Show o oNo 0 No Elk Yet But Bag Huge Lion Mrs Mildred Mildr d Larsen oi of Layton wa was one of the lucky applicants to get an elk permit for the Manti unit but at last reports she did not have an elk On Wednesday she went up to hunt on the north part of Hell HellHole HellHole HellHole Hole Ridge as dS her father Hillary Hillary Hillary Hil- Hil Hil Hil- lary Larsen was working in the timber limber in th tha area The two wo were ivere walking through the timber timber timber tim tim- ber together when they he heard hearda rd rda a noise and turned to see a mountain lion go behind a a. a tree only about 20 feet away Mr Larsen said Give me that gun and Mildred handed the the 1 rifle to her father The lion was too long for all of him to get behind the tree his back p parts being exposed from about the shoulder back Mr Larser Larsen aimed as far forward as he could t when the cat took a step forI forward forward for for- for for- I ward and peeked around t the 1 tree Mr Larsen changed his i aim and fired The bullet struck the tte lion smack between the eyes eye I and nd killed it instantly That was about p. p m. m They i dragged the huge cat to the the truck quite a distance away and hauled it to town arriving about sundown The animal was still t warm and limp and was still bleeding leeding when weighed at the j op Co-op S Service e r i I ice c e Station ItI It weighed pounds and measured measured measured meas meas- I 7 feet 7 inches from tip tipI I to tip It was a male lion and had front paws which looked I l large rge enough and powerful enough enough enough e- e nough to snap off a deers deer's head Z I with one blow And apparently it had been stalking talking a deer as there were signs near b by that a deer had been lying there minutes or seconds before Mr Larsen and md Mildred apparently frightened frightened fright fright- ened erred the deer but Mr Lion Llon apt ap- ap t 1 h was was' not aware of this until he came too close to the hunter and her father for his lils own safety fe W. W V |