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Vindication for DrafterX, 11 year Old Girl Shooter
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Gene363 Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 11:42 AM EST
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It wasn't an illegal housebreaker but hey, an 11-year-old girl shot and killed a cougar

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An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home at Twisp, in north central Washington.

State Fish and Wildlife Officer Cal Treser says the female cougar killed last week was about 4 years old and very skinny at about 50 pounds -- half of what it should weigh.

Treser says the teens' father, Tom White, had chased the cougar away from their calves twice on Feb. 19. The next day his son went out to feed the dogs and was returning to a basement door when he spotted the cougar following him.

His daughter had a tag to hunt cougars and shot the animal.


http://www.kptv.com/story/24833136/11-year-old-girl-kills-cougar-that-was-following-her-brother
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:00 PM EST
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I wonder if she'll mount it... Think
Buckwheat Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:20 PM EST
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Grace under pressure! Cool kid!
DrMaddVibe Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:23 PM EST
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Yea...let's all hunt down endangered animals!!!!
Buckwheat Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:33 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
Yea...let's all hunt down endangered animals!!!!


Better than the Cougar killing the 14 year old boy. I don't think that the girl was hunting the cougar for sport even though she had a tag for it.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:35 PM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
Better than the Cougar killing the 14 year old boy. I don't think that the girl was hunting the cougar for sport even though she had a tag for it.



They didn't need to kill it. Read the story again. The kid was at the door. Please.
frozenphoenix1 Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:40 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
They didn't need to kill it. Read the story again. The kid was at the door. Please.


Right, but if the animal was undersized and being a nuisance around the residence, it was probably going to suffer longer or end up harming a family member or other animals if it was not dispatched.
Buckwheat Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:43 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
They didn't need to kill it. Read the story again. The kid was at the door. Please.


I did. It says that they first tried to chase the cougar away. Big cats can F-U up if given the chance. Particularly one that is half starved as it appears this one was. I agree that they shouldn't be hunted for sport. I think that is just sick. fog
DrMaddVibe Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:43 PM EST
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frozenphoenix1 wrote:
Right, but if the animal was undersized and being a nuisance around the residence, it was probably going to suffer longer or end up harming a family member or other animals if it was not dispatched.



They have agencies devoted to rescue of these animals and there are wildlife sanctuaries that they can be rehabbed and put back into the wild or reside.

Just sayin'...here we have an endangered species and we're going to justify killing them into extinction when there is a right way to deal with it.
tailgater Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 12:45 PM EST
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Man, when I was 14 what I wouldn't have given to be mauled by a cougar...
HockeyDad Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 1:04 PM EST
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It was prolly a Mexican cougar.
BuckyB93 Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 1:11 PM EST
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I didn’t know that 40-something hotties are on the endangered species list. Also, where are these cougar sanctuaries and how do I get a weekend pass to stay there. I wouldn’t mind “rehabbing” some in my spare time.
frozenphoenix1 Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 1:14 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
They have agencies devoted to rescue of these animals and there are wildlife sanctuaries that they can be rehabbed and put back into the wild or reside.

Just sayin'...here we have an endangered species and we're going to justify killing them into extinction when there is a right way to deal with it.


I know that there are rescue agencies and sanctuaries, but at this time, if they are an actual endangered species, they would not be issuing hunting licenses for that animal.

And to be honest, depending on the state regulations, they could have killed the animal out of fear for their safety and not needed to tag it with a valid license, as a nuisance animal.

To me this seems to be an opportunity that a family took to fill a tag for their daughter, without having to follow the game in their natural environment, but rather took advantage of a vulnerable animal.
Buckwheat Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Feb 27 2014, 1:31 PM EST
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frozenphoenix1 wrote:
To me this seems to be an opportunity that a family took to fill a tag for their daughter, without having to follow the game in their natural environment, but rather took advantage of a vulnerable animal.


I thought that this may be a possibility as well. I guess we'll never know.
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