Published February 15, 2009, 12:00 AM
14th female cougar shot
RAPID CITY, SD(AP) — The hunting season on mountain lions in the Black Hills is a step closer to ending.
RAPID CITY , SD(AP) — The hunting season on mountain lions in the Black Hills is a step closer to ending.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department reports that the 14th female lion was shot by a hunter on Friday. Hunters had gone 10 days without reporting a lion kill.
The season will close when a sub-quota of 15 female lions is met, or when 35 lions total are killed. If neither quota is reached, the season automatically ends on March 31.
Twenty-five lions have been shot so far — 14 females and 11 males. The season began on
Jan. 1.
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