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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: snag_point on February 21, 2010, 11:10:03 AM

Title: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: snag_point on February 21, 2010, 11:10:03 AM: A friend from Oregon sent this to me. All that it said was, "Taken above the locked gate on the Dechutes river on 1/20/10." I bet its up river from Malpin, anyway an interesting pic for cat hunters.
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 21, 2010, 11:21:54 AM: can't see the pic but i am sure i got the same one with the group of the cats along the ridge. very cool pic but sucks at the same time. with the cats and wolf populations as high as they are getting to be it won't be long untill the preditiors will have them wiped out.
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 21, 2010, 11:30:06 AM: Oh My God! It's a herd of cougars...!! :yike: :yike: :yike:
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 21, 2010, 11:43:40 AM: Saw that one on huntmasters, I believe the posted said he took it.
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: Kain on February 21, 2010, 11:44:24 AM: Starting this year Oregon is gonna have year round cougar season

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2009/october/100209.asp (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2009/october/100209.asp)

Crazy that they have 5700 cats while Washington only has 2000. :P ;) In fact they are trying to get down to 3000 cats.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/cougar/ (http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/cougar/)
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: rainshadow1 on February 21, 2010, 12:16:11 PM: I found it on huntmasters, I guess he didn't claim to have taken it, but he did claim it was from Wyoming.

There's no way we have fewer cats than Oregon... at least not by 3x!!! Oregon has 3 times us and BC has 10 times us? I don't think so! Cougars are really hard to inventory... think about how hard they are to tag!
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 21, 2010, 12:19:33 PM: Quote from: rainshadow1 on February 21, 2010, 12:16:11 PM
I found it on huntmasters, I guess he didn't claim to have taken it, but he did claim it was from Wyoming.

There's no way we have fewer cats than Oregon... at least not by 3x!!! Oregon has 3 times us and BC has 10 times us? I don't think so! Cougars are really hard to inventory... think about how hard they are to tag!

Exactly. :yeah: How the %#@ do you count cougars... :dunno:
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: rasbo on February 21, 2010, 12:27:54 PM: I can do it on one hand,we could have 7000 and still be told 2000 so we couldnt hunt them with hounds or get the seasons back..oopps got my tinfoil hat on
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: Pathfinder101 on February 21, 2010, 12:30:57 PM: Quote from: rasbo on February 21, 2010, 12:27:54 PM
I can do it on one hand,we could have 7000 and still be told 2000 so we couldnt hunt them with hounds or get the seasons back..oopps got my tinfoil hat on

X1,000,000,000,000,000 >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: Kain on February 21, 2010, 09:20:10 PM: Dont have any idea how they come up with the numbers. It is just very odd that on all sides of our borders the estimates are far higher than here. I really have no idea myself but I have seen plenty of cats on trail cameras and seen the numbers harvested. If there was only 2000 cats across the entire state I think sighting would be extremely rare.

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A rough estimate from
population reconstruction indicated that the minimum
number of cougars in Washington might be around
900 animals. An extrapolation across the state with
the highest cougar density reported in the literature
suggested the maximum number of cougars in
Washington might be around 4,100 animals. Since
2003, cougar population size has been assessed in three project areas in Washington. Currently,
the best available estimate of statewide abundance is from an extrapolation from those projects,
corresponding to about 1,900 to 2,100 animals (excluding kittens).
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/management/2009-2015/final_game_management_plan_2009-2015.pdf pg 85
Title: Re: Cat's on the Dechutes River
Post by: Huntbear on February 21, 2010, 09:23:05 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Foolish hunters. These are the same guys who say wolves will not affect elk and deer populations.... :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: