I can’t believe one of the last lines in this article.
“With the animals’ renewed presence in Wisconsin, the department is making an effort to learn more about them, including how to capture and put radio collars on them so they can be tracked”
I think they need to allow any hunter in the area to shoot on sight and not wait for a DNR authorized “sharpshooter” to kill it.
I agree with you Fred, what if its a kid out doing chores or hunting or fishing, then its too late. What about a prize animal, the excuse that thier insurance should pay for it doesen’t work with me. I’d like too see wild animals returned to the woods too, but for safetys sake not cougars that can kill someone. If it happened to one in my family they’d have a lawsuit pinned on them so quick it would make thier head spin. How come other states have a shoot on sight law, past attacks? I don’t care what the law says in this situation, if I see one, protected or not, I’m going to shoot to kill, ask a kid laying in the hospital with a few hundred stitches, only (morons) would have a protection law where theres alot of people living. They don’t have to place a bounty on them but everyone should be able to protect themselves on the spot.
Here is the last line… To report a cougar sighting in the area, contact the sheriff’s office at (608) 847-5649 or the DNR at 1-888-936-7563.
Wouldn’t be hard to find it…it would be laying where it was sighted. 
My kids are 12 and 10 and are in the woods with me come spring and fall. That is the last thing I need to worry about.
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Here is the last line… To report a cougar sighting in the area, contact the sheriff’s office at (608) 847-5649 or the DNR at 1-888-936-7563.
Wouldn’t be hard to find it…it would be laying where it was sighted.
I agree wholeheartedly! Don’t figure I’d be calling the DNR though. I don’t agree with shooting animals without a tag, but in the case of Cougars they have no place in this part of the country. S.S.S.
“Renewed Presence?” Cougars are not new to this part of the country, no matter what they’re trying to claim. And as for what “belongs” here, c’mon and get real. They’ve been here for decades and the risk of an attack is lower than getting pelted by a drunk driver.
That being said, however, I agree that we should have the right to dispose of any animal…..ANY ANIMAL….caught in a human attack. I see no point in giving them special protection because they’ve managed to remain among us as far back as the 60’s. They’re truly not inclined to seek out humans for food and extremely nocturnal and reclusive in general behavior. They’ll still be around, strongly undetected.
I see no need for bounties or eradication but there certainly is a need to get every animal huggin, child killin’ nutjob in office out of there. Killing encountered animals is not going to extinct the species nor will it completely remove their presence.
They are actually native to most of the United States and there’s really no need to panic. Just know that a handgun with good training is beneficial and if there’s even a chance to defend the encounter, always face the animal….they’re actually after the back of your neck, not the front.
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