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T'aint my rant about natural balance and cougars; that was DoubleTap. I'm fine co-existing with predators in some sort of balance. They cull the deer herds, and I keep 'em off my porch. Fair deal.
You wanna kill 'em all? Don't talk to me about not wanting to "mess with the natural balance." Nothing messes with the natural balance quite like a bunch of likkered-up pick up truck boys with scoped rifles and a bit too much to prove to one another.
The only way you can hunt cougars effectively is to use dogs. They decided to let the Oregon voters (which means Multnomah and Lane county) decide and outlawed hunting with dogs. Now the population of cougars has exploded and they are killing everying. They've even had to hire "professional shooters" to try to kill the things by helicopter with rifles at huge expense to the state, which is way in the hole budget-wise."Mess with the natural balance"? Are you referring to the shooting by humans of cougars, coyotes, and other natural predators? Or are you referring to the establishment of ranches on previously wild terrain? Talk about messing with the natural balance. Criminy.
Your people homesteaded in a range of natural predators, and now you complain about natural predators in your area? If you can't protect your daughter from coyotes, wolves, or cougars, your issues are beyond the scope of this forum to help with. How many daughters have you lost to predators (not including local boys in pickups)? I'm guessing it's between zero and zero? Am I right?
My thought is, if they're so abundant that you see them every week, why the need for dogs? They should be so prevalent that the luxury of letting the dogs chase them isn't needed. I saw a bobcat the other week, but i've never seen a cougar in my life, and I live in the country. Cougars/bears are one animal I think should be left alone for the most part, they keep things in check. And going out in the wilderness, you should be armed to fend off an attact, its the WILD! Next thing you know, people will want to hunt bald eagles because they stole their neighbors cat.
Your people homesteaded in a range of natural predators, and now you complain about natural predators in your area? If you can't protect your daughter from coyotes, wolves, or cougars, your issues are beyond the scope of this forum to help with. How many daughters have you lost to predators (not including local boys in pickups)? I'm guessing it's between zero and zero? Am I right?