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Quote from: BULLBLASTER on February 25, 2025, 11:41:52 AMQuote from: bearpaw on February 25, 2025, 07:44:04 AMIn Idaho we have a long cougar season with hounds, most areas are Dec 1 to March 31, some areas are a month longer, some areas anyone can buy two tags, and boot hunters have most of the year to shoot them. We still have too many cougar! IDFG collared deer in a few units to study cause of mortality, roughly 30% were killed by cougar, the proposal this year is to add another month of hound hunting in those areas. Idaho bear season is open to bait and hounds in most units. There are also numerous units where you can take two bear by any method. There are a few units not open to bait or hounds, and those areas have the highest bear numbers. (at sportsman's request, these are sort of trophy bear units)Idaho wolf season is very long and year round in many units, hunters can buy 5 wolf tags, trappers can buy more wolf tags, trapping season is long too, however a wolf loving judge in Missoula recently closed part of the wolf trapping season, hoping the Trump Administration overturns that decision along with wolf protection in all states.My main point is the real problem for Washington goats is that the Washington Wildlife Commission is managing them! This Commission refuses to manage predators, they allowed the caribou to be wiped completely out by predators, there was no caribou hunting season to blame hunters, and they will allow the same to happen with goats.If i remember correctly, wdfw used population data from IDFG to validate their estimates without considering the take season in idaho. Idaho has similar densities to wdfw estimates, but with much more liberal take and seasons. I think that should point to hunter harvest (and conflict, roadkill, etc) essentially operating in the surplus population or animals that would die or be killed regardless. Good luck convincing wdfw of this though. Sorry for the derail.He's alive! I was wondering Also, great point and not a derail
Quote from: bearpaw on February 25, 2025, 07:44:04 AMIn Idaho we have a long cougar season with hounds, most areas are Dec 1 to March 31, some areas are a month longer, some areas anyone can buy two tags, and boot hunters have most of the year to shoot them. We still have too many cougar! IDFG collared deer in a few units to study cause of mortality, roughly 30% were killed by cougar, the proposal this year is to add another month of hound hunting in those areas. Idaho bear season is open to bait and hounds in most units. There are also numerous units where you can take two bear by any method. There are a few units not open to bait or hounds, and those areas have the highest bear numbers. (at sportsman's request, these are sort of trophy bear units)Idaho wolf season is very long and year round in many units, hunters can buy 5 wolf tags, trappers can buy more wolf tags, trapping season is long too, however a wolf loving judge in Missoula recently closed part of the wolf trapping season, hoping the Trump Administration overturns that decision along with wolf protection in all states.My main point is the real problem for Washington goats is that the Washington Wildlife Commission is managing them! This Commission refuses to manage predators, they allowed the caribou to be wiped completely out by predators, there was no caribou hunting season to blame hunters, and they will allow the same to happen with goats.If i remember correctly, wdfw used population data from IDFG to validate their estimates without considering the take season in idaho. Idaho has similar densities to wdfw estimates, but with much more liberal take and seasons. I think that should point to hunter harvest (and conflict, roadkill, etc) essentially operating in the surplus population or animals that would die or be killed regardless. Good luck convincing wdfw of this though. Sorry for the derail.
In Idaho we have a long cougar season with hounds, most areas are Dec 1 to March 31, some areas are a month longer, some areas anyone can buy two tags, and boot hunters have most of the year to shoot them. We still have too many cougar! IDFG collared deer in a few units to study cause of mortality, roughly 30% were killed by cougar, the proposal this year is to add another month of hound hunting in those areas. Idaho bear season is open to bait and hounds in most units. There are also numerous units where you can take two bear by any method. There are a few units not open to bait or hounds, and those areas have the highest bear numbers. (at sportsman's request, these are sort of trophy bear units)Idaho wolf season is very long and year round in many units, hunters can buy 5 wolf tags, trappers can buy more wolf tags, trapping season is long too, however a wolf loving judge in Missoula recently closed part of the wolf trapping season, hoping the Trump Administration overturns that decision along with wolf protection in all states.My main point is the real problem for Washington goats is that the Washington Wildlife Commission is managing them! This Commission refuses to manage predators, they allowed the caribou to be wiped completely out by predators, there was no caribou hunting season to blame hunters, and they will allow the same to happen with goats.
