With mountain lions attacking hunters in Nebraska, it’s no surprise that they’ve moved east of the Mississippi into Illinois, and now there is some trail camera proof. According to Outdoor Hub, there have only been four confirmed cougar sightings in Illinois since 1870. And the latest came on October 28. Hunter Mark Cobb of Sherman [...]
Mountain Lion Hunting
Nebraska Hunter Justified in Killing Mountain Lion
The letter of the law allows hunters in Nebraska to kill mountain lions if it “stalks, attacks, or shows unprovoked aggression toward such person or another person,” or if it is in the act of preying on livestock. And that sign of aggression was exactly what happened to a hunter in Nebraska. The unidentified hunter was [...]
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California Department of Fish and Game Changes Its Name. Are They Giving Up on Hunting?
It’s been a rough year for hunters in California. It started with the controversy surrounding former President of the California Fish and Game Commission, Dan Richards, and his legal Idaho mountain lion hunt. Photos of him with the cat on Facebook was all that the animal rights groups needed to call for his job. Richards [...]
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Record Year for Mountain Lion Deaths in South Dakota
On Sunday, August 12, South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks killed a mountain lion in Spearfish, S.D. It was the 96th confirmed mountain lion death this year, which is already more than 2011. According to the Rapid City Journal, they are on pace to euthanize between 115 and 120 cats this year. That number was [...]
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The GoHUNTn Line–The Best Trophies and Hunting News: Hunter Numbers Grow, Bears Drinking Beer, and More!
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoHUNTn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoHUNTn updates from the past week: Hunter Participation Up For First Time in Decades – Our sports are getting more and more important! Bears Rip Down Cabin Wall and Pound 100-Plus Beers in Norway – This sounds like [...]
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President of California Fish and Game Commission Loses Post over Mountain Lion Hunt
I certainly thought this story was over, but it looks like Dan Richards could not fend off the anti-hunters in the end, and he has been stripped of his title as President of the California Fish and Game Commission. The hubbub began when Richards went on a legal mountain lion hunt in Idaho. After the [...]
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National Parks Service Excited About Mountain Lion Cub Births in California
We’re not so sure that Californians are going to be excited, but the National Parks Service is thrilled about a pair of mountain lion cubs that have been born in the Santa Monica Mountains near Thousand Oaks, California. “The fact that successful reproduction is occurring in the mountains indicates that we have high-quality habitat for [...]
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The GoHUNTn Line–The Best Trophies and Hunting News: 19-Year-Old Poacher Banned from Hunting, Record Croc and More!
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoHUNTn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoHUNTn updates from the past few weeks: 19-Year-Old Game Law Violator Could be First to Face Wyoming’s New Lifetime Ban – Does he deserve it? Massive Philippines Crocodile Sets Guinness Record – The biggest croc in captivity USA [...]
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Coyote vs. Mountain Lion
You wouldn’t think that a coyote would be able to scare off a mountain lion, but that’s just what happened in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in southern California. Robert Meyer was hiking in the Orange County park when he captured this video. The park had just reopened after a 2-year-old mountain lion was spotted on July [...]
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Trail Cam Proof: Are Cougars Living in Michigan?
A cougar siting isn’t unheard of in Michigan, but officials now believe that these roaming mountain lions are setting up their homes in the Wolverine State. According to the Outdoor Hub, there have been so many cougar sitings over a long period of time, that the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy has determined that not only are [...]
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