ORIGINAL: Gunwalkr

You know, the thing that really ticks me off about all these folks seeing these cougars is the fact that all of them say that if these animals weren't protected they would bag one and that would prove their existance! Well PLEASE, PLEASE bag one!!!!! Don't have any pictures taken with it or anything! Just drop it off along a busy road and walk away. Let someone else find it! That way you could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they truly exist, and keep you out of trouble (unless you get caught moving it).
Believe me, I'm a very honest sportsman, and won't kill over my limit on any game, or hunt past legal hours, or hunt over bait, etc.! But as far as I'm concerned IF there are big cats here they are not WILD animals, they are pets that were released or escaped! And that, in my eyes, places them in the catagory of invasive species and should be dispatched with great prejudice!
I get a huge kick out of these folks who say it would be neat to have cougars re-introduced into our commonwealth. The 'yotes are gobbling up our pets on the outskirts of towns all across the state, and they feel things would be better with cougars?