Comments on: Kansas Cougar: First in 100+ Years!

By: nytedrgn

nytedrgn — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:39:00 +0000

Wow this guy is an idiot….I hunt and fish because over population of any species is a bad thing(look at the human race, our over population is killing everything). I would have retrieved my rifle but I wouldn’t have shot it unless it was an actual threat not perceived threat. And I sure as hell would have reported it if I was defending myself as I’m sure most intelligent people would.

Situations like this are why I have a digital camera and am looking into a scope camera that allows one to capture a digital image of what is seen through your rifle scope.

oh and if you want to think I’m a heartless killer because I hunt…ask me about the 12 point buck I saw within 15 feet of my stand and didn’t even touch my gun because it was too beautiful to shoot. lol

By: John A. Lutz

John A. Lutz — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:28:18 +0000

What a shame an actual wild puma had to be killed just to prove it exists….yet that is the position game & wildlife officials put hunters & residents in across the eastern states, when such a lion is seen & reported.
State officials refuse to believe unless a carcass is produce, then charges will be brought upon U for killing this “non-existant animal: Its a catch-22 situation & is why we are convinced east coast wildlife officials already know WILD cougars continue to survive in their states.
LONG LIVE THE WILD EASTERN MOUNTAIN LION!
Since 1965, proof of cougars or mountain lions have been CONFIRMED in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachucetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia & Wisconsin.
That makes 21 of the 26 east of the Mississippi River sttaes now has DOCUMENTED proof of big cats known as cougars, mountain lions, pumas or panthers. Yet NOT 1 state offciial will come out & state those facts publicly.

By: crgintx

crgintx — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:40:55 +0000

Everyone thinks that cougars are some shy retiring creatures which is total bunk. There’s been no less than 3 folks (two were children) killed and partially eaten by cougars in the last 20 years that I can remember. Bears are worse. I’ve found cougar tracks right next to park trails here in Texas because they intend on eating your child, you dog or you. Cougars are some of the stealthiest of all big cats, They can kill prey 3x times there size. The kind of prey that have sharp, pointed antlers to defend themselves with. The guy that shot the cougar got lucky because if he saw the cougar, I’m damn sure the cougar saw him first and was likely stalking him. A lone hunter without a dog or dogs is a serious disadvantage against a cougar in the wilds. We’ve had several dogs killed recently by a cougar in the Lost Pines Forest east of Austin. Even with dogs, they haven’t caught it yet.

By: Incorrigible1

Incorrigible1 — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:44:43 +0000

I’m fairly amazed no one has dredged up the common urban legend that the state’s Game/Parks department is “transplanting” cougars into an area “because of the deer overpopulation.”

Here in Nebraska, the same fantastic tale has been spread far and wide. I’ve heard the same claptrap from every state into which the cougar has expanded its range.

I dearly desire to observe a cougar in the wild, and just might have the opportunity. I’ve already decided that if/when that sighting occurs, I’ll just keep it to myself.

By: dryfly6

dryfly6 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:21:38 +0000

Well I feel It is sad a lion had to die in an illegal way. However you must remember that if animals were not taken for science we would not know anything about them. I live in Arizona and we have lions walking in the communities all the time. In fact in some places you can shoot one a day, 365 days a year. Lions are common here. They have to get a territory as an adult to breed, so it would make sense that animals travel to areas that have a no or low population. I’m tired of the skeptics on cryptid. Even the ones that believe still act like they want a “body” to prove anything is possible. I’m an active hunter and had a bigfoot encounter in the past. I believe!

As far as Game and Fish Agencies go, I have found that places like Florida and Kansas will not admit to Animals like lions and “black cats” because of the politics and money. Ranchers do not want lions and the state will not admit they are there. This makes the state have to pay for the killed cattle if lions are know. Also U.S. Fish and Wildlife will remove funds if species are in an area of a state that they do not aprove of being in that state. It a tangled mess anyway you look at it.

By: Spinach Village

Spinach Village — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:15:14 +0000

I would love to hear a stat stating how many mountain lions are registered as pets in the US…That is hilarious.. whatever the number great or small its funny how a journalist researches his or her story; gathers the same quotes from whatever data base they use and repeats them again…

“DNA testing will be done to see if it came from wild or domestic stock.” I have my doubts about this quote…

If they see dna that is presumably closer related to to the pumas in south America then they will probably say its a pet…

But if the DNA shows less of whatever markers that they are looking for then…. it would be unconfirmable IMO
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for hunters that have that weird “no regard for other lifeforms trying to making a living” attitude and logic, I wish that Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny were real and twisted up there guns wherever they went

By: chrisandclauida2

chrisandclauida2 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:38:30 +0000

i want to place some ooomph to what squatch-toba said;

it is something that extremists need to understand. hunters and sportsman are solely responsible for many species still being on the face of the earth. there is no greater steward of his environment than a sportsman. most of the recovering and endangered species on the dark continent are only there because sportsman and hunters started initiatives that have maintained these species above extinction.

poachers are criminals who need to be lawfully prosecuted. but 20 years? you dont get that for most forms of murder sex crimes or property crimes.

there are laws on the books so allow the people of this state use them and move on.

By: squatch-toba

squatch-toba — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:14 +0000

Don’t be calling this guy a “hunter”. He is a criminal. Hunters are, for the VAST majority, law abiding people who are also nature lovers and conservationists. The cougar did not attack this guy. He just shot it because he was able to. Hope the powers that be fine him big time. Maybe a few months in the big-house would be in order too!!

By: plant girl

plant girl — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:44:21 +0000

Sunny… I agree this is no way for future generations to see any animal.

On the floor as a rug.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:58:06 +0000

BTW—

In no way shape or form do I condone the killing of the animal.

I just think there’s such a thing as “overpunishment.”

Fine—okay; some jail time—okay; but 20 years is overkill, to say the least.