#MALE MOUNTAIN LION FREE#

Ensure proof of sex is left attached to the pelt. Contact a WDFW office to set up an appointment to have the pelt sealed. Mandatory reporting and hide-sealing requirementsДЄll successful cougar hunters must report cougar harvest to the cougar hotlines at 86 within 72 hours (state holidays are not counted as part of the 72 hours) and must have the pelt sealed within five days of notification. The use of dogs for recreational harvest of cougar is prohibited statewide. Hunters may use any legal weapon for hunting cougar. However, smaller kittens may not be visible to hunters so please observe and be patient before shooting. Since cougars are solitary, observing multiple tracks suggests a female with offspring. It is unlawful to kill or possess spotted cougar kittens (usually <80 lbs ) or adult cougars accompanied by spotted kittens. The hotline and website will be updated weekly beginning Jan.

#MALE MOUNTAIN LION FREE#

Cougar hunters can verify if the season is open or closed by calling the toll free cougar hunting hotline (86)В or visiting the department's website. It is each cougar hunterвЂ™s responsibility to verify if the cougar late hunting season is open or closed in hunt areas with a harvest guideline.

1, hunters may hunt cougar until the hunt area harvest guideline has been reached, or April 30, whichever occurs first.ДЄll cougars killed by licensed hunters during the early and late hunting seasons, and seasons authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Commission shall be counted toward the harvest guideline. In hunt areas with a harvest guideline, the cougar late hunting season may close on or after January 1 in one or more GMUs if cougar harvest meets or exceeds the guideline. 30 or when the harvest guideline is reached, whichever occurs first Harvest guideline system WDFW is currently conducting the Washington Predator-Prey Project that looks at the impact of wolf recovery on other species like cougars, deer, and elk. Often female progeny will establish a territory adjacent to mother, while virtually all males disperse considerable distances from the natal area.Д¬ougar's range often overlaps with other predators like wolves and bobcats. Female home ranges are about half that of males and there in considerable overlap in female home ranges. Adult male cougarsвЂ™ home ranges will often overlap those of three or four females. Adult male cougars roam widely, covering a home range of 50 to 150 square miles, depending on the age of the cougar, the time of year, type of terrain, and availability of prey. Cougars use steep canyons, rock outcroppings and boulders, or vegetation - such as dense brush and forests - to remain hidden while hunting. Geographic rangeД¬ougars occur throughout Washington where suitable cover and prey are found. For additional information, see this cougar brochure. Cougar kittens are spotted until they are 4-5 months old, after that, barring patterns may remain up to 14 months of age. Cougars vary in color from reddish-brown to tawny (deerlike) to gray, with a black tip on their long tail. Adult female cougars rarely exceed 110 pounds. Adult males stand about 30 inches tall at the shoulder. Adult males average approximately 140 pounds but in rare cases may weigh 180 pounds and measure 7-8 feet long from nose to tip of tail. Over a dozen of the verified sightings were in the past nine months and there were three mountain lions in Kansas over the winter.Cougars are the largest members of the cat family in Washington. This is the 37th verified mountain lion spotted in Kansas since 2007, he said. In the last week, there have been a few other reports around the Wichita area of possible sightings, including one report where it ended up being a domestic cat and another where a man in Mulvane thought he saw one in a tree Wednesday morning, he said. The Andover Police Department posted the video on its Facebook page. The mountain lion was caught on camera in an eastern Wichita neighborhood thatвЂ™s southwest of Andover. The Ring owner did not return a call from The Eagle, but Peek said he verified TuesdayвЂ™s video with the owner. Somebody looks out their window at the right time of night and it would have been walking right in front of their house.вЂќ ItвЂ™s a little bit surprising that people havenвЂ™t gotten a better look at it. вЂњItвЂ™s also surprising that in this case itвЂ™s walking вЂ¦ right along in front of a bunch of houses at a time of night thatвЂ™s late but there would still be a lot of people active at that time of night and much more so than the last (sighting) at 4 a.m. вЂњTo me thatвЂ™s the interesting thing here, and may be an indication of how elusive they are capable of,вЂќ he said.

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