Don't take a nice Bull Elk and take on the back strap and leave the rest.
Hunting over a feeder? That's just plain wrong.
That is correct. According to the Wyoming Game and Fish a mountain lion is not a big game animal.But I guess you don't consider a Mt Lion to be a Big Game animal?
Keep in mind that very few public "hunting" lands are designated ONLY for hunting. In multi-use areas, those horseback riders have just as much right to be there as you do, whether you think they "ought" to be there or not. Just because you happen to be the in the same areas as someone else utilizing the area doesn't mean they are "illegally interferring with your hunting" unless they are expressly prohibited from being there. Thats the thing about "public" land....the "public" can use it any way they see fit so long as they comply with the law....and last I checked, there'd be very few situations where shooting the horse out from under someone...because they annoyed you...would be justified, and there mere suggestion is far from being high road. If you don't like the challenges that come with hunting public land, don't do iot, but don't presume you have some sort of exclusive right to be there just because you happen to be hunting. When you have the deed in your hand, you can decide who can come and go, and when. Until that point, public land is there for the general public to use, and not everyone will "use" it like you think they OUGHT to use it. While I know regulations vary from place to place, what I said seems to be accurate for your home state http://www.eregulations.com/maryland/hunting/public-hunting-lands/ Reading that, I see nothing that says public hunting land is soley for use by hunters, and not the general public. Threatening to shoot the horse out from under someone...who has just as much right to be there as you do...whether you agree with it or not...is just silly talk, and paints a poor picture of all hunters, even those of us who would never dream of saying such a thing, let alone posting it on the internet for all to see. Thanks for tainting public perception of hunters and hunting. Threatening to kill what is by all measures a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things just isnt what I want to be about...or want the public thinking I'm about.....next time, think of the impression your words leave on people. Arrogance and ignorance won't get one far in life. The fact you are a POLICE OFFICER advocating such activity, well........just wow. And people wonder where the negative public perception of law enforcement comes from. You know what they say about one apple and all......Public Hunting Lands are Public Hunting lands. I don't give a rat's scrotum that you own a few acres nearby and a horse, and you want to go riding on the access trail on the public HUNTING land that's oooh so pretty, during hunting season, as you jingle jangle jingle and yackety yack with your BFF on her horse, without wearing blaze orange and illegally interfere with my hunting. It would serve such a person right if I dropped the horse out from under them, BUT..., that noble animal that you are endangering is smarter than you, lady, and it's not the horses fault you are a horses backside.
Some friend.....I would be hard pressed to ask anyone for help in locating a big game animal I had wounmded, unless it was a last resort. If I did end up asking someone for help (hasn't happened yet), it would be because i was desperate to recover a wounded animal, rather than let him go to waste. Most of my friends...the hunters among them at the very least, would realize the seriousness of the situation, and nearly all would lend a hand if they were able....regardless if they had "better things to be doing", like their own hunting. Like I said, I wouldn't typically ask, but if I did so, it would be out of sheer need, and true friends tend to typically step up to the plate in such times. If your friends cant count on your help unless its convenient for you....well, in my view, you're not much of a friend. Losing an animal is never fun. ASking your buddy to help you try to prevent such a loss....when he'd rather be hunting himself.... isn't fun either, but beats letting an animal die a slow miserable death, and both parties involved SHOULD recognize that factDon't call me at 10 p.m. to come and help you track the deer you hit at 50 yards with an arrow, in the last moments of the sun going down at 6 p.m., and the blood trail peeter'd out...., as far as you can tell..., and don't expect met to be out there the next morning to help you either..., I have my own hunting to do.
Then don't do it. No one is forcing you to. You can hunt buck naked with a flint point spear for all I care as long as you are ethical and legal under the laws of the state in which you live. In CO it is perfectly legal to hunt Mtn Lion with dogs. And shooting a dog that is not activly chasing game or interfearing with your hunt is just pure BS in my estimation.Using dogs to hunt is pure BS in my estimation!