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NEW MEXICO
October, 1932
THIS HARK PHOTOGRAPH OP A YEARLING MALE MOUNTAIN LION OR PANTHER WAS TAKEN IN FRIJOLKS CANYON, NEW MEXICO JUST A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE ANIMAL WAS SHOT BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCOMPANYING ARTICLE. THIS LION WAS ONE OP EIGHT WHICH WERE TAKEN BY A PARTY HEADED BY HOMER PICKENS, PREDATORY ANIMAL HUNTER FOR THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OP GAME AND FISH, ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS. AT THE TIME THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN THE LION HAD BEEN TREED FULLY THIRTY MINUTES BY THE GAME DEPARTMENT PACK OF LION HOUNDS.