Quote Originally Posted by TFX View Post
Whoa! Just a minute here. Just because the guy works for Fish & Game does not mean he has to believe the laws are good or right, or uphold the current laws of his home state when he is elsewhere. That is like saying if I worked for the state that I have to believe the laws against dogfighting are good and correct. I don't believe that, I don't have to believe that, and the government has no right to tell me what to believe, even if they are my employer. Furthermore, if I want to go somewhere like the Balkans and match a dog and its is completely legal there, I am in no way obligated to uphold California state law unless I choose to.
In fact, because this fellow is an expert in the field of wildlife conservation, he likely realizes the insanity of the illegality of hunting mountain lions in California. They continue to endanger the well being of other wildlife, the livestock of those of us who live rural, and because of an exploding population of these cats due to the lack of a legal hunt, they are now turning up all over in populated areas too and have even attacked people.

I personally don't give a damn what the law is. I have had them come out of my creek and up into my pastures, luckily for them it when I was not home both times. If I see one on my place; which threatens my dogs, other livestock, and my kids, it is shoot-shovel-and shutup around here. A legal hunt of cats would keep the population in check. And hunting cats is not necessarily for trophy only. Lots of people swear the backstrap and other meat is delicious eating.
I agree with this. Those that work for the Fish and Game dept. are not necessarily anti hunting. They are for the legal/controlled taking of game. But this doesn't mean they have to be tree huggers. I dont like to see the big cats or other large predators hunted as trophy's but in cases where human lives are at stake I don't think its unreasonable to control the population.
I have tried lion meat though but I wouldn't call it delicious. lol.