Remember the feds who spread lynx hair around the woods after collecting it from the zoo in order to fatten up their trough and make more jobs? Not a thing was done to punish those federal employees who ruined peoples property rights and committed fraud. I bet they got a promotion for being creative!
.30-30 lever action is a good choice for someone who is new to guns. enough UUMPH and easy to shoot. It is a good idea to also get a .22 that is similar for cheap practice.
A used one of either is ok, the darn things don't wear out!
The DNR will admit a cougar problem as soon as and only as "funding" for cougar management is extorted and added to their budget. It's the way Wisconsin Government works.
Sure. Environmental 'politics' adds huge costs to the business of doing business no matter whether you're a corporation operating a interstate gas pipeline, a real estate developer, a dairy farmer or the DNR. My point was that so long as the cougar isn't 'officially' recognized in Wisconsin, then everyone is better off.
All of that aside, it was really cool seeing that big cat. Travelling at night in WI, when you see something rather large and tannish brown, the first thing you think is 'deer'. Remember those ViewMaster kids' toys? Seeing the thing (cat) & trying to identify it was like looking thru a ViewMaster & clicking to find the correct 'template'. 'Deer' didn't fit, so the next 'click' of the slide was 'Big Brown Dog' and that didn't fit, either. Third 'click' came up & it fit. I remember blurting out, 'It's a c-c-cat!'
I remember the lynx hair hoax/ conspiracy. So far as I recall (and what I recall really pissing me off), was that the perps were never publicly identified.
A refresher (from Washington Times): The previously unreported Forest Service investigation found that the science of the habitat study had been skewed by seven government officials: three Forest Service employees, two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials and two employees of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.