While this is an opinion article, is anyone disputing the information contained in it? Best of luck with whatever direction you boys take but I would take a long hard look before I put my support behind sfw.....

interesting contribution to the thread. Seems 90% of dog fight problems originate from the handlers lack of ability, just sayin. Grit is what makes the difference when nothing else will.

You are probably right about the gritt when it comes to bear, but I would have to disagree with the 90% of ...

I am not saying the outfitters are above us pleasure hunters. What I am saying is, We pleasure hunt, we do not have to be in the mountains with our dogs. If you do not want your dogs in danger, stay out of the mountains with them. This is how the majority of the government will view it. The ...

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I'm sure a guy can find plenty of places to road or exercise dogs where the chances of running a bear are slim to none. Also, most guys don't take their buddy's to road dogs. Don't take a crime scene investigator to figure this one out.

That being said, aint no way I'm ever going to call a ...

First you must be able to read then you must have some general knowlege.
Anyone with a different point of view is socialist, marxist pigs thats hate filled.And the comment about 22in rims loud music etc was racist

So by your logic anyone with 22" rims and loud music is black? Who's stereotyping ...

[How can you claim to be such a religious man when reviewing your post you are oviously a racist .Is it just blacks or do you hate all races?

I know I'm a little slow but I did not read anywhere in his post where someones race was mentioned.

Please explain..... or just keep playing the race card ...

The sad truth is that every RAC member in every region could have voted against this and it still would have passed. The advisory councils only function is to gather feedback from the regions they represent and send their recomendations to the wildlife board. This gives all of us a false sence that ...

- 9 large management areas... each area made up of smaller units. Units used to set hunting permit numbers for entire area....After setting permit numbers for units they add them all together and that is the permit numbers for the entire area. Hunting continues on all units until total number of ...

After reading all this crap I have no desire to listen to any "Radio Show" that might be done on this subject. Seems to me that anyone that has a differing opinion from this guy is insulted by him. This is a forum for people to express their opinions, no matter how ignorant they may be. Don't think ...

The only thing that cats are dying of out here is lead poisoning...

You're right on the money tod. It's easy to blame others or outfitters but as you seem to know the problem goes across the board and the pleasure hunters or newbies are as big a problem as any guides I know.

"Pleasure hunters" as big a problem (killing females) as any guide?

What your smoking ...

you ought to come meet me in the middle of the state and go hunting instead of being a dick all the time on my posts. I could show you some areas that still have a few cats left. or you can continue to catch your 5 lions a year and whine about it all year your choice bud. I'm nothing like the ...

I am well on the way to catchin my 30 for the year and I don't think I have treed the same cat twice. I work full time and have 3 kids. have you ever thought of venturing out from under your rock and looking for a better place to cut roads or walk canyons? sounds like you don't have the drive it ...

catdogs wrote:So, how to you tell whether you are in a source, sink or stable population since lion numbers are very difficult to determine?

Well, you know you have entered a sink area when you just passed a sign that read "Welcome to Utah....Life Elevated"

M Evertsen, 15 catches a year is an unrealistic number for our part of the state. If a guy caught 5 he would be doing damn good. And I'm not talking about catching one lion and jumping him 4 times. Most of the guys I know and talk too have only caught 1 or 2 cats this year.

Houndnem, Glad to hear ...