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ICEMAN:
--- Quote from: TONTO on March 01, 2008, 11:09:25 PM ---....The only way to controll the cougar population is to harvest these mature dominate toms,and the only way to do that is by use of hounds.
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BS. Tonto, think about what you just wrote. "The only way....blah blah blah..." Anytime anyone says that there is only one way to do something, I roll my eyes back in my head and turn my ears off. Apparently you think that the only way to control the cougar population is with hound hunters killing off dominant males. This is what you think. I am sure there are other ways of controlling the population. If this is the ONLY way, why dont you go tell the game commission so they better understand the issue.
billythekidrock:
--- Quote from: Iceman on March 02, 2008, 06:55:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: TONTO on March 01, 2008, 11:09:25 PM ---....The only way to controll the cougar population is to harvest these mature dominate toms,and the only way to do that is by use of hounds.
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BS. Tonto, think about what you just wrote. "The only way....blah blah blah..." Anytime anyone says that there is only one way to do something, I roll my eyes back in my head and turn my ears off. Apparently you think that the only way to control the cougar population is with hound hunters killing off dominant males. This is what you think. I am sure there are other ways of controlling the population. If this is the ONLY way, why dont you go tell the game commission so they better understand the issue.
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I agree Ice.
Not only that but if you want the population under control you need to control the breeders. If you kill a big tom with a large territory you have the potential for the territory to be divided and controlled by two toms in affect doubling the the amount of damage potential.
Cougeyes:
I read in an article that the harvest statistics flip-flopped since the ban, used to be 60% male harvest and 40% female, now its flipped 60% female, so with the increase in female harvests it could potentially cause a decline in cougar numbers if this hunting regime continues (i.e. boot hunting and 50,000 cougar tags sold). I hope they change something soon, not that the cougar population is going to crash, but I would like to either see hound hunting come back or some state wide quota established based on zones, i mentioned this early.
bearsnack:
Tonto I have read the same thing your saying about the big toms before, I think they did a study in Montana, not sure though. Ice man If there was a better way to control the lion population than hounds I think someone would have came up with it by now. Obviously boot hunters can't do the job!
billythekidrock:
I hear they are going to make AHE, oops Master Hunter certification mandatory for hound hunters?
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