Cougar harvest question

[ellensburgpo]

Looking through the 2011 harvest reports for Cougars tonight and have a question about the category breakdown. There are four categories listed: general hunting, special permit, depredation, and other take. Does anyone know what the other take category means? The rest of them are self explanatory but I can't figure that one out.

Thanks

[bobcat]

road kills?

[ellensburgpo]

road kills?

I thought of that, but they don't do it for other animals...

[Humptulips]

Probably a catch all category for accidental take like road kill and who knows what but it gives them a place to pigeon hole a cougar.

[fair-chase]

The way I understand it (could be wrong). It's any non-conventional (not natural caused) method of death that doesn't fall into the previous categories. Such as: Motor vehicle accidents, poaching, gets caught in a fence, killed by domestic animal.....

[ellensburgpo]

Copy, thanks guys

[Special T]

Kain Would know the answer to that question. He knows all thing cougar related. 

[dreamunelk]

The way I understand it (could be wrong). It's any non-conventional (not natural caused) method of death that doesn't fall into the previous categories. Such as: Motor vehicle accidents, poaching, gets caught in a fence, killed by domestic animal.....

We have a winner!  Yes, correct.  As other have said it is the catch all.

[KFhunter]

I've hit two Cougars with vehicles - didn't hurt either one though.

Once in my pickup, got his tail with my front bumper but missed its hips/rear legs.  It lept from the about the yellow line on the highway, cleared the white line, ditch and retaining wall.  A good 20-25 foot long jump and 10-15 foot high.

2nd was in a car, it popped over a guard rail, I slammed the brakes.  Instead of running across the road it turned and ran away from me as I was trying to slow.  I bumped it's rear with my bumper and it turned a swatted my left front fender leaving a small scratch.  It also jumped straight up in the air as it swatted my car and lept clear out of my view.  It landed on the highway behind me and blasted up a 150 foot cliff/scrabble face like a small tornado.


very impressive animals when properly motovated