Cougar Quota increase killed by Anti hunting groups.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Pretty much speechless ..Inslee is a quack , just the the idiots he supports ... This state is the worst when it comes to managing wildlife ..Some day it will all come to head and it will be bad !!!  The wildlife should be managed by the WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT ...Not by anti groups and all the anti public !  Bear and cougar are plentiful in our state and no reason why they should not be controlled ..Well, I guess they let us harvest 2 bears so I guess I should leave the bear out of this ...lmao !

[Highmountaindan]

Bummer, So what can we do to support proper predator management? I would support couger tags being rafle tags and those tags can be hunted with hounds. I,D,K. that way the tags would actually be filled without having to increase the tags in a gmu. higher sucess with same amount of tags. Then I think about my neighbors on the east side of the state.  Wolf population is increasing, there are lots of cougars, and coyotes then when deer season comes they get a flood of us coasties putting tons of pressure on the deer. Whats gonna happen to our white tail and Mullie populations? Somehow we as hunters have got to get involved and find a way to support groups that are fighting for common sense game management, I dont know of any groups so if somone does can they post them please.In the mean time maybe we can share resources and intel on effective ways of hunting cougars without hounds so we can give our favorite GMU'S and chance for good deer populations.Lets do our dilligence to fill that cougar tag.

[Curly]

Why doesn't Inslee start saving some $$ on some of these state programs if he is just going to decide what he wants anyway?  Why even hire biologists, have wildlife commission, hold all these wolf meetings, have mule deer management meetings, etc.?  Sounds like he could save the state a lot of money by just making all the decisions himself..........

[pianoman9701]

Just to be clear, the quota was killed by the governor, not the anti-hunting groups. He could've chosen to listen to science instead of whining. He chose to listen to the whining. I'd like to move to another state. If my wife would have it, I'd put the house up today. I'm sick of this state and the lack of substance over emotion.

[Fl0und3rz]

I heard on the news - yeah, I know - that the justification for the quota increase being killed was that it was not subject to a public comment period.  Anyone know whether the implementation of the quota system was subject to a public comment period?

[Curly]

Well, we're screwed if wildlife has to be managed based on public comment.  The majority are going to say no to shooting any cougars or any wolves.......they probably also don't want coyotes shot or a season for bears.

[Gobble]

Everytime I hear that stuttering fool speak, this is what I visualize 

[seth30]

I don't like the way this is going, reminds me of how the public was able to take away our hounds

[Bango skank]

I heard on the news - yeah, I know - that the justification for the quota increase being killed was that it was not subject to a public comment period.  Anyone know whether the implementation of the quota system was subject to a public comment period?

Well, there was a thread about it on here when it was in the works, myself and some others wrote letters supporting the quota increase.  It was public knowledge, there was time to comment for anybody who cared to do so.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,178474.msg2363329.html#msg2363329

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I don't like the way this is going, reminds me of how the public was able to take away our hounds

Yeah the kitties are thriving with no natural predators.  Find the deer, you'll find the cats.  Imagine if the never increased quota or decreased it.  Could get bad for all the other critters.

[huntnphool]

"The commission’s decision also ignored a 13-year, Washington-based scientific study that cost taxpayers approximately $5 million," she said. "The study showed that killing cougars at such high levels might exacerbate conflicts with people and livestock and would do nothing to prevent future cougar attacks or make people safer."

 1) where was the publics input on whether or not we should spend $5 million on that study?

 2) "MIGHT exacerbate conflicts? So they base the entire change on cat hunting on a $5 million guess?

 Sounds a awful lot like last years bad "guess" that resulted in handing out 1000 extra doe tags in the Methow.

[Bango skank]

Check this out.  "Lets be clear, nobody eats cougar" they say.  And theyre implying that the reason for the increased quota was to prevent attacks on people.  Ridiculous.  http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/10/washington-gov-nixes-cougar-killing-plan.html#comment-6498

[Bango skank]

I pointed both of these inaccuracies out in the replies and they deleted my post in less than 5 minutes.  Imagine that.

[huntnphool]

I pointed both of these inaccuracies out in the replies and they deleted my post in less than 5 minutes.  Imagine that.

 It's not about truth...

[Bango skank]

I pointed both of these inaccuracies out in the replies and they deleted my post in less than 5 minutes.  Imagine that.

 It's not about truth...

Oh im well aware.  Doesnt it mean anything to them that they have to lie to support the agenda??  If the truth about something doesnt support your argument, then your cause is wrong.