WDFW needs to look at the results of Oregon Cougar Management

[csaaphill]

Cougar season is year around in Oregon too.
Jan 1st - Dec 31st too.

[finnman]

The Oregon cougar plan also used the government hunters from the Dept. of Agriculture. They went to several private ranches and ran cats with the hounds and killed many cougars all over the Ukiah and Heppner units. A friend of mine is an outfitter in the Ukiah unit and he has seen drastic improvements in elk numbers. On one of his ranches alone they killed 12 cats. That was just one of several of his ranch properties. The numbers of cats killed was staggering, It was hard to believe the numbers.

[Special T]

The Oregon cougar plan also used the government hunters from the Dept. of Agriculture. They went to several private ranches and ran cats with the hounds and killed many cougars all over the Ukiah and Heppner units. A friend of mine is an outfitter in the Ukiah unit and he has seen drastic improvements in elk numbers. On one of his ranches alone they killed 12 cats. That was just one of several of his ranch properties. The numbers of cats killed was staggering, It was hard to believe the numbers.

No its actually  not.  How long have they hamstrung everyone?

[Kit Carson]

I hope WDFW allows cougar trapping at some point...

[BENCHLEG]

Oregon non resident tag $15.50.   Washington $222.00. Way more incentive to buy one in there state. 

[Bango skank]

Oregon non resident tag $15.50.   Washington $222.00. Way more incentive to buy one in there state. 

Wow, so their non resident tag is cheaper than our resident tag.  Stupid wdfw.  Maybe if they werent blowing so much money on this whole wolf b.s. they wouldnt have to charge us so much for everything

[bearpaw]

Our Current State of Affairs
WDFW has swallowed the Weilgus recommendation for cougar management. They don't want to kill many cougar, they think they will self regulate, that is true, they will self regulate, but it will be at a high population level that has significant impacts on our state.

[buglebrush]

I have said this many times.  WDFW has their head in the sand on predators.  Either they are plain stupid or they just don't care about hunters.  Cue the passionate defenders of WDFW who will say oh it's an apples to oranges thing.  No it really isn't.  If you truly care about the future of big game hunting and increasing hunter opportunity you must aggressively manage predators.  Period.

[jasnt]

Our cougar quotas are a joke, at least in my areas(NE)!  I see multiple cats every year and find a ton of sign! From my observations we have a lot of territory over lap or small territory's

[huntnphool]

 Doesn't look as though Oregon paid too much attention to WDFW's quack cougar expert at WSU.

[MtnMuley]

Does Oregon allow hound hunting and/or trapping?

No to both.

You  can run hounds for bobcats in Oregon. Limit 5.

[UrbanTrapper]

I heard the Muckleshoot Tribe in Washington State also schwacked their cougars recently and their deer and elk herds recovered too.