Vernal Express | 1956-02-02 | Page 5 | Artesia Guide Trails 9 Lions in 10 Days Hunt Section

artesia guide trails 9 lions in 10 days hunt ARTESIA cap atwood from the K ranch has been a very busy man these past two weeks from january to ath cap was a guide for two sportsmen hunters from vincennes Vm cennes indiana dr norbert at welsh and raly van meter their goal lions their hunt was a successful one and in the course of four days they bagged four mountain lions cap reports that the hunters also met up with a bear in hibernation which they let sleep on the sportsmen left their lions at the jonas brothers Taxi taxidermy derm y store in denver for mounting jonas broth rs later wrote to cap for the measurements of the largest male lion as they believed d it to be the largest one that they had ever mounted on january cap atwood to took another party hunting this hunt took five days and with cap were willard sargent and arid his son dick of bertrand nebra they caught five lions making a total of nine mountain lions for cap in ten days hunting all hunters were highly suc and greatly impressed with the book cliff dr welsh said of vernal it was one of the cleanest and most appealing little cities I 1 have ever spent the night in another reflection on our part of the country is that dr welsh and ray van meter have hunted big game from alaska to old mexico and said they got a bigger thrill out of hunting these lion than any game they had ever hunted before