Associated Press

North Dakota's wildlife division chief says deer hunters killed two mountain lions in the Badlands over the weekend.

Randy Kreil said Monday he did not know the size of the animals or exactly where they were killed because the hunters had not yet "packed the animals out of the rough country."

"What we do know is that our game warden in Watford City got a call Saturday from two deer hunters who both shot lions," Kreil said. "Apparently the lions were traveling together in the Badlands."

Kreil said only one cat is left to fill the quota of eight allowed to be killed in Zone 1, which includes the Badlands. The mountain lion season then will end in that part of the state.

No mountain lions have been killed yet this season in Zone 2, which covers the rest of the state and has no quota.