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I’m asking it we should have predators be our ONE THING? Sounds like it should and we should put all other concerns aside...like decimating the eastern Washington mule deer herd with 600 antlerless tags in the “Washtucna” unit...see there it is...if PREDATORS are our thing we need to stay focused on that ONE THING. Let’s do it.
No where in the state are we above carrieing capacity. Habitat is not the issue
Quote from: jasnt on April 24, 2018, 07:27:33 PMNo where in the state are we above carrieing capacity. Habitat is not the issueThere is a lot of habitat issues in western wa and even in the cascades. Where logging has not occurred since the mid 90’s there is very pour habitat. Back in the 90’s it was common to see deer with 2-3 fawns and now we are lucky to see them with 1 in the West. With disease, pour habitat, urbanization, the liberals... the wolves are even reluctant to come to Western Washington. The eastern 1/3 of our state still has good habitat and even with the excessive predator population the area is still capable of producing deer.
I'm starting in Sept now instead of waiting until first snows in November, our only chance at doing something with cats (despite WDFW) is blow through the quota's hard prior to Jan 1. There's so many cats we don't really need the snow, yes it's a nice affirmation of when/where and how long ago...but with so many cats you're pretty safe to assume if it looks catty, one's around, regardless if you can find easy tracks in the snow. Kill 1 Cougar and you've paid for your deer for life. If I see two Cougars copulating I'm shooting the one on the bottom. (yes I seen it )