So.....Are we having a Fall cougar season.

[callturner]

Warning this will prob upset some but I feel it needs to be said. Also I've made it to 50 & never had social media of any kind so not a professional keyboard wizzard. Did offer a little help once here on a G.River watershed elk tag but quickly realized lots of people that had a friend of a friend or had spent a week deer hunting in there somehow knew much more than me after years of following dogs over most of the area so I decided I'd stick to looking at the cool pics. Thank you to the guy that posts those great M.Deer pics every year (boneaddict?) & a few very knowledgeable elk hunters that chime in very rarely.
  I watch people bicker about what's considered baiting, argue over wolves when they don't & never will have their livelihood impacted by them, shame someone for asking for help because they don't spend all day posting for a bunch of strangers, all while we lose more every day. Not many cared when it was just hounds, trapping & baiting but now it's EVERYTHING else.  I see people saying it's not wdfw it's the commission. Sure that's how it looks but only because wdfw has lost control & they dont like it. How well was it working out the last 30 yrs before this crazy commission went rogue? And before someone says be careful they are watching all I can say is what the hell has happened to this once great strong country!
 So back to this topic. As it stands we are prob screwed but the fastest way to make that happen is helping them accomplish the end game. I see some saying we need to work with the dept so we have a seat at the table, well that's just insanity & proven false! The predators are the end game for all other hunting & it's working. Anyone helping with depredation is guaranteeing success for these wdfw agendas. Will they figure out a work around? Probably, but if the trappers "work" with them on this crazy catch & release it's 100% going to work & if the hound guy goes & catches that cougar that's killing sheep because the cougar population has increased to the point he either gets killed by a big Tom or moves into my backyard well that's not just helping the commission it's taking the opportunity from everyone else to possibly get lucky while out deer hunting because you are essentially closing the season down before it opens! Its no big feat to catch a cougar under someones deck or in the barn, any well trained lab can do that. Im not much into trapping but i found beaver about as easy as raccon so let those beaver wash the roads out, don't take care of the problem cats they created & just maybe the general public will pay attention & start asking questions. Help them & you are part of the problem.
  Like I said I'm sure I'll glance at this in a few days & see what a jerk I am but don't worry I've got thick skin. God Bless & Happy Hunting

[jstone]

How can they come up with 13%? They don’t even know how many cats are running the mountains. Do they have cat counters running the hills.?
They look like the typical liberal white ladies

[hunter399]

How can they come up with 13%? They don’t even know how many cats are running the mountains. Do they have cat counters running the hills.?
They look like the typical liberal white ladies

Pretty much.
Like peeing at the toilet in the dark.
It's just based on past harvest,past quotas,pretty much an educated guess.
All that is information is good enough for them to close cougar season early. Yet that same information is not good enough to have a spring bear season.
Double edge sword with a double standard.

[Berin Denson]

Just so I understand. Is there currently an open cougar season, or not?

[MADMAX]

Yes
But call before you shoot 

https://www.eregulations.com/washington/hunting/cougar-general-seasons

[10thmountainarcher]

Just so I understand. Is there currently an open cougar season, or not?

No cougar season doesn’t open until September 1.