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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 3 5 Dwight Van Brunt d v e n t u r e s A Greg Beecham's Wyoming Badlands was featured in the Prix de West Show by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. I was a boy and have no doubt it will be an adventure of the grandest sort. Still, what about the 50 years I've spent reading about lion hunting or the 30 carefully researching and then acquiring several versions of the perfect rifle for lions? What about a lifetime of imagining how it will be to hear him roaring in the distance just as night gives way to morning, then coming upon him close enough to see the yellow of his eyes? Surely this counts for something. My daughter, Keni, was lucky to draw a permit for Montana's best mule deer unit. We spent a summer weekend scouting and made several trips to the range to be sure her new rifle is perfectly sighted. We've talked of little else for months, to the point others in our lives turn deaf ears. If the lion call doesn't come, I'll hunt with her and try not to make a nuisance of myself.