Mountain Lion Harvest


Note: Mountain lion season runs through the calendar year, ie, 2006 Season ran from August 30, 2006 through March 31, 2007.
All harvest numbers below are by mountain lion season.


F=female, M=male

1996-2006 Mountain Lion Harvest - By Region

  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Region F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M
Panhandle 52 84 80 112 79 97 79 72 66 76 54 58 45 41 48 64 30 27 24 34 35 55
Clearwater 116 131 137 158 122 118 87 89 121 123 93 88 72 68 70 81 57 54 38 61 48 59
Southwest 40 66 64 75 61 82 55 68 86 93 72 88 47 66 66 69 16 19 39 59 47 59
Magic Valley 19 29 18 18 14 21 14 22 15 20 24 24 9 26 19 27 11 16 18 30 13 20
South East 8 13 14 28 44 47 16 21 21 21 10 15 22 33 15 32 12 25 31 42 35 21
Upper Snake 5 8 6 16 6 10 4 14 10 14 20 25 16 30 13 22 16 23 16 16 14 21
Salmon 15 49 30 41 29 47 24 49 17 26 23 33 18 17 20 25 6 16 18 26 15 24
Statewide 255 380 349 448 355 422 279 335 339 375 296 331 229 281 251 320 148 180 184 268 207 259


1996-2006 Mountain Lion Harvest - By Method

METHOD
YEAR Bait Hounds Incidental1 Still hunting2 Predator Call Other3 Unk4 Total
2006 2 345 71 27 14 1 6 466
2005 1 350 75 27 8 0 13 474
2004 1 234 61 23 4 3 3 329
2003 2 436 70 38 6 1 20 573
2002 1 395 77 24 7 3 2 509
2001 0 488 82 31 7 4 16 628
2000 0 538 100 42 13 0 22 715
1999 0 494 79 22 5 1 13 614
1998 5 612 109 25 16 3 6 776
1997 0 629 123 24 6 5 10 797
1996 0 525 73 24 3 7 6 638
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.