Under the new rules, the state’s cougar hunting season would run from Sept. 1 to March 31 each year, and harvest would be capped in each individual unit based on population growth.

The hound-hunting ban was passed “presumably to protect cougars,” Wielgus says. But it appears to be doing exactly the opposite, and people – and cougars – are paying the price.

This story, “Last of the Mountain Men,” originally ran in the May 1948 issue of Outdoor Life. Ben Lilly, a legendary hunter and houndsman of the American West, was born in Alabama in 1856 and ...

A recent change allows more trophy hunting of Washington’s black bear and cougar. Conservationists warn it’s harming the ecosystem. | Opinion ...

This is a big win for cougars and all of us who love these magnificent animals.” The new rules reverse previous expansions of cougar hunting that kept cougar mortality above levels recommended by ...

A recent change allows more trophy hunting of Washington’s black bear and cougar. Conservationists warn it’s harming the ecosystem. | Opinion ...

Center for Biological Diversity: OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted 7-2 to approve a petition to protect cougars and bears through amended state hunting rules. As a ...

On Dec. 15, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 7-2 to begin rulemaking on cougar and bear hunting at the behest of special interest groups whose primary aim is to dismantle hunting ...

The main takeaway from California’s cougar experience is this: Cougar hunting isn’t wildlife management; it’s hunter management. There’s not a shred of evidence that killing cougars ...

That’s the balance of nature.” He went on to claim that without hunting, cougars overpopulate, exhaust natural prey, then turn to domestic animals. All incorrect. I’m a lifelong hunter.