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08 July 2010, 04:04
vapodogYou lion hunters
In your estimation, what would a wild mature adult male lion in good condition and health weigh alive? Would it be over 500 pounds?
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08 July 2010, 04:14
L. David KeithIn a word, yes. My Lion went 524 but I just received word about this Lion Jonny took with a client in Sango. It went 542 pounds, making it their heaviest to date.
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08 July 2010, 04:16
Aaron NeilsonIts all over the place. From 425lbs - 525lbs on average. The two largest cats I have weighed personally were 489lbs & 503lbs. Definitely have a few smaller, and definitely have one bigger, that I was never able to weigh.
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www.huntghr.com 08 July 2010, 05:02
twoseventyAll the posts mentioning close to 500 or over are on the high end. Four PH's in Matetsi unit one came up with 200 to 210 kilos. They seemed to agree that was average for a six year old lion. That is about 400 to 440 lbs.
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08 July 2010, 05:12
NakihunterA lot depends on what is in the guts. If the animal has been feeding on a free bait for while, it could add 50 pounds to the figure.
Older books and field reports from the early / mid 20th century tended to average the adult male lion at 400 to 450 lbs & the adult male tiger from India at 450 to 500 lbs. I have read of Siberian tigers going 650 lbs! The tigers from Java & Sumatra were only about 300 lbs.
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08 July 2010, 09:54
GanyanaIt also depends where...the lions comming out of the Kalahari are quite a bit smaller in body size than those comming out of the zambezi Valley.
I recon males in my area top at about 450lbs - assuming they haven't just eaten half a cow...Andre van Eeden shot the biggest male on record at our Natural History museum- mainless! but in it's prime. Over 600lbs. Come up from the valley and killing cattle. Had just killed a cow (but not started eating) when Andre shot it.
08 July 2010, 10:32
bronxfatsThe Save lion I took last July was weighed at 223 kg.......490 lbs. They are so solid....like 3 leopards or 6 big male labradors squeezed together. Jim
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I have read of Siberian tigers going 650 lbs!
The bigest Siberian tiger was 380kg (839lbs),it was taken 1948.
Average mature Siberian tiger male has weigh 640-660 , and more.
I took lion in Kilwa (close Selous)205kg 7 yars old.
09 July 2010, 13:19
Bwanamichcan you post a picture?
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09 July 2010, 14:08
shakariquote:
Originally posted by Nakihunter:
A lot depends on what is in the guts. If the animal has been feeding on a free bait for while, it could add 50 pounds to the figure.
Easily
I always find it puzzling why so many people are so keen on discussing cat weights for that very reason..... skull measurement is such a more accurate way to determining quality....
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can you post a picture?
I never seen picture that tiger,I think It wasn't shoot camera ,because taken tigers in Russia are poaching or PAC.I able to difine more exactly the bigest Siberian tiger is 384 kg(846.5 lbs),Bengalian tiger is 388.7 kg(856.9lbs)the bigest tiger from captivity is 433kg(54lbs).