Grizz, the meat is very good.
I identified the target to legal animal. I carry a lion tag every year with my hunting license. Had I not been able to shoot a lion, I would have looked at it harder because while bob initially came to mind as the more common cat, I could tell something wasn't right before I pulled the trigger. As it leaped up I was still surprised to verify lion but there was also a confirmation of my suspicion. I was sure it was a legal animal before shooting.
I was still pretty excited when I typed the initial writeup and didn't draw out my entire thought process as thoroughly as I could have.