Baiting Cougars?

[Carwash]

Greetings,

Just listened to a podcast with a guest Joe Lewis, a cat hunter from eastern Oregon. He discussed a time he killed a cat and hung the game bags in a tree, when he came back to retrieve the bags, there was another cat in the tree eating the meat. From that point on he exclusively baits for cats vs calling and is very successful. Has anyone tried intentionally baited for cats ? What was your experience ?

V/r

Carwash

[3nails]

 I am constantly baiting in lions while baiting for bobcats and I am positive I could kill them if I desired to. I have no time to sit on a bait, however.

[WoolyRunner]

Much like the commission, we need to keep this quiet or else next year their will be a ban on cougar bait.. just my thoughts.

[HardCorpsHuntr]

Much like the commission, we need to keep this quiet or else next year their will be a ban on cougar bait.. just my thoughts.

Likely we're already there unfortunately!

RCW 77.15.792 Intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building—Penalty.
(1) A person may not intentionally feed or attempt to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attract large wild carnivores to land or a building.
(2) A person who intentionally feeds, attempts to feed, or attracts large wild carnivores to land or a building is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3) A person who is issued an infraction under RCW 77.15.790 for negligently feeding, attempting to feed, or attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building, and who fails to contain, move, or remove the food, food waste, or other substance within twenty-four
hours of being issued the infraction, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [2012 c 176 s 39.]

[WoolyRunner]

Great….. 

[Carwash]

Yes it looks like WDFW's definition of large predator/carnivore is Wolf, Cougar, Black and Grizzly bear, no bobcat or coyote though. Very interesting....

[EnglishSetter]

What if the cat identifies as as an herbivore? 

Aren't bears omnivores?

[MtnMuley]

Much like the commission, we need to keep this quiet or else next year their will be a ban on cougar bait.. just my thoughts.

Likely we're already there unfortunately!

RCW 77.15.792 Intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building—Penalty.
(1) A person may not intentionally feed or attempt to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attract large wild carnivores to land or a building.
(2) A person who intentionally feeds, attempts to feed, or attracts large wild carnivores to land or a building is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3) A person who is issued an infraction under RCW 77.15.790 for negligently feeding, attempting to feed, or attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building, and who fails to contain, move, or remove the food, food waste, or other substance within twenty-four
hours of being issued the infraction, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [2012 c 176 s 39.]

Guess if I pack in a container of water and place it underneath the bait I would be okay then since it doesn't mention anything about attracting them to water.

[JakeLand]

Would “land” mean the ground ? Hung 6-8 feet up in a tree considered land ?

[Cougartail]

Intent is a hard one to prove. Baiting bobcats and coyotes is legal.