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Now I know why my kids aren't getting any whitetails, just reviewed security camera footage of a very large cougar on my driveway last night. I can handle the $1000 fine, don't know if I want to do 90 days but willing to risk getting the DNR to believe that I felt threatened for my life and even if they only partially believe me, maybe I can get probation. I won't allow a cougar on my property.

Cougars are protected even if they are eating livestock, they have to be eating people.

Originally posted by Cowpoker
Cougars are protected even if they are eating livestock, they have to be eating people.

a few beers makes cougars more tolerable, or so i've heard

Cougar steaks anyone?

Not to sound morbid here but I'm in the middle of nowhere, there are so many places to bury a body, unless the thing has an implanted tracker, I'd have to be very sloppy to get caught like posting pictures on the internet sloppy.

That being said, I would want the thing stuffed and in my living room...

Originally posted by gruppo
a few beers makes cougars more tolerable, or so i've heard

I knew I should have said mountain lion but you've got to throw one over the plate once in a while.

Originally posted by Cowpoker
Now I know why my kids aren't getting any whitetails, just reviewed security camera footage of a very large cougar on my driveway last night. I can handle the $1000 fine, don't know if I want to do 90 days but willing to risk getting the DNR to believe that I felt threatened for my life and even if they only partially believe me, maybe I can get probation. I won't allow a cougar on my property.

So both incapable of calling local conservation agent to trap/tranq and relocate or doing so yourself. Gotcha. Ya know, cover my expenses and I'll track and tranq/trap it for ya. I got time.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
So both incapable of calling local conservation agent to trap/tranq and relocate or doing so yourself. Gotcha. Ya know, cover my expenses and I'll track and tranq/trap it for ya. I got time.

If your expenses are more than $2, 30-06 bullet is cheaper. They don't belong in this area. It is illegal to trap and relocate a wild animal and the DNR will do nothing but observe it. They will trap the occasional stray black bear but they rarely do anything about relocation.

Would cost you more than 2$ for me. And will also cost you more than 2$ if you get caught. Your life, your call.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
Would cost you more than 2$ for me. And will also cost you more than 2$ if you get caught. Your life, your call.

I'd pay a grand to remove it from the local environment, probably another 2 for lawyers to keep me out of jail on the .0000001% chance I'd get caught.

It ain't my first rodeo

Plus it was about to attack me

Kinda surprised that your local conservation people are a no-show in situations like this. Here we have a capture and relocate program but that doesn't mean we won't kill if necessary such as livestock or human damage/threat. I work with the local CA's plenty and even though there are several (livestock) farms not all that far away I have both a fox and coyote den on my property and have seen the kits and pups now and then when observing them. Plenty of deer and turkey too. If I really needed meat, I'd hunt one (probably with a bow for a more fair challenge) but I'm doing fine. Heck, the fox doesn't even run away when I talk to her. I haven't seen the male yet... he's more shy. As for bears (yup... seen them), bobcats (them too), and cougars (uh huh) the only issue we've had is educating a new neighbor about trash practices as they had placed their trash out by the road days before the pickup schedule and that's what attracted the bears to their house. If you're gonna live with the critters then you'd better know things or head back to the city.

Originally posted by Theo Wizzago
Kinda surprised that your local conservation people are a no-show in situations like this. Here we have a capture and relocate program but that doesn't mean we won't kill if necessary such as livestock or human damage/threat. I work with the local CA's plenty and even though there are several (livestock) farms not all that far away I have both a fox and coyote den on my property and have seen the kits and pups now and then when observing them. Plenty of deer and turkey too. If I really needed meat, I'd hunt one (probably with a bow for a more fair challenge) but I'm doing fine. Heck, the fox doesn't even run away when I talk to her. I haven't seen the male yet... he's more shy. As for bears (yup... seen them), bobcats (them too), and cougars (uh huh) the only issue we've had is educating a new neighbor about trash practices as they had placed their trash out by the road days before the pickup schedule and that's what attracted the bears to their house. If you're gonna live with the critters then you'd better know things or head back to the city.

Odd that your fox and coyote coexist. The coyote and coywolves have eliminated most of our fox population.

Local conservation efforts generally include 150-180 grain

It's been a crazy year around here Wizz, the exploded coyote population has been a problem for a decade now, more and more cougars and black bears, wolves are a problem, last weekend a deer hunter was recovering a buck by a farm pond and discovered a 3' alligator. He called the DNR, they told him to shoot it so he did. Someone hit an elk with a car in southern MN over the weekend.

Is it Trump? Covid?

Guessing the gator was a released pet, we do get the occasional bear, moose, elk, cougar but it went from the rare sighting every 4-5 years to almost monthly sightings.