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“The Lure of the Lion” was published in the The Washington Post, June 13, 1993.

“I aimed the cross hairs precisely between the mountain lion’s golden eyes. She was gazing di­rectly at me from 40 feet up in aponderosa pine, draped along a stout branch, her expression grave but sleepy. She snarled once at the dogs yapping below, then put her head on her paws and blinked her eyes as if she could hardly keep them open. Perfectly framed by the black edge of my sights, she filled the picture, and I pressed a button. My trophy, achieved by the same sweat and dust of traditional lfbn-hunting methods, would be a photograph.”