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I see your point Charlie, but I also gotta give WDFW credit on this one. They let the guy kill a cougar out of season and even let him do it at night with aid of a spotlight (both punishible offenses). It's nice to see them at least give him permission to remove the animal from his area -- which in the end, is the wanted result.
Quote from: MtnMuley on May 12, 2011, 04:05:46 PMI see your point Charlie, but I also gotta give WDFW credit on this one. They let the guy kill a cougar out of season and even let him do it at night with aid of a spotlight (both punishible offenses). It's nice to see them at least give him permission to remove the animal from his area -- which in the end, is the wanted result. Are we allowed to shoot cougar in night and use spotlight on general season ? Look like I could do that this coming fall since gamewarden down there said ok......... Mulehunter.
Personaly , I think that the cougar should have been given to you. As far as Im conderned its waisting a big game animal if thats what the game department is doing with them. Perfectly fresh kill, the meat is good , it should be consumed. Fish and wild life needs to pull there head out of there ass and make some common sence calls with things like this.
Dangerous Wildlife Incidents in Washington in the last 30 daysMay 20, 2011 – Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County (Cougar)May 17, 2011 – Yakima, Yakima County (Cougar)May 16, 2011 – Mansfield, Douglas County (Cougar)May 13, 2011 – Leavenworth, Chelan County (Cougar)May 5, 2011 – White Salmon, Klickitat County (Cougar)May 1, 2011 – Cashmere, Chelan County (Cougar)May 1, 2011 – Twisp, Okanogan County (Cougar)April 28, 2011 – , Asotin County (Wolf)April 28, 2011 – Tum Tum, Stevens County (Cougar)April 26, 2011 – Royal City, Grant County (Cougar)
A wolf incident just last month? How in the world could this be?
Wolf DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENTON 04/30/11 AT 0700 HOURS, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM WDFW AREA BIOLOGIST. HE ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY A WDFW EMPLOYEE OF A WOLF ATTACK ON A CALF IN ASOTIN COUNTY. THE INFORMATION WAS THAT LOCAL CATTLEMAN HAD BEEN AT HIS FEED LOT ON COUSE CREEK THE NIGHT BEFORE, WHEN HE CAME ACROSS 3 WOLVES ON A CALF KILL. HE REPORTED THAT HE WALKED WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE 3 WOLVES, WHO STOOD THEIR GROUND AGRESSIVELY AND GROWLED AT HIM. THEY FINALLY LEFT THE AREA. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE "WOLVES" WERE NOT AGGRESSIVE AND RAN AWAY. USDA WILDLIFE SVC ARRIVED AND CONDUCTED AN EXAMINATION OF THE SCENE. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AT THE SCENE AND LACK OF ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE STATEMENT FROM THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS AT THE SCENE, WE WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY THE WOLF REPORT. IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT THE INCIDENT WAS A COYOTE DEPREDATION. REPORT INFORMATIONDate/Time of Incident: April 28, 2011 @ 20:00Date of Report: April 30, 2011Location: COUSE CREEK RDCounty: Asotin
