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Cougar season closures
jrebel:
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jrebel:
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jrebel:
I could keep going...... :bash: :bash: :bash:
I have pics with cats less than 100 yards away from my cabin (cabin in the picture). I have cats walking shortly after my kids and hunting friends have walked out of the woods or driven by on quads.
I am one of many property owners that has numerous cats on camera proving the WDFW / Commission is full of crap with their estimates. We have been trying to actively hunt them this year and have not connected. Our area is very thick with brush and trees and finding cats is almost impossible. We have seen two this year, but only as they were turning and going into the brush. Was planning on giving it an honest effort this winter as it snowed.....but now I guess I will have to find another GMU allowing these cats to continue to breed and make more predators. This state sucks with wildlife management. :tup:
rackattack:
Like what was stated earlier it will only drive people to take matters into their own hands and not report harvest properly or at all. It's a shame the WDFW and biologist do not have final say on quota numbers and closing units with these new rules.
hunter399:
I got a few cougar pics that aren't in my trail cam topic ,I might add later.
These people (commission) are so out of touch on what is happening in the field.
My theory on cat population in NE WASHINGTON is this.
Wait for it,it's gonna include some common sense.
Wolves in area has caused the cat population to increase higher then it was before wolves.
These species are in direct competition for food sources.
Cats being the dominant species for so long. It has caused cats to kill more ungulates,also reproduce more.
It's a Jurassic park evolution. Cats are trying to remain the dominant species,only way to do that is kill more, reproduce more.
Of course it's just a theory.
Got a pic the other day ,cat with a collar,seemed like a lot of black on its tail.
Was starting to wonder if we was getting transplanted cats.
This is a spot where I've got cat pics before,never with a collar.
I'm also getting wolf pics in places I've never had wolf pic.
They never have a collar.
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