Show VA 1 Z 11 1 1 aja tja V wa w4 jh t ao A pta pt& an isa I 1 mountain lion hunters and an thir their famous hou hound nd s shown howm hawm weih wtih vifh some corn of their cummy qummy buu quu 1 shown is gog george L niy nay credit ad 9d d with 141 bons and acl acel D rowley ro wlr clr with thousands of bab b cati cats mountain modnia ln lion hans and coyotes FEARLESS HOUNDS AND HUNTERS HLMDL BRING IN PREDATOR KILL KIL three more of the forests fiercest predators have been ellininated elimlnateaby by government hunters george L nay maeser and acel D rowley vernal one 130 pound mountain lion and two bobcats were brought to V vernal e m al friday by the two men employees of the U S fish and wild life service who were a sisted aisted in their bunt hunt by their three li bounds ounds bugle king and utah only the most expert of hunters rs venture into the area where these two men made their kill at the head of hill and willow creek part of the terrain was so rugged that the dogs had to be let down over the ledges with ropes bob cats in this wilderness have been on the in 1 crease to the point where game herds are threatened mr nay attributed the larger numbers of bobcats to the fact that coy otes have nearly all been e poisoned 0 ison and trapped out of f ve the area I 1 in previous years and coyotes prey on young bobcat and lion kittens the two men and their dogs trailed the lion for one day the hounds had the lion treed once but he be got away and led the hunters another chase across ravines and over ledges mr nay said after wounding the lion bon mr nay moved in for the kill and was fearlessly attacked by the ferocious animal he sprang at t nay claws extended and th the e hunter beat him off with a club before firing the final shot continued on page 8 FEARLESS HOUNDS AMD AND HUNTERS BRING IN KILL rntlnnptl rnritintied from page 1 living the active and satisfying life of hardworking hard working hunt dogs the three hounds all young have already achieved a very creditable record bugle seven years old has 81 lions to his credit and dozens of bob cats king has killed 13 and utah the youngest of the dogs has accounted for seven lions during his short career the two men will spend the remainder of the winter hunting for the indian service in the willow creek area mr nay has trapped 141 mountain lions in utah 20 were taken last winter and sid nine of them he delivered alive to hogle gardens salt lake city for the zoo he began his hunting career at the ag app of 16 near salina utah mr bowley rowley also a bobcat and lion hunter has trapped and poisoned several thousand coyotes and den hunted for some he stated that the new 1080 poison has done more than any other in killing the wily little animal this summer mr nay added to his quota by killing a mother bealand bearand bear and hercubin her cubin cub in landing draw after disposing of the cub with a cyanide pistol he followed the dogs over to where they had treed the mother he sr shot hot the 400 pound black bear swith 1with with a 22 pistol climbed the I 1 tree and dislodged the body the bear had been blacklisted aby 1by by the local sheepherders who held it responsible for a largo large sheep loss that summer many modern coal mines have underground shops supply facilities and garages |