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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: ellensburgpo on December 08, 2012, 06:40:40 PM

Title: Cougar harvest question
Post by: ellensburgpo on December 08, 2012, 06:40:40 PM: Looking through the 2011 harvest reports for Cougars tonight and have a question about the category breakdown. There are four categories listed: general hunting, special permit, depredation, and other take. Does anyone know what the other take category means? The rest of them are self explanatory but I can't figure that one out.

Thanks
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: bobcat on December 08, 2012, 06:46:44 PM: road kills?
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: ellensburgpo on December 08, 2012, 06:47:32 PM: Quote from: bobcat on December 08, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
road kills?

I thought of that, but they don't do it for other animals...
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: Humptulips on December 08, 2012, 06:48:17 PM: Probably a catch all category for accidental take like road kill and who knows what but it gives them a place to pigeon hole a cougar.
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: fair-chase on December 08, 2012, 06:48:49 PM: The way I understand it (could be wrong). It's any non-conventional (not natural caused) method of death that doesn't fall into the previous categories. Such as: Motor vehicle accidents, poaching, gets caught in a fence, killed by domestic animal.....
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: ellensburgpo on December 08, 2012, 06:59:42 PM: Copy, thanks guys
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: Special T on December 08, 2012, 07:01:47 PM: Kain Would know the answer to that question. He knows all thing cougar related. :twocents:
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: dreamunelk on December 08, 2012, 07:18:21 PM: Quote from: fair-chase on December 08, 2012, 06:48:49 PM
The way I understand it (could be wrong). It's any non-conventional (not natural caused) method of death that doesn't fall into the previous categories. Such as: Motor vehicle accidents, poaching, gets caught in a fence, killed by domestic animal.....

We have a winner! Yes, correct. As other have said it is the catch all.
Title: Re: Cougar harvest question
Post by: KFhunter on December 08, 2012, 11:26:28 PM: I've hit two Cougars with vehicles - didn't hurt either one though.

Once in my pickup, got his tail with my front bumper but missed its hips/rear legs. It lept from the about the yellow line on the highway, cleared the white line, ditch and retaining wall. A good 20-25 foot long jump and 10-15 foot high.

2nd was in a car, it popped over a guard rail, I slammed the brakes. Instead of running across the road it turned and ran away from me as I was trying to slow. I bumped it's rear with my bumper and it turned a swatted my left front fender leaving a small scratch. It also jumped straight up in the air as it swatted my car and lept clear out of my view. It landed on the highway behind me and blasted up a 150 foot cliff/scrabble face like a small tornado.

very impressive animals when properly motovated :chuckle: