[FEL-L] Mountain lion was illegally killed Monday

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Mountain lion was illegally killed Monday
By: _Stefanie Briggs_ (mailto:sbriggs at thedickinsonpress.com)  The Dickinson 
Press



Charges are pending against an individual who illegally took a mountain lion 
late Monday afternoon in rural Dunn County.  
The charges are the result of a continuing investigation by Dunn County State’
s Attorney Ross Sundeen, North Dakota Game and Fish Department District Game 
Warden Bill Schaller said Friday. 
It was originally reported a bow hunter hunting for deer in northern Dunn 
County shot a mountain lion near the Figure Four Ranch owned by the Three 
Affiliated Tribes. At this time, Sundeen is preparing paperwork on another individual 
associated with the matter. The Game and Fish would not identify those 
involved in the pending investigation at this time. 
The animal killed was a 60 pound female, about 1½ years old with no signs of 
having cubs yet, Schaller said. The carcass was brought to the Dickinson Game 
and Fish office Tuesday afternoon and preliminary measurements were done. 
Schaller said the kill was not made on Indian land where tribes have their 
own hunting regulations. 
Mountain lions caught in traps, killed by state or federal wildlife agents or 
shot to protect humans or livestock do not count toward the season’s quota of 
five mountain lions for Zone 1.  
There is no quota for the rest of the state until the current season ends in 
March. 
Schaller said this kill still counts as the third mountain lion shot during 
this year’s season.  
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