[SmithL]

[X-FID]

Why does he say he didn’t use a high powered rifle and why does that even matter? I would have used my Marlin 1895ss and bragged about it, but the girly men are prevelant right now I see.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Given Newsome’s personal life, I think he would shut up about what others do.

[srweaver]

Nice looking cougar!

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

He should shoot and eat the cat that mauled Roy of Seigfried and Roy.

[Gene Eric]

No mention of Richards’ political affiliation. At least I didn’t notice one.

[oldenuff2no]

I know that not a single one of these morons have ever seen what a full grown mountain lion does to a deer or elk. They want to act like these cats are some god like creature. They are more like land based sharks. They breed, kill, and kill again. In some areas they have already killed half of the deer and elk herds. This is about the management of a game animal by the Idaho fish and game by issuing a set number of tags every year. The hunters who use those tags are nothing more than tools of the state used to keep the population of lions in check.
This ban on hunting lions in Kalifornia is not based on science it is based on the total BS perception of the city folks. If you let the biologists at the DFG make the decision there would be tags issued for lions in this state as well. Not being able to manage the top predator in the food change is not good science at all. It is a sham. The truth of the matter is that the ranchers manage the cats very well. That is where the SSS rule came into play. Shoot Shovel and Shut up.

[crazyhorse691]

Oops...you have to have a tag to kill a cougar?

[org.whodat]

So the a hole thinks he is above the law, put his a** in jail.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

a mountain lion he shot, killed and ate

Ate?

[Myrddin]

That's the kind of big kitties that are common in the mountains south of Pocatello. It's why I never hike there without my .44 Mag. They come into town hunting pets in backyards. No problem with having the population reduced. They are legal to hunt in Idaho. Not sure how good they are from an eating perspective. The girly politicians from CA need to shut up and mind their own business.

[DemforBush]

I don’t have a problem with the guy here. He took the cat in Idaho, where the hunting of cougars is perfectly legal. That his home state bans it has no bearing, or should have no bearing, whatsoever on what the guy legally did in another state.

[tanuki]

I often hike the Los Gatos trail here in the SF Bay Area. All over, there are signs warning against mountain lions. If one of the cuddly things one day makes a dinner of me or someone else, will it have to answer to Gavin Newsom, et al?

[DoughtyOne]

California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel Richards said Tuesday that there is "zero chance" he will resign over a photograph showing him grinning as he holds up the body of a mountain lion he shot, killed and ate in Idaho recently.

And yet, try taking a fish without a license in Californa, and watch this guy and his ilk string you up from the nearest tree.

I hope they seriously screw this guy over. What goes around, comes around butt-wipe.

[hattend]

First I have heard the mountain lion is good eatin’.

Does it taste like chicken?

[Disambiguator]

California has banned the hunting of mountain lions since 1972

If I remember correctly, the voters of California banned mountain lion hunting by referendum in 1992. They also passed a motorcycle helmet law in 1990, and extended the two week waiting period to long guns within the same time frame.

Seeing the writing on the wall, I moved away shortly thereafter (1994).

[highnoon]

I only have one question. Which way did he skin his cat?

[dalereed]

There used to be a bounty on them in California!

A friend of mine paid his way through college shooting cats for the bounty, $90 for a male, $110 for a female.

That was in the 50s when a dollar was worth something.

[N. Theknow]

Cougar killing !?!??!

Margo Sullivan is dead?

[DainBramage]

The last cougar I ate drove off in a Mercedez. I dont shoot like I used to.....