I support this. Trapping and relocating would result in a happy cat and a happy human. No one needs to die if it can be avoided.I have a soft-spot for big kitties.
Is live trapping and relocation an option? Maybe a conservation group is already set up to do this.
There have been mountain lions that have been trapped by WDFW and relocated into the cascades.Shoot it, then call the gamiesI have had them kill our cattle and goats.:cuss:They are not dumb enough to go in a live trap.
Wonderful. One more live predator of humans I have to watch out for when I hike in the Cascades. Then to top it off, it's illegal to carry in the NP for now.Stlhead wrote:There have been mountain lions that have been trapped by WDFW and relocated into the cascades.Shoot it, then call the gamiesI have had them kill our cattle and goats.:cuss:They are not dumb enough to go in a live trap.
But then the bear might have starved. "It's the ciiiircle of liiiiiife...."I had a Bobcat on my property in Carnation last summer on our way back in from town. None of us had our guns with us that we usually carry on us. We stopped the truck and got ontop of the box to watch it cross the field nect to us. We at first were going to get our guns, but then were just awe struck at the beast from so close and were not sure the legalities without a permit, so we let it go. The next day there was a sheep carcass on the road which made a meal later on for a black bear that drug it off in the night. If we had killed the cat we would have saved the life of the sheep...
Then have a big OC BBQBuy a license and a tag. Shoot it and have it cut and wrapped. Eat it.