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.