Mountain Lion Harvest

Note: Mountain lion season runs through the calendar year, ie, 2008 Season ran from August 30, 2008 through March 31, 2009.
All harvest numbers below are by mountain lion season.

M=male; F=female

1996-2008 Mountain Lion Harvest - By Region
	1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Region	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Panhandle	84	52	112	80	95	77	72	78	75	65	59	55	40	45	64	48	35	37	34	24	54	35	37	24	40	29
Clearwater	131	116	158	137	118	124	90	87	123	121	88	93	68	72	81	70	64	63	61	58	59	48	61	54	31	34
Southwest	66	40	75	64	82	62	68	55	93	89	87	73	65	46	69	66	47	39	59	39	59	47	62	55	28	24
Magic Valley	29	19	18	18	21	14	23	14	20	15	24	24	27	9	26	19	18	13	30	18	19	13	18	22	16	13
South East	13	8	28	14	49	44	21	16	21	21	15	10	33	22	32	15	28	12	42	31	21	35	31	31	23	26
Upper Snake	8	5	16	6	10	6	14	4	14	10	25	19	30	16	22	13	23	20	16	16	21	14	16	13	14	7
Salmon	49	15	41	30	47	29	49	24	28	17	33	23	17	18	25	20	23	8	26	18	24	15	33	24	20	12
Statewide	380	255	448	349	422	356	337	278	374	338	331	297	280	228	319	251	238	192	268	204	257	207	258	223	172	145

1996-2008 Mountain Lion Harvest - By Method
METHOD
YEAR	Bait	Hounds	Incidental1	Still hunting2	Predator Call	Other3	Unk4	Total
1996	0	525	73	24	3	7	6	638
1997	0	629	123	24	6	5	10	797
1998	5	614	109	25	14	3	9	779
1999		495	79	23	5	1	13	616
2000		536	100	42	13		22	713
2001		490	81	31	7	3	17	629
2002	1	393	76	24	6	2	6	508
2003	2	436	70	38	4	1	20	571
2004	1	321	67	28	5	3	5	430
2005	1	350	75	27	8		13	474
2006	1	345	71	26	14	1	6	464
2007		364	71	32	5	2	8	482
2008		203	73	31	6	1	6	320
1 - Incidental: Mountain lions killed incidental to a hunting activity for another species when the hunter was not hunting specifically for mountain lions. 2 - Still hunting: Hunting for mountain lions on foot, most commonly through a spot-and-stalk technique. 3 - Other: Mountain lions killed by means other than listed on the Big Game Mortality Report. 4 - Unk: Mountain lions killed by unknown means.