If you've ever spent a day with a cougar guide and a pack of hounds, you'd be surprised just how many are out there and are never seen by people.
I worked on a cougar study in the 1980's. The researcher did a literature review of previous lion studies and talked to the researchers of those studies. They all told him what would happen:
--The public would be surprised how many cougars he caught.
--His own wildlife agency would be surprised by how many cougars he caught.
--The public would be all up in arms over all these cougars roaming around.
--In response, his agency would increase the cougar quotas.
And that is exactly what happened..........
Casey
