Not a problem where you live?

[RoninLB]

you shouldn't be allowed to vote on this stuff if you live in a town or city of more than 5,000 population

[Superman]

Blaming everything on the gubmit is really fun, I guess, but over-simple and intellectually boring.

Indeed, a .45 ACP is my choice too. When hiking/backpacking, my greatest fear is the two-legged animals, followed by cougs, then bears.

Do they taste just like chicken?

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by red-beard

This is why we carry a 45ACP, semi-automatic, spoon, when in the woods.

You're gonna need something bigger than that for Cougar or Bear...

[Jim Richards]

Cougar's here just look at your financials. No money means they won't attack you.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean

You're gonna need something bigger than that for Cougar or Bear...

I agree with bear. But I expect that a .45 will put down a Cougar.

[Joe Ricard]

We have gators. 6 ft no problem 12 ft big problem, once a year we get one of those big mofos deciding to hang out in the Bayou. Alligator catchers are crazy people.

[Rikao4]

Do we taste just like chicken?

ask a cougar or Norma..

Rika

[Tobra]

I am told we taste like pork.

Originally Posted by RWebb

actually, cougars are proliferating because clearcutting creates mores scrub for deer

deer = cougar food

Paul has been watching too much Fox

Don't be ridiculous(again) Parfessor.

If you ban effective hunting, and they have more food, will the population go up or down? I thought you were a biologist, or an astronaut, some type of Scientician.

Getting more problems with the 4 legged cougars in Cali for similar reasons.

[RWebb]

Tobe-phoot, you are the one being ridiculous - try to stick (like a wad of gum) to something you know about.

The answer to your question is that popn #'s could do either -- not that all hunting is necessarily "effective."

[Tobra]

Right Randy, I have read sooo many studies that support your nonsense

You need to get your money back on that correspondence school degree, they ripped you off.

[Superman]

Originally Posted by red-beard

I agree with bear. But I expect that a .45 will put down a Cougar.

My thoughts exactly. I suspect a .45 could put a cougar down decisively. Bear.....depends on how many trigger-squeezes. Here in the PNW, our bears are manageable-sized, for the most part. Kodiac bears are three or four times the size of ours. Again, while I accept the possibility that a local bear might become angry with me, I generally don't see them as terribly dangerous overall. They generally just want to be left alone to eat huckleberries and poop. A cougar will stalk a human. If I am hiking and find myself sharing a path with a cougar, I will point and shoot. If I see a bear, I will maximize my distance.

[M.D. Holloway]

Can't say a big cat would ever bother me as I dipped my toes in my hot tub sip'n a chilly one.

Reduce the chance of failure by avoiding the opportunity.

[RWebb]

Tobra,

if you are unable to act like a grownup on OT, then please confine yourself to PARF.