Hunting buddy shot an elk next to some dark timber and the elk run in there after being hit. 3 of us started the job of tracking and retrieving. About 50 yards in the tracks were crossed by mountain lion tracks and again at about 75 and 100 yards. Decided not to compete with the lion as to who would find the elk first. Only time we haven't retrieved an animal in 20+ years of hunting. On the way back to the open ground we saw where the lion had crossed OUR tracks after we had went through. Never saw him but we had our necks on a swivel until we got out of the timber.
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