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There is no global warming...and the palestinians should move...maybe to afghanistan? :).

I also wonder why there are many laws against poaching or killing endangered animals ..or why there are seperate seasons and limits for duck, pheasant, deer, etc. if it wasn't a problem. I bet there would be nothing left...like so many endangered animals. I have often posted my story of this man I worked with whose father in law told him better come hunting with him and his regular group.... because they are going to get a cougar....bcause as he explained.."There aren't many of them left you know."

There are so few Cougars that they have to kill them to keep them under control? And when wolf or cougar or any other animals was in low number the hunting was stopped.

Your logic concerning seasons and poaching prove my point. We manage the situation, Hunting itself is not a problem as long as it is managed. And it is, sure some people break the law and hunt illegally. Should we take your car because some other people drive drunk?

Environmentalist are the ones you should be condemning, they are the ones who really hurt the environment and destroy lives in the process. Last I checked Man was still a member of Nature. And man is the only one trying to save others! Plenty of creatures died off long before we were any danger!

Ok...so tell me. Ever kill an animal just for the hell of it while hunting? LIke a squirrel....raccoon, rabbit, crow? See.....if I ask every poster in here who hunts that same question....do you think they will tell me the truth to verify how I feel? I don't think so. But for many years of working with and living around hunters..........they not only tell their stories to eachother.....they brag.

In responding, I guess I’m *amned for any answer I give. If you operate on the assumption that any hunter on FR will lie to you, why ask the question?

Based on my experience, both from hunters I know and what I read, your assumptions are false. If your’s is as you stated it in several posts, hunters killing wantonly for target practice, it may be the caliber of people you’ve worked with or lived around.

Seasons don’t exist because most hunters poach. They’re there to manage and protect game. Without wildlife management, you wouldn’t have wildlife to worry about, not due to sportsmen, but to commercial hunting. And without sportsmen you wouldn’t have wildlife management.

Your third hand cougar story is certainly suspect, but assuming he had a license, they weren’t very rare where he was hunting. Maybe you should change the story to something like “he said we’ll mount the head and throw the rest away”. Fit’s your agenda better. Fortunately cougar populations are advancing.