Show Record Lion Shot Friday Near Vernal What is believed to be th largest mountain lion ever evershot evershot shot in the Uintah Basin was felled by a Sheridan Wyo man south routh ot of Vernal Friday The hunter Jerry E Car Car- Carbone Carbone bone 34 said the animal was eight feet long and weighed about pounds 35 pounds more than the average full full- grown lion A Laramie Wyo taxidermist taxidermist mist said the animal was one of tile the 20 largest ever shot IT TOOK SEVEN shots four of them from a Magnum to bring down the animal Mr Carbone said The hunters hunter's year six hound Bob was credited with a major part In the kill The hound and two others tracked the lion for 18 hours through six miles mUes of rugged canyon south of Vernal before treeing him The hunter said that the lion fell 20 feet from the limb of a cedar tree in which he was perched but quickly limbed Climbed another tree before he could shoot I FIRED AND hit him on the head he said The animal ani- ani animal mal whirled down and start start- started started ed coming in my direction r I fired again when he was about six feet away The Tho lion turned and head ed into a draw and the hunter fired again hitting ing him In Inthe inthe the shoulder Continued on page 8 Lion Continued from page 1 Mr Carbone said the lion turned and ran und under r a ledge where the dogs corner ed him One of them was hurt hurtin hurtin in an ensuing scuffle He said his hunting companion fired three 22 caliber piston shots into the lions lion's head but they had no apparent effect MR CARBONS CARBONE fired the Magnum again hitting the lion In the head and killing him Ira Iro has killed two other lions and bobcats in eight years of hunting lie He predict ed that the mountain lion will willbe willbe be extinct In the country countr in ten years |