PIERRE, S.D. - The mountain lion hunting season in the Black Hills of South Dakota is closed for 2006.
The season was set to run through Dec. 31 or until a total of 25 lions or eight females had been harvested. The season closed Sunday, Nov. 19, when the eighth female was harvested three miles northeast of Nemo.
In all, 15 lions were harvested in South Dakota’s second mountain lion hunting season.
The season remains open in the state’s prairie unit until Dec. 31.