Man Charged For Shooting Cougar in Southwest Minnesota

Posted on January 29, 2012 by
Categories: Wildlife

Remember the guy who shot the cougar?

JACKSON, Minn. — Prosecutors have charged a southwest Minnesota man for allegedly shooting a cougar last November.

Daniel Hamman, 26, of rural Jackson County was charged by citation Friday with shooting a protected animal, a misdemeanor.

Hamman allegedly shot the cougar after being contacted by a neighbor, who saw the cat run into a culvert. The 125-pound male cougar was shot was it was flushed from the culvert.

There is no open season for cougars in Minnesota. The cougar was estimated to be one to three years old and showed no signs of captivity.

DNR spokesman Chris Niskanen says it’s apparently the first time a citizen has shot a cougar in modern history in Minnesota.

A phone number for Hamman could not be found. It’s unknown if he has an attorney.

Via: Duluth News Tribune

Minnesota DNR Proposes 400-Wolf Quota

Posted on January 26, 2012 by
Categories: Conservation, Hunting

Wolf hunters and trappers would be able to kill as many as 400 wolves in the state beginning later this year, under a season framework DNR officials were to unveil later this week.

The season would begin Nov. 24 and end Jan. 5, 2013, unless the quota were reached before that…

…Under the agency’s proposal, about 6,000 wolf licenses would be distributed via lottery.

The cost for a resident hunting license would be $50; a resident trapping license would cost the same. A nonresident hunting license would be $230 and nonresidents wouldn’t be allowed to trap wolves.

The season would be open statewide, and the state wouldn’t be broken into zones…

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See also Star Tribune