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Lion Tags
« on: July 24, 2008, 03:03:39 PM »
Looks like they are going to take a big hit!   :bash:

Commission hears comments on proposed
changes to cougar hunting regulations


OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission took public comment on proposed changes to cougar hunting regulations at a meeting Friday (July 18) conducted via videoconference in Olympia and Spokane.

The commission, which sets policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), is scheduled to take action on the amendments to the cougar hunting regulations during its August 8-9 meeting in Lynnwood.

During Friday’s meeting, WDFW staff outlined the proposed amendments, which are consistent with a bill approved earlier this year by the Legislature. That bill, ESHB 2438, extends a pilot project authorizing cougar hunting with the aid of dogs for another three years in Chelan, Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties and allows other counties to request inclusion in the project.

The proposed amendments to the pilot cougar seasons with the aid of dogs also include:

Allowing Klickitat County to be included in the pilot project.

Reducing the cougar annual bag limit from two to one animal.

Requiring all hunters to report their activity, whether successful or not, via a toll-free hotline.

Reducing the total allowable harvest for the 2008-2009 winter season by 40 percent in Chelan, Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties to stabilize the cougar population.  :bash: :bash:
Hunting cougar with dogs was banned statewide by public initiative in 1996. However, in response to concerns about public safety and livestock depredation, the Washington Legislature voted in 2004 to allow hunting cougar with hounds during specific seasons in Chelan, Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties where cougar densities pose potential public-safety problems.

« Last Edit: July 24, 2008, 03:34:52 PM by Machias »
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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2008, 03:05:52 PM »
They don't quit do they :chuckle:

Not enough cougars or wolves........WDFW's predator management is a joke.
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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2008, 03:06:32 PM »
Stabilize the population???

How is reducing going to stabilize?  From what I have seen they are growing in population around our property in Stevens County........... :dunno:
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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2008, 03:18:37 PM »
Stabilize the population???


 :yeah:    :bs:   WDFW= :mor:
???
Looks like shoot a bunch of 'em, tag one and leave the rest as natural fertilizer.   ;)

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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2008, 08:52:52 PM »
obviously changing the bag limit from 2 to 1 wont do a damn thing, wont change the statistics on how many lions are guna be killed, they should know that. it is a good thing to open it up to klickitat, lots of lions in there and there really taking a toll on the deer i think. but reducing the amount of tags in the 5 counties already in the program is really guna suck

i dont know why they always have to change a program that works, when ever they start to get somthing right they have to change it for the worse :dunno:

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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2008, 10:56:49 PM »
doe's this mean. boot hunter's will only be allowed one cougar this year. not sure. how to read into this. Rick
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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2008, 08:32:20 AM »
Good point Rick.

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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2008, 11:23:21 AM »
you need a lawyer to figure out these thing's. and doe's it mean no calling cougar in klickitat. Rick
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Re: Lion Tags
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2008, 05:51:04 PM »
I'm not sure about the science behind this. 

 


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