16 mountain lions taken during 2006 hunting season
Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2007
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Hunters shot 16 mountain lions during South Dakota's second hunting season for the animals, the state Game, Fish and Parks Department says.
The 2006 season "went much smoother in terms of the age, gender and breeding status of the animals harvested," said the GF&P's Tony Leif.
Seven males and eight females were killed in the Black Hills unit and one male was taken in the prairie unit.
The season attracted almost 3,300 hunters, compared with about 2,600 during the first season in 2005.
A big change during the second season was moving the dates back to make sure more cubs would be old enough to travel with their mothers, the GF&P said. Hunters are being surveyed to find out how well that worked, Leif said.
"The survey will tell if any hunters had to pass on a shot because of lions traveling together," he said.
The Black Hills unit season ended Nov. 19 when the eighth and last female allowed to be harvested during the season was taken.
The 2006 prairie season had no limits and continued until the end of the year.
The 2006 season "went much smoother in terms of the age, gender and breeding status of the animals harvested," said the GF&P's Tony Leif.
Seven males and eight females were killed in the Black Hills unit and one male was taken in the prairie unit.
The season attracted almost 3,300 hunters, compared with about 2,600 during the first season in 2005.
A big change during the second season was moving the dates back to make sure more cubs would be old enough to travel with their mothers, the GF&P said. Hunters are being surveyed to find out how well that worked, Leif said.
"The survey will tell if any hunters had to pass on a shot because of lions traveling together," he said.
The Black Hills unit season ended Nov. 19 when the eighth and last female allowed to be harvested during the season was taken.
The 2006 prairie season had no limits and continued until the end of the year.
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