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Old 06-07-2019, 07:12 AM
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MudderChuck
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Good luck with your hunt, Cougars can be few and far between, where I come from they cover a lot of territory. One big Cat I knew of covered most of a hundred miles in the mountains around the valley I lived in. That is a hundred level miles, probably two hundred if you count the ups and downs. That Cat opened up one of my dogs' guts like somebody had used a box knife.
I'd do my due diligence even with an outfitter, in California big Cats are seriously protected, a ten day depredation permit is the only way to legally shoot one unless you catch them in the act. Laws and regulations change, they can be regional and not statewide, fines can be horrendous.
I tend to hunt animals that are classified as pests or harvest and avoid things like Bear and Cougar. I just don't need the aggravation, I stick with meat harvest, prolific predators, varmints or Hogs.
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