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• 1. FarmBoy  |  January 27th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

  best wishes to the family

• 2. jh  |  January 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pm

  Well California, is it about time you rethought your stance on hunting cats?!?! This type of encounter is becoming more and more commen yet you insist that hunting is not the answer….until the cat attacks and/or kills someone.

  I am an avid hunter and I feel sorry for the cats, not the humans. If you allow the population to go unchecked and at the same time continue to tear up, build on, and destroy thier natural habitat then what do you expect the cats to do? Do they become passive, tree-huggin’ vegetarians and frequent the new corner coffee shop? For some reason I don’t see that happening.

  Can you in good concience blame a cat for “being a cat”? Can I hunt down and destroy the local mail carrier because he is “acting like a mail carrier”? NO! If a predator is sneaking into town and killin’ folks then it needs to be put down. If a human is encrouching on a predators territory and the animal acts like it’s programmed to act then who’s at fault? Most of us here camp and hunt in bear and cat country and most of us are smart enough to know to keep your head on a swivel and know your surroundings. If there are too many cats for the local ecosystem then they will seak new hunting grounds. If there is not enough prey to go around then they will seak new “prey”.

  The same folks that screamed and hollered “Killing innocent animals is cruel and wrong” are now the same folks who are crying “Do something about the cats”! Come on California! If you do not allow regular hunting to regulate the population and continue to take away the cats range then this will continue to happen with more regularity. SMELL THE COFFEE!

• 3. biscuit jane  |  January 29th, 2007 at 2:45 pm

  Here in California the big cats are thriving. The cats have increased along with their food supply of turkeys,hogs,deer and quail etc. But contrary to common myth the cats are not being driven out of the backcountry. They are being drawn out by easy meals of pets,livestock and people, and they are expanding their range due to their recent population increase .

  ANOTHER MYTH I must dispel is that the folks that want the cougars brought under control are the same folks as the
  lion-huggers . NO. NOT TRUE.
  The lion-huggers want folks to be killed by big cats,wolves and bears beacuse they believe only cave-dwelling-dope-smoking hippies should be here. They are glad to see a person attacked because it is their version of a human sacrifice to The Earth-goddess… Us regular folks that like to hunt, hike and mess around in the back country want at least for the DFG to acknowledge this new trend in lion increases and return the cat to Big Game status. We just want a reasonable balanced approach to dealing with these critters.

  And yes I keep alert and aware when I am out there but let me state that cougars are stealthy silent killers. They are stalkers. They attack from behind/above often with no sound or warning — no amount of alertness can fend off a determined cat.
  The bear is an ambling, dopey goof that can be a killer, but not by nature,a stalker. BIG DIfference my friend.

  And finally I’ll say this; stop blaming people when they get attacked. That is just the same ol’ cr*p spewed by the Enviralnuts !! Please don’t align yourself with them.

• 4. blue  |  February 5th, 2007 at 9:07 pm

  anytime someone is attacked by a wild animal,IN ITS OWN DOMAIN, mind you, we all have to ask some serious questions, but lets not throw blame with intent. My prayers go out to this man and his family. My big concern is this. How can this incident give the G@F the right to declare open season on all animals fitting such description of what ever that animal may be. Its says that two cougar wre killed. Do we even know that they were the guilty feline, and how did we get to they anyway. It was only one cat. Sounds to me they want to kill now and gut later. Professional and the G@F seem to be an oxy-moron these days

• 5. Art Clark III  |  February 8th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

  I am a retired teacher and now school board member. The first project I started was bringing the local game warden to the schools. Developing a positive relationship with children and wildlife experts is essential for our children. This will enable them to develop an informed prespective on hunting, fishing and trapping.

  There are many emotional responses to the killing of animals. The truth is, if we do not control our wildlife pophlation they will suffer far greater pain and agony in death from nature than the sportsman.

  I have trapped for years as a past time. I trapped for rancher and long time Assemblyman John Marvel in Dunphy, Nevada. I am proud to say John did not loose one of his lambs, colts or calves. If the “anti” people ever saw the tell tail signs of coyotes pulling a calf from a cow as she was in delivery, perhaps they would understand how important a service we sportsmen provide with our out of doors ventures.

  Trapping and hunting are an essential part of keeping a balance of our wildlife. Uninformed people who want to stop hunting or trapping jepordize wildlife, domestic animals and people. Many people who enjoy the out of doors have suffered from attacks of wild animals. Some, have died. Coyotes “DO” run in packs! And, they are vicious!

  Education is a very important part of our battle to keep the great sports of hunting and trapping “alive” for the future. Another important facet of our sports is following the rules. Every time a poacher takes an animal it hurts everyone who enjoys hunting and trapping and gives damage to all of us.

  Thanks for this opportunity to express my concerns.

  Art Clark III
  Battle Mountain, Nevada
  clarkcindy@sbcglobal.net

• 6. Brian  |  February 11th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

  DFG states deer herds as declining, huh…I wonder why. Almost every western state allows cat hunting to residents and nonresidents. My prayers go out to this man and his family but what if it was a first grader…your first grader! story changes. wake up. how can there be a balance in nature when predator number one is protected. Not only game but people are on the menu. Hunting is no doubt turned into a rich mans sport so why not generate some more revenue??

• 7. Ann L. Salter  |  February 13th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

  My husband and I live in a very populated Southern Oregon area. About 1 mile from us 2 years ago, mountain lions were reported in the back yards of local housing area. Also, sheep and dogs near us were attacked and killed. Times change. Our area is not a wild life protected area and never will be. Children are at risk and that is really the point. Our kids or the cats. No choice as far as I can see. The reason their territory is overlapping into popumated areas if due to the reproduction of the cats who require large territories. Hunting them and reducing their number will keep them in the areas where their hunting for deer, turkeys, etc. is successful. Everytime a pair of cats has a litter, they are in competition with the parents. Eventually they are forced out of the area by the parents and when there is no other recourse but to enter peopled aeas, that’s where they will be driven to hunt.
  Control is the answer to protect the cat and our children

• 8. Russ Long  |  February 14th, 2007 at 2:39 am

  There’s only one way to regulate cats and that is to put them on the hunting list just like all other game animals. Lets put ourselves back on top of the food chain.

• 9. MPJ tx  |  February 16th, 2007 at 9:44 pm

  That will probably never happen because california is the land of tree huggers full of people suffering from the Disney syndrome.

• 10. Mike Carter  |  February 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 am

  I attended a meeting several years ago where the California Director of wildlife resources was a guest speaker. He stated that Utah would soon be in the same boat as California relative to lions - if Utah did not wake up and smell the roses. His words were prophetic.

  He had just come from escorting a husband to the kill scene where a lion had killed the man’s wife and had partially eaten her - the husband was to identify the remains. The woman was jogging on a trail near LA. The husband sued the Division and the Director for not controlling the lions. Lion management was taken from the Director’s hands by way of proposition, but he was still held responsible.

  Happy hunting and may the Force be with you

  MuleDeerFanatic

• 11. Annie  |  February 23rd, 2007 at 9:29 pm

  I was just wondering if there was any more news articles on this man, like how he was doing now, a couple of weeks later? I’m assuming he is still recovering, but after that weekend, I didn’t hear or read anymore info. Thanks.

• 12. drew  |  March 7th, 2007 at 9:39 am

  im so sorry

• 13. Daniel Cook  |  March 30th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

  I finally moved out of Calif in late 2006. Part of the reason was because of all the liberal tree-hugging nuts that have taken over Calif. These same nut cases are the ones responsible for banning trapping and the hunting of cougar in Calif.. Since these bans went into effect there has been a huge increase in human attacks by lions and a drastitic decrease in upland game bird poulations due to the out of control populations of coyote (trapping ban). I would routinely see 3 or more skinny coyotes walking around in broad daylight while duck-hunting in the Calif delta region. I moved to Oregon and plan to kill as many cougar as I legally can in the coming years. I’m going bear hunting in a couple of days and will get a bear. Bears have destoyed up to 30% of the timber in certain areas of southern Oregon. Cougar hunting with dogs was banned by the liberal animal-lovers (baby-killers) in Oregon a few years ago. Now the cougar population has tripled and deer and elk herds are on the decline. Cougar kill an estimated 1 deer/elk/livestock animal week or nearly 500000 animals annually in Oregon.

• 14. larry peterson  |  May 5th, 2007 at 11:32 am

  I am an avid hunter from Kern County California. A couple of years ago I stopped on a remote ridge to take a break and glass around. As I turned to the direction I was coming from I almost had a coronary. Approximately 50 feet behind was a large cougar. I lifted my gun because I was sure it would attack. The cat looked at me for a couple seconds and ran off. If they are not afraid to track a large human with a gun then they are getting very comfortable with what they are doing. Regulations or not, if I ever see another one it’s going to get a bullet on sight. I never hunt alone anymore and I was a solo hunter in this state for over 20 years

• 15. John Scoggins  |  July 9th, 2007 at 12:20 am

  We do not camp,hike, or fish in STATE or FEDERAL PARKS because of firearm restrictions. The wife and I refuse to become victims of man or beast. We also do not care to tempt fate. Even survivors of bear, cougar, and now perhaps soon even wolf here in Idaho never look the same no matter the skill of plastic surgeons. We do enjoy trout fishing in remote areas, but are always in the company of Messr.s Marlin, Ruger, Smith and Wesson.

• 16. Mule Deer Fanatic »&hellip  |  August 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm

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