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Ridge Runner Post subject: Bounty on Lions in NevadaPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:55 am



Assemblymen Gerald Claiborn is now proposing a $500 bounty for anyone that brings in a lion to the Dept. of Wildlife and doing away with all harvest objectives.

Last year he proposed delisting the lion from the big game list and anyone could shoot one on site with NO regulations.

His reason for getting rid of the Mtn lion in NV is greed for higher deer and sheep numbers. He and his supporters cant seem to understand that predator populations follow that of their prey and that with several million acres of burned winter range, and competition with ferral horses, NV can only support a certain number of critters.

Next meeting date is Feb 7th in Reno to stop this agenda. If this goes through we will get sued by the enviromental groups and the next thing you know we will end up like CA and wont even be able to hunt the great cats in our State!



Just found this over in another section figured it may get seen more here.

Ridge, hope you dont mind that i moved it.

CAL

yeah Cal, I too have been tracking this trying to do what ever I can to stop it.I'm taking time off work to go to Reno for their meeting to put in my .02. I think we need to create another houndsmen club here in Nv to help fight these battles.It worked in other states why not here?

Good luck to you fellas...This would be tragic. Let us (Oregon Houndsmen) know if we can help.

Don

Thanks Don we may need it. I just sent out a mass email as to the demand for a houndsmen association. We'll see how many guys are willing to step up and be a part of it. It wont ever stop we may as well stay on top of things before we end up like you guys.
Riley

Well, we are working on it, hopefully we can get something rolling quick.

The big thing we need to do is get a first meeting set up and see who attends, then work from there. A non-profit charter from the state is just about required, other than that its a matter of coming up with a common goal and working together to achieve it. One problem we will face is money. With none to start, it makes it very difficult to get going. People will definately have to step up and throw in some dough for the general cause.

Later,

Marcial