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19a) Hunting information
Number of total kills annually
Number of cougar tags sold
Numbers hunters in the field
Hunter effort (i.e. # days each hunter spent hunting)
Gender information of kills
Date of Kill
Age (or age class) of kills
tooth collection
cementum analysis
gum recession
Body condition of kills
Location of harvest
per hunt unit
per region
Weapon type (i.e. archery, muzzleloader, modern firearm)
Kill type (i.e. roadkill, hunt kill, landowner permit, poached)
Other (explain)
19b Depredation Information
Number of depredations occurring each year
Location of depredation
Date of depredation
Gender information (if cougar is dispatched)
Age assessment or age class (if cougar is dispatched)
Possible contributing factors of depredation (i.e. feeding wildlife, husbandry
practices, free-ranging livestock, etc)
Species of animal attacked or killed
Other (explain)
19c Sightings
Sightings are not investigated
Sightings are documented but not investigated
Location of sighting
Date of sighting
Other (explain)
(Optional) Please share any other thoughts regarding cougar database management in your
state/province.
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Cougar-Human Conflict
20) Please rank the following cougar-human interactions in order of occurrence?
(Please number 1=most common to 6=least common)?
General cougar sightings
Cougar prey kill reports
Cougar/ Human encounters
Depredation of livestock
Depredation of domestic pets
Depredation of poultry (chickens, ducks, etc)
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