Mountain Lion Hunting To Close In Several Hunting Districts

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The hunting of female mountain lions in western Montana hunting districts 200 and 201, which includes portions of Mineral, Sanders and Missoula counties, will close one-half hour after sunset on Tuesday, January 8, 2002.

The hunting of all mountain lions in north-central Montana hunting districts 413 and 432, which includes portions of Cascade, Meagher and Judith Basin counties, will close at one-half hour after sunset on Tuesday, January 8, 2002. 

  The order halting the hunt came shortly after Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest quotas for these districts had been met.

For more information, visit FWP’s web site at fwp.state.mt.us at "Trapping and Hunting Status and Closures," or call the toll free number at 1-800-385-7826.