times and locations to hunt, calling strategies and hunting techniques, the importance of patience and woodsmanship, and the unique experience of eating mountain lion meat. If you want a better understanding of the challenges and excitement that come with hunting these elusive predators, you will enjoy this episode. "It's high energy and high adrenaline." Jim's Instagram: @pnw_mountain_lion CHAPTERS... 00:02:02 — Jim's Background and Experience00:05:37 — Historical Figures in Hunting00:08:14 — Understanding Mountain Lion Hunting Seasons00:11:19 — Oregon's Mountain Lion Quotas and Regulations00:15:25 — The Experience of Eating Mountain Lion00:17:23 — Aging and Sizing Mountain Lions00:19:49 — Targeting Areas for Mountain Lion Hunting00:24:47 — Calling Techniques and Setups00:29:01 — Placement and Visibility in Calling00:33:16 — Stealth and Approach of Mountain Lions00:36:38 — Equipment and Safety in Mountain Lion Hunting00:40:29 — Close Calls and Recovery Experiences00:42:54 — Vocalizations and Calling Strategies00:44:41 — Patience and Woodsmanship in Hunting00:46:29 — State Regulations and Costs for Mountain Lion Hunting00:50:24 — Overlooked Hunting Adventures The Hunt Backcountry Podcast is brought to you by Exo Mtn Gear: https://exomtngear.com/ Email Sign-up: https://exomtngear.com/newsletter Contact Us: podcast@exomtngear.com Leave A Message: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Huntback Country podcast. This is episode number 567.
0:20.5	And today we are discussing a topic that I know essentially nothing about,
0:24.6	and that is hunting mountain lions or cougars.
0:28.9	All of my kind of context and awareness about hunting mountain lions has mostly been with dogs.
0:37.2	Again, I've never done it.
0:38.6	I haven't even well researched it.
0:40.2	But when I think of hunting those big cats,
0:42.9	that's what I think of is hunting with hounds.
0:45.7	But a listener of the show, Jim had reached out to me last year
0:49.7	and talked about his lion hunting a bit,
0:52.4	which he does in the Pacific Northwest, with just calling.
0:56.4	And I was pretty fascinated by it and wanted to learn more.
1:00.7	And I asked Jim to come on the podcast and share with me and with you about his journey into lion hunting in the northwest to learn about calling and scouting and hunting and
1:13.9	eating mountain lions. So I was pretty fascinated by this conversation just because it's one of
1:19.3	those topics that I was able to soak it up and learn and just gain a better understanding
1:26.3	of what it's like to hunt these animals.
1:29.0	Hopefully that will be the case for you as well.
1:32.1	If you have any questions, comments, or feedback for the show, you can always reach out to us
1:36.8	directly and just send an email to podcast at XoMountaingear.com.
1:41.0	If you're enjoying the show, take a second to leave a rating or review in your podcast app or just share the show directly with a friend that helps us out.
1:50.1	Hit pause and do that now if you can and come right back.
1:52.7	Let's dive into this conversation with Jim.
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