If it wasn't a scam they would give you a few days after the season closes to report. Reports are due on the last day of cougar season.
At least the Trappers report of catch isn't due until 20 days after the close of season.
^^This^^
Closing the report window on the day the season closes is nuts. It is user unfriendly and says volumes about the game department and their reporting gamesmanship.
Last year I hunted the last day of cougar season, drove an hour or more after dark and came home tired, planning to report the next day. Nope. Report window all shut down. If they really want accurate harvest info rather than extrapolations from random phone calls, what is the rationale for shutting off reporting with zero time after the season to report?
It's probably the usual imcompetence of some bureaucrat in an office who knows nothing of actual hunting conditions, rather than a deliberate underhanded way to add $10 to the price of a hunting or fishing license.