Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.
Hmmmm, are my grandchildren more likely to be killed by a bear or cougar or white man with an AR-15?
Being an old hunter I’ve been exposed to the anti hunters for a long time and little changes. Their arguments are based primarily on feelings, not science. I’d bet the majority of them would look at the subject a little different if their food supply or lively hood depended on the animals the bears and cougars are killing. The document in the last issue had a recommendation of reducing the estimated number of cougars by 30%. What is the basis for that number? I expect Game and Fish has a pretty good idea how many animals are out there. If you really want to know, ask the folks that chase them. I ran into a lion hunter a few years ago and asked him about the population. His reply was that he use to have to hunt pretty hard to get a cat for his hunters. But now there are enough that he can let the females and small ones go and get old toms for all his clients. What does that tell you?!!!
Hmmmm, are my grandchildren more likely to be killed by a bear or cougar or white man with an AR-15?
Being an old hunter I’ve been exposed to the anti hunters for a long time and little changes. Their arguments are based primarily on feelings, not science. I’d bet the majority of them would look at the subject a little different if their food supply or lively hood depended on the animals the bears and cougars are killing. The document in the last issue had a recommendation of reducing the estimated number of cougars by 30%. What is the basis for that number? I expect Game and Fish has a pretty good idea how many animals are out there. If you really want to know, ask the folks that chase them. I ran into a lion hunter a few years ago and asked him about the population. His reply was that he use to have to hunt pretty hard to get a cat for his hunters. But now there are enough that he can let the females and small ones go and get old toms for all his clients. What does that tell you?!!!