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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2009, 06:10:07 PM »
Dumbest thing I've see with the reg's. :bdid:

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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2009, 06:11:29 PM »
I don't think this makes much sense. Cougars are hard enough to kill, more restrictions are going make it nearly impossible.

Aparently not when the tags are cheap and everyone has one. The problem seems to be too many females and young males are being killed and not enough older toms.




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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2009, 06:12:24 PM »
that is so dumb im gettin fed up with all of washingtons new laws coming out

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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2009, 06:13:16 PM »
I don't think this makes much sense. Cougars are hard enough to kill, more restrictions are going make it nearly impossible.

Aparently not when the tags are cheap and everyone has one. The problem seems to be too many females and young males are being killed and not enough older toms.

Maybe I'm not thinking this through, but why is that bad?
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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2009, 06:17:05 PM »
I don't think this makes much sense. Cougars are hard enough to kill, more restrictions are going make it nearly impossible.

Aparently not when the tags are cheap and everyone has one. The problem seems to be too many females and young males are being killed and not enough older toms.

Maybe I'm not thinking this through, but why is that bad?

Too many females killed mean no cats in the future.
Too many old toms keep and defend much larger areas then young toms. Two young toms can occupy the same space as one old tom. Killing the older toms can mean more cougars in the same space.




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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2009, 06:17:37 PM »
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Low population trends. :bash: :bash: :bash:

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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2009, 06:19:42 PM »
I don't want to see cougars killed off, but do we need to protect their numbers this much? I honestly don't know, I just haven't noticed a bunch of cats being killed lately.
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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #22 on: April 09, 2009, 06:26:40 PM »
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Low population trends. :bash: :bash: :bash:

But you guys will get more oportunity with dogs in the near future.




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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #23 on: April 09, 2009, 06:27:57 PM »
I sold my dogs. I'm a boot hunter now.

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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #24 on: April 09, 2009, 06:35:07 PM »
No sense in buy a cougar tag this year!  Or probably ever again.  I usually hunt cougar in September while hunting bear.  I wonder how much $ the WDFW will loose because of this?

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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #25 on: April 09, 2009, 06:37:10 PM »
No sense in buy a cougar tag this year!  Or probably ever again.  I usually hunt cougar in September while hunting bear.  I wonder how much $ the WDFW will loose because of this?

I hear ya. That is when I hope to find one.
I am curious how much a deer, elk, bear tag cost vs deer, elk, bear, cougar. Probably more for the 3.  :bash:




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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #26 on: April 09, 2009, 06:39:18 PM »
Yeah, but the first time that you don't buy a cougar tag, is when you see one asleep, sunning himself on a log, in the middle of the day, during deer season.
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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #27 on: April 09, 2009, 06:41:48 PM »
Ive only seen one in all my time in the woods,but the first time I dont purchase the tag like you all say,there he will be.

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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #28 on: April 09, 2009, 06:45:31 PM »
I guess we'll need to switch over to hunting large 5-6 ft, dark grey coyotes with rounded ears and wide muzzles. No weapon restiction there!
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Re: Cougar hunters beware....rule changes.
« Reply #29 on: April 09, 2009, 06:47:02 PM »
But do we have to chose what season we want? I got my tags 2 weeks ago. :dunno:

 


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