Williston bow-hunter kills cougar Eds: APNewsNow.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) A Williston bow-hunter was looking for deer but found a mountain lion instead.

Jake Bloxham say he saw the cougar around 8:30 p.m. Saturday while watching some deer just southeast of the city.

He said he aimed from about eight yards as the cougar started coming toward him. Then it veered off and went into some willows.

The next morning, Bloxham returned to the scene and found it dead.

Bloxham's mother, Wendy, said the male mountain lion weighed about 110 pounds and was about 2 years old. She says her 20-year-old son has been an archery club member for a long time and has had hunting success but "nothing like this." District Game Warden Jeremy Wentz said it is the second mountain lion killed this season in the area, which has a quota of eight.

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