Make wastage laws apply to cougar

[trophyhunt]

Anti's are gonna hare and try to destroy us no mattter what!!!

[ljsommer]

Why would i want another law id be forced to follow....what i do with animals i harvest isnt any someone elses decision...

Because like it or not if you live in WA you live in a liberal utopia, and as they say: "Sometimes you've gotta play the game".

[dscubame]

More laws.  Great idea.

[Sneaky]

Wastage laws already apply to cougar. they are a big game animal. read the following From rcw 77.15.170 and RCW 77.08.030 :

(1) A person is guilty of waste of fish and wildlife if the person:
(a) Takes or possesses wildlife classified as food fish, game fish, shellfish, or game birds having a value of two hundred fifty dollars or more, or wildlife classified as big game; and


(b) Recklessly allows such fish, shellfish, or wildlife to be wasted.

"Big game" defined.
As used in this title or rules of the commission, "big game" means the following species:
Scientific Name
Common Name
Cervus canadensis
elk or wapiti
Odocoileus hemionus
blacktail deer or mule deer
Odocoileus virginianus
whitetail deer
Alces americana
moose
Oreamnos americanus
mountain goat
Rangifer caribou
caribou
Ovis canadensis
mountain sheep
Antilocapra americana
pronghorn antelope
Felis concolor
cougar or mountain lion
Euarctos americana
black bear
Ursus horribilis
grizzly bear


https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.15.170

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.030

[Antlershed]

 

[bobcat]

Wastage laws already apply to cougar. they are a big game animal.

That's what I thought!   

[Squidward]

I got to eat some one time. it was a light colored meat. We sliced it (silver dollar steaks) little flower, salt and pepper, good stuff. 

[vandeman17]

cougar meat is awesome. I will never turn down killing and eating a cat!

[Humptulips]

Wastage laws already apply to cougar. they are a big game animal.

That's what I thought!   

They do not as F&W does not consider the meat to be edible.

[paultanninen]

does this apply to bears

[Blacktail Sniper]

does this apply to bears

Yes:

Wastage laws already apply to cougar. they are a big game animal. read the following From rcw 77.15.170 and RCW 77.08.030 :

(1) A person is guilty of waste of fish and wildlife if the person:
(a) Takes or possesses wildlife classified as food fish, game fish, shellfish, or game birds having a value of two hundred fifty dollars or more, or wildlife classified as big game; and


(b) Recklessly allows such fish, shellfish, or wildlife to be wasted.

"Big game" defined.
As used in this title or rules of the commission, "big game" means the following species:
Scientific Name
Common Name
Cervus canadensis
elk or wapiti
Odocoileus hemionus
blacktail deer or mule deer
Odocoileus virginianus
whitetail deer
Alces americana
moose
Oreamnos americanus
mountain goat
Rangifer caribou
caribou
Ovis canadensis
mountain sheep
Antilocapra americana
pronghorn antelope
Felis concolor
cougar or mountain lion
Euarctos americana
black bear
Ursus horribilis
grizzly bear


https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.15.170

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.030

[npaull]

It won't affect the antis one iota, but then nothing will. It's ethically the right thing to do and we should always stand for conservation, respect for wildlife, and wise utilization of resources no matter what the crazies at PETA are harping about. Wholehearted "yes."

[Tenkara]

 

[theleo]

Already does and they're delicious!

[buglebrush]

Cougars need harvested simply from a management perspective.  To add extra reasons some people may have to refrain from shooting one is completely idiotic!  There's plenty of people who would never eat a cat, and that's ok with me.  We hunters continue to chase side issues and cut our own throats.