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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zoops" data-source="post: 69563" data-attributes="member: 790">Last part of the article in the Bismarck Tribune:Public inputTucker said it also may be time to spread out the opportunity.“Maybe we need to look at a lottery and give out tags and then give them all season (until March 31) so there’s not that mad rush,” she said.Her boss, Jeb Williams, chief of the department’s wildlife division, said he’ll hold three meetings around the state in February to talk about the mountain lion program.Williams said he does hear that more people want the opportunity to kill a lion and that its value as a recreational sport is increasing.“We want to make sure it’s equitable,” he said.Right now, lion hunting is open to anyone with a fur bearer’s permit, provided the quota hasn’t been met.Williams also suggested it could be time to introduce a lottery system, like it has all big game.“We’ll look at that — a lottery system — to make sure everybody has a fair chance,” said Williams, explaining the department will wait until it gets public input before making any decisions. “Right now, the lion numbers with our research are trending down. We’ve been fairly aggressive. It’ll all be part of the discussion we’ll have this winter,” he said.Lee says no hunter in his group has ever taken more than one lion and he’d like to keep the quota and see an additional training period, so houndsmen could work their dogs and track and tree lions outside of hunting them.“It’s not all about killing, it’s the memories and the exercise. I don’t like to see ‘em die; I’m not cold-hearted. There’s the thrill of the dogs and seeing the cats in a tree. They’re so majestic; so cool,” Lee said.</blockquote>

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