If someone were to ask me about TNT Outfitting, here's what I'd tell them:
Alberta's Foothills and Mountain regions are a must for big-game hunters. The terrain is awesome and trophy-class animals can be found. TNT Outfitting is led by one of the best hunters and houndsmen in the province, Byron Stewart, who operates in these regions.
On a lion hunt in February a couple of years ago we spent the first two days passing on smaller tracks in good snow. We then spent the next three days on the spoor of a monster cat who remained two days ahead of us. All the while the weather warmed, the wind picked-up and we were losing our snow. But it was a hell of a set of tracks, definitely a huge lion and the right choice to settle for nothing less (like the six-hour old smokin' hot tracks of a smaller cat). From well-before sunup through dark for three days we tracked that lion across ridge-lines, through saddles, over ridges, across open and timbered slopes, through grazing leases and heavily-timbered creek-bottoms. We eventually lost our snow but that lion is now a couple of years older and will most likely visit the same range again in winter.
With two days before I needed to get home we picked up the tracks of two lions traveling together. We got lucky finding them in some remaining snow on both sides of a creek in deep timber. Twenty-four hours later hounds Penny and Lincoln and us found the cats on a kill. We ended up treeing both and taking one that day on completely dry ground. The pictures of the cats in the trees with absolutely no snow are awesome.
It's great to know an outfitter who stays focused not only on the hunt, but the fun. On every hunt with Byron and guides Kenny Hallgren, Mitch Reimer, Justin Harris and Rod Stephanson I've experienced a 100% commitment to the hunt and the fun.
