What do the hound haters think of this.
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/news/2003/0604/1563298.html

I was writing a reply then figured 'why bother'.

Makes me chuckle they blame this on urban sprawl/encroachment

Gimme a break!

The increased encounters mirror the fact that hounds were banned...

Heck there's nothing new in the above story as there's been one cat killed at the Four Corners Intersection about 1/4 mile from my place. Another one killed by law enforcement eating a women's cocker spanial in her Garage at Lords Lake. One killed a friends sheep south of Lake Leland.

I had one in my yard looking at my wife's Siamese Cat up under an old Ford P/U and all the while neighborhood kids were playing in their yards not 100 Yards away. I've also have had Bear, Bobcat, Coyotes, Coons, even River Otter.

This all within the last 10 years.

Just yesterday morning my brother went to let out his Golden Lab at Adelma Beach on Discovery Bay and three Bucks standing in his yard. He said it so facinated him that he stood there in his shorts watching them while traffic was going by on Discovery Road.

I like that other story about the wolves to... That would be a nice rug to hang.

Curtis

Don't know about you, but if I feel imminently threatened, I'm NOT waiting around for hunting season! If you feel threatened during June or July, well, you're pretty much screwed.

"Cougar? What cougar? No sir, I didn't hear any gunshots in the vicinity, honest."

TL/WN
Camo

Oh yeah! Is a house cat considered livestock?

TL/WN
Camo

The only opinion I've heard about these are the same ones I heard about the wolves being forcibly "introduced" to the the same areas. Every single person (several current or former wildlife officials) said to just remember the "three S's" (as in shoot, shovel, shut up). I can't imagine not defending myself should I feel threatened by a cougar any more than I would by a 2-legged threat.

I would prefer the Shoot, Skin, Saute' method myself.

Given the choice or my safety and that of an animal........... I certainly would not pick the animal! (or another human for that matter)

hehe reminds me of an episode of South Park... The only one I've ever seen... Just remember this line if you see a nice trophy sized animal after hunting season... "AHHHHH ITS GONNA KILL ME!!"

Saute? I've heard they're pretty good, but has any body ever tried cougar(THE OTHER WHITE MEAT)? I just imagine that it would taste like a litter box(Not that I would know what one taste like).

Camo

My neighbor eats all the lynx he shoots. I have not tried them, but he loves it.