I won't stop hunting wa because I can't afford to hunt out of state. But I have stopped buying elk tags. Bear and cougar and coyote is my main focus and I may not hunt deer this year either. But I will not stop hunting predators in WA. If more hunters spent the time they spend on deer and elk on cougar and bear we might be able to make a change. Remember cougar quotas only count in the late season.
I belive that in some way this is where we need to make a push. Largely because it is the within our control. Granted there are issues relating to cougar quotas and not enough spring bear seasons, but there are huge areas that don't come anywhere near the harvest caps.
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dosent matter how many cougar are killed in any gmu until late season starts. If more folks actually stopped hunting deer and elk and focused solely on predators we could deff make a difference! No one wants to hear it but it's true. Give our deer and elk a year off and get after those predators folks. You can sit and complain all you want but it's one way we can make a difference, we don't have the numbers to be heard in a state full of anti hunters. But we do have the numbers to control bear and cats and k9's if we put some effort into doing so.
I'm all for it, but the fact remains that without Hounds any serious reduction in the lion population isn't likely. Same goes for OTC Spring bear. And of course we can't do anything about wolves in WA.
In other news wouldn't it be terrible if hunters all started carrying a pound of Xylitol and dumping it on their gut piles! It's extremely toxic to all canines; and perfectly safe for Humans, bears, etc... I mention this, because if someone didn't know that it's toxic they may sweeten their gut-pile and not realize that if a wolf or coyote eats it he'll die!
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I got within couple hundred yards and at that range they all look the same.