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Originally Posted by Mobuck
Any time game regulations put people at risk, it's time to ignore those regulations. Having things like coyotes, bobcats, or bigger cats so close to habitation is an invitation for problems.
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Doubt if there is a game regulation anywhere in the U.S. outlawing protecting one's life from wild animals. Odds of one's life being in danger from a 'yote or bobcat in the lower 48 is pretty dang slim. If one is feeling threatened, they should call wildlife authorities first for a solution. Around here, we have folks that shoot bears because they tell the Warden they were under attack, yet the evidence proves otherwise and they are many times given a ticket for illegal hunting. For the most part, poaching is poaching. IMHO, Endorsing it or the promotion of it, is out of place, on any respectable public hunting forum.
If grandma is letting her cats run loose, unattended outside, she is just ringing the dinner bell. She needs to blame herself and not the 'yotes. While I have no problem with the legal hunting and controlling their populations, doing it illegally is unnecessary.