Authorities say he and his assistants would locate cats prior to a client's arrival and then “shorten up” the hunt by caging the animals, then releasing them when the client was present.
Forty-two-year-old Theodore James Leach of Littleton, Colorado was carrying a mountain goat he had killed when he fell on North Maroon Peak.
A western Colorado outfitter pleaded guilty to a federal wildlife charge after he was accused of capturing and maiming mountain lions and bobcats to make hunting easier for clients.
With rapidly changing weather characterizing much of the fall, the 2013 hunting season showed a successful increase in big game hunting.