In which US states is it illegal to hunt cougars?

Female cougar and her cubs against a wild mountainous backdrop

In the United States, the legality of hunting cougars varies by state. It is illegal to hunt cougars for sport in California, which is the only western state with a large cougar population that prohibits such hunting. In other states, there may be regulated hunting seasons and specific rules governing the hunting of cougars. …

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Cougars in Eastern USA are Florida Panthers, Escaped Captives or Have Dispersed from the West

Eastern Puma delisted as subspecies of American wild cat

The Eastern Cougar has been extinct in America for at least 70 years. However, it remained on the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife despite being classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It looks as though the authorities, in their hearts, had decided that this beautiful wild cat species …

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Do black pumas (cougars) exist?

Black pumas are melanistic pumas (aka: cougars, mountain lions). They are also called black panthers. Melanistic leopards and jaguars are also called black panthers. Jordan Carlton Schaul of the University of Alaska says that black jaguarundis are also referred to as black panthers. I have never heard of that before. I think he is …

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Cougars Alive and Well in Louisiana

by ERIC S. STACY (KENNER, LOUISIANA) Around 1998 while bowhunting whitetail deer on a public Wildlife Management Area, namely Red River WMA located in central Louisiana I spotted an approximately 100+ lb male cougar. At first I thought this was a doe sneaking along the tree line toward the tree opening I was hunting …

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Texas mountain lion (2022)

Note: this page has been updated as at Sept 15th, 2022 and republished (see update below). Are there mountain lions in Texas? Well, yes but what with continual human population growth, increased human activity (including road building), the horrible practice of sport hunting and decreased mountain lion habitat, I am sometimes surprised. That said, …

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