Whitworth
Thats a great cat that you collected.. Those are hard to come by these days. There is a concerted effort to reduce lion numbers all thru out the West as they take the blame for lots of sheep, deer and elk, and livestock. I think there is room for them all and wish they would cut back on the tags, I know in Utah that they have increased the allocated tags and there aren't near the numbers of cats that there were even just a few years back. Lots od females being killed now and cat numbers are down.
Curious who you hunted with? The hound dog community isn't all that large and I imagine that I probably know them...
You have a great cat and I congratulate you.

Billy