Texas votes to begin protection of mountain lions, cougars or pumas.

[TexasSportsman]

Texas makes history by granting first-ever protections for mountain lions

In a significant win for Texas’ mountain lions, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has taken the first step to actively manage the state’s mountain lion population. At a Texas […]

bluebonnetnews.com

This includes canned hunts and trapped lions must be freed after 36 hours.

 

[FireFlyFishing]

 

[Ol' Red]

I am not sure what a canned hunt is. I read the article, but it not define a canned hunt. We have no lack of mountain lions in my area. Also, are they talking live trapped lions being released within 36 hours? If I caught one in a leghold trap, I am not about to release him alive.

 

[wvbearhunter]

 

[Ol' Red]

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Thank you sir. I have never been around a "canned hunt" but that's about what I thought it was. That's not for me.

 

[HARPERC]

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With all the fenced hunting in Texas, using this definition in the law, could have far reaching effects.