Cougar pursuit ??

[time2hunt]

https://www.conservationnw.org/news-updates/perspectives-on-hound-training-bills/
Anyone been keeping up on this? The game department around here didn’t even know it passed.


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[WAcoyotehunter]

The season and details are still being hashed out but it is going to be pretty small scale and limited to begin with.  Hound hunters have a ways to go to rebuild trust with the larger hunting community and with conservation groups. 

[trophyhunt]

The season and details are still being hashed out but it is going to be pretty small scale and limited to begin with.  Hound hunters have a ways to go to rebuild trust with the larger hunting community and with conservation groups.

a few get to participate is what my buddy said, he runs cats for Wdfw.

[WAcoyotehunter]

This bill was passed through the house and senate and a group of us worked hard to make it passable but still effective.  There were lots of compromises but it finally got a PASS vote from WDFW commission! 

It will allow 50 hound pursuit permits statewide after a pretty serious screening.  It also requires quite a bit of communication with WDFW enforcement staff.

[Special T]

This bill was passed through the house and senate and a group of us worked hard to make it passable but still effective.  There were lots of compromises but it finally got a PASS vote from WDFW commission! 

It will allow 50 hound pursuit permits statewide after a pretty serious screening.  It also requires quite a bit of communication with WDFW enforcement staff.

Did Koontz vote for this?

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[WAcoyotehunter]

He did not.  I think the three NO votes were Kuntz, Smith, and Isaacson.

[Special T]

He did not.  I think the three NO votes were Kuntz, Smith, and Isaacson.

Isaacson seems a surprise... i figued some one else....

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[WAcoyotehunter]

Maybe I better double check on that.... I could be wrong on that one. 

[Limhangerslayer]

I’m a 0% fan of conservation northwest.  And this whole cougar bull is smoke and mirrors to make a small special interest group happy.  It’s not helping any way in cougar harvest in this state.  Quotas should be larger and hounds should be legal for a take season.  I used to do it when it was legal here and it was one of my favorite things.  My grandpa did it from the late 60’s on and taught us the ropes.

[Tbar]

He did not.  I think the three NO votes were Kuntz, Smith, and Isaacson.

The three no votes were Baker, Koontz and Smith.

[Special T]

He did not.  I think the three NO votes were Kuntz, Smith, and Isaacson.

The three no votes were Baker, Koontz and Smith.

That sounds more like it.. i figured Baker had to be part of that group.

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[WAcoyotehunter]

Thank you.  Sorry for the mistake

[Skyvalhunter]

Is there a video of the meeting so we can listen to each members rationale for voting the way they did?

[hunter399]

I've had hounds before ,a bill like this sounds great for someone that has already invested time and money into there hounds and need training time. Would I go out and get into hounds and start training and all that with absolutely no hope of ever hunting with them ,ah NO. So it's not really something for me.But don't really have any problems with it.

Do I want training hounds out Durring certain seasons when I'm trying to be a "boot hunter" for certain animals.Ahh NO,
So other than that being that certain times of the year may be better for training to take place. I really don't see a problem with it.

[MtnMuley]

I’m a 0% fan of conservation northwest.  And this whole cougar bull is smoke and mirrors to make a small special interest group happy.  It’s not helping any way in cougar harvest in this state.  Quotas should be larger and hounds should be legal for a take season.  I used to do it when it was legal here and it was one of my favorite things.  My grandpa did it from the late 60’s on and taught us the ropes.

You said it perfect. I see it only benefiting a "select few" like it has for the past many years. The same select few would rather it be that way too. Pathetic.