Shup i seen somewhere there outlawing dog hunting (hounding) bears, cats and other animals in some states this coming year.. I don't think Colorado was one of them.. Always something aint it..
Yeah, they outlawed baiting and running bears with dogs there. The bear population is exploding now.
As for the cats, the outfitters weren't too happy having that many around. The guy that is running the "study" said there were only a few cats in the hunting zone, so he set the limit for that area at 5 cats, saying that all the cats in the area had a transmitter on them.
Not true, as this one didn't, and the other 3 that were seen running in front of the dogs didn't have collars either. The whole area quota could have been filled from just one canyon.....
Luckily when the outfitter and the hunter went in to check in the cat, the head honcho of the Colorado fish and wildlife was there, and got an earful. The guy that is running the study was back out on the property the next day.
It turns out that his girlfriend is from Ca. and was very instrumental in getting the Mt. Lion hunting stopped in that state........
The outfitters see the cats targeting the trophy Mule Deer Bucks vs. the does because the old boys are loners, and one set of eyes/ears is easier to fool than a whole herd of deer.
Lots of money being lost, not to mention livestock. The sheep in the area were moved off of the property 2 weeks earlier, and on Sunday we came across a sheep that was left behind. It was killed a couple of hours earlier as it was still warm and limber.
It'd be impossible to hunt the lions without dogs - you'd never see them.
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