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Is cougar hunting breeding chaos? (Bogus study?)
The Seattle Times ^
| March 16, 2007
| Sandi Doughton
Posted on 03/16/2008 12:28:55 PM PDT by jazusamo
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The agency also is weighing the research that suggests heavy hunting may aggravate cougar problems but is waiting for more solid evidence, Martorello says.Thankfully the DFW is going to wait for more solid evidence since the study was conducted by or people sympathetic to anti hunting nuts and animal rights activists.
For these people to say that killing the animals adds to the chance of cougar-people encounters is a stretch of the imagination, IMO.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:28:56 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:32:10 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: jazusamo
They’re the same people who say you don’t fight terrorism because you might make the terrorists mad.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:38:22 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
To: george76; girlangler; Grampa Dave
Evidence suggests cougars under two years of age, just learning to live on their own, account for the majority of run-ins with people and domestic animals I believe that's been established in many studies in the past but it's due to the younger cougars being forced into more populated areas by mature cougars. It happens when cougar numbers increase and more people move into rural areas.
Cougar numbers are increasing according to WA DFW in latest numbers I found (August, 1999).
Cougars, also known as mountain lions or pumas, are native to Washington state. About 2,500 live in this state, double the populations of the early 1980s, and their numbers are growing.
Fact Sheet - Cougars
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:38:59 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: Inyo-Mono
Good pic, I-M, thanks for posting.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:40:57 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: JennysCool
You’re probably correct, WA state has more than our share of moonbats.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:44:39 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: jazusamo; jdm
I hunt cougars every Saturday night. Or better yet, they hunt me. ;)
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:45:31 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Reagan would have never said "She's my girl")
To: jazusamo
Here is another one that was darted by wildlife officials about two miles from my house.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:45:54 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: jazusamo
I thought by definition it was the cougars who were doing the hunting. I see that a lot when I go out to the bars.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:46:47 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Perdogg; mysterio
Nothing wrong with your kind of Cougar hunting. :)
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:50:20 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: Inyo-Mono
Don't know if you saw this. The cougar is at Jet Propulsion Lab near Pasadena, CA. Pic taken by an employee on a walk bridge.
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posted on
03/16/2008 12:54:26 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: jazusamo
I did! Saw that here on FR a while back. Scary picture.
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posted on
03/16/2008 1:02:18 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
03/16/2008 1:07:32 PM PDT
by
jdm
(Relax, it's just the internet.)
To: mysterio
I thought by definition it was the cougars who were doing the hunting. I see that a lot when I go out to the bars. Now that I've hit the big six-oh, the whole idea of cougar hunting in bars has really lost a lot of its appeal. :=)
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posted on
03/16/2008 1:14:25 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: Bob
Try being 23 and 6’6”. Take a guess about how many times I get hit on by cougars in bars.
To: John Will
Try being 23 and 66. Take a guess about how many times I get hit on by cougars in bars. At 60, I stopped having that 'problem' many, many years ago.
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posted on
03/16/2008 5:26:37 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: jazusamo
Last year I was ghostwriting a weekly column for an Oklahoma newspaper, and one of the columns was about the OK legislature giving approval for the WL agency there to establish a cougar hunting season.
The agency feels enough of these cougars are moving back into the state to prepare for management seasons.
Cougars are increasing in number, and their ranges are moving across state lines.
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posted on
03/16/2008 7:55:20 PM PDT
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: jazusamo
this is such BS....large numbers of cougars are not being killed and I can't see any hunter looking only for "trophy" cougars...its rare enough to see a cougar let alone get a shot let alone get a large animal....
"trophy" cougars....never heard of such a thing...
btw ...cougars and bears have for years been desimating elk herds in southeastern Washington....they attack the fawns.....
wolves will probably take over the killing of the elk fawns as their population increases....
wild predators need to be afraid of humans and human activity....when they are fearful, they stay away, far away, and can live their lives as the wild animals they are supposed to be....
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posted on
03/16/2008 8:37:11 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Inyo-Mono
those are great pics....love your bio as well...
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posted on
03/16/2008 8:40:31 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: cherry
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posted on
03/16/2008 8:51:33 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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