Washington Cougar Results

[Bookem]

hey guys check out the regs for next year the state of wa was busted into 9 cmus and not sure if its by permit or like montana has it yet but the state is bring back hound hunting for cats in wa

[Mel White]

i am not quite sure what you mean but i am sure they will not open it up to a open quota hunt like MT. the tags have accually decreased not increased on the eastern WA cat hunts and the public saftey removal permits on the west side.

[Bookem]

ok see what your saying but why did they breack the state into 9 couger mangment units with a quota for females

[Darvin Ecklund]

Brookem- not only is there a quota system on females, but if the quota on females is reached by the boot hunters/deer and elk hunter, or by the fish and game having someone come in and kill a female cat for one reason or another this goes against the quota. This year the one area was closed before any houndsmen got to hunt it- the same went for last year. The planning of the system needs to be looked at a little closer and some changes made. I don't think at this point any houndsmen are involved in the system design.