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West Texas Mountain Lion Hunting – 1900-60

Mountain lions have been feared and hated for centuries because of their predation of livestock. Despite the constant persecution, they are still hanging on and even spreading by some estimates.

I don’t have much insight to add to this collection of images. I find them sad, but I think it’s important to preserve them here nonetheless. This is only a fraction of what I’ve found, and I will expand upon it as I have time.

Gus and Graves Bogel with mountain lion at the Sauceda Ranch House in modern day Big Bend Ranch State Park, Circa 1900 – The Portal to Texas History
West Texas Mountain Lion – February 19, 1931 – Austin American Statesman
Big Bend Panthers, August 1950 – Texas Game and Fish Magazine
Big Bend Panthers, August 1950 – Texas Game and Fish Magazine
M.J. Bennet and mountain lion in West Texas, Circa 1960s – The Portal to Texas History
A mountain lion stored at a Marfa game processing locker, 1970 – The Portal to Texas History

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