[RedBloodedAmerican]

I wonder if there is a limit on the number you can bag, or limit on the gun size you can hunt with.

[brewcrew]

It's about time we got something for the inordinate amount of taxes we pay in this God-forsaken state.

(just kidding, Nanna!)

[nevergore]

In a unrelated story from AP....

The number of Moo Shoo pork specials at local chinese resturaunts has skyrocketed....

NeverGore :^)

[CSM]

"La Crosse firefighter Mark Smith, 48, helped spearhead the cat-hunting proposal."

Is Mark Smith a former troll that was eaten by the Viking Kitties?

[geege]

Don't these people have anything else to worry about but shooting animals?????

[anniegetyourgun]

We must protect the Viking Kitties of FR!

[tiredoflaundry]

spay & neuter your animals!

[InvisibleChurch]

who pays for this (question mark)

[Tribune7]

ping

[Knute]

Cat, another white meat!

[XR7]

What?
Wisconsin Norwegians in an uproar?!!

Obligatory links.....

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The Cult of the Viking Kitties
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/883347/posts

[Atheist_Canadian_Conservative]

They want to trade cats for rats?

[sergeantdave]

This is an anti-hunting proposal. It will close off more private property to hunters.

What if a hunter unknowingly trespasses on private property and kills the family cat? One incident like that will see a hundred land owners in the county nail up "no trespassing" signs.

Plus there's children in the woods playing. This isn't November deer season where people are wearing hunter orange. The chances of stray bullets hitting a kid increases. And feral cats can hang around domestic structures. Bullets flying through the kitchen window isn't appealing to me.

I can see armed confrontations between private property owners and hunters tracking the family cat.

This stupid proposed legislation will result in more "no trespassing" signs. Hunters in Wisconsin already have a difficult time finding private land to hunt on. This will aggravate a bad situation and make it worse.

[Rhiannon]

Cat are naturally roaming and hunt many animals including birds. If songbirds can't fly away fast enough then they are dinner. My cat has been bombed by mocking birds for years and has yet to bag one. He does try. The only birds he gets are those use nest over my doorway.
Cats are especially useful in getting rid of mice, rats, and rabbits. Small vermin. They do not prey excessively against birds.

Cat also often take off their collars. My older cat gets rid of his collar in a day. I have given up trying to keep a collar on him.

Car

[dfwgator]

What's next, cat juggling?

[untrained skeptic]

I'm wondering why you should need a hunting permit to put down stray or feral cats?

If they are on your property and causing problems, you should have the right to shoot them.

I don't support the idea of a hunting license for cats, because I don't think you should be shooting cats on someone else's property, unless specifically asked to do so.

I also think that it it has a collar, or you know it's someone's pet, you shouldn't be shooting it. If someone's pet is causing you problems, but isn't an immediate danger, call animal control and let them deal with it.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I have taken to capturing free range cats in my backyard and taking them to the pound. They kill too many of the birds that use my feeders. I have a cat and a dog that stay inside unless I take them outside under supervision.

Neighborhood cats or dogs have no rights to crap in my yard or flower beds. Yet these cats do have owners.

The feral cats in this story should be hunted. I have had a few encounters with feral cats over the years that ended in their demise.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Every year in Wisconsin alone, an estimated 2 million wild cats kill 47 million to 139 million songbirds poop machines

Hmmm, suddenly I'm torn on this issue. OK, expand the season to cats and birds. And how about a dime reward for each Grackle taken down.

[Skooz]

My Feline Detection and Disposal Unit:

[Imaverygooddriver]

I don`t know if cats are good game for hunting but kittens make excellent bait for shark fishing.