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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zoops" data-source="post: 69563" data-attributes="member: 790"><p>Last part of the article in the Bismarck Tribune:</p><p></p><p><strong>Public input</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Tucker said it also may be time to spread out the opportunity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #CCCCCC"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #CCCCCC"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">“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.</span></span></p><p></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">“We want to make sure it’s equitable,” he said.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Right now, lion hunting is open to anyone with a fur bearer’s permit, provided the quota hasn’t been met.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Williams also suggested it could be time to introduce a lottery system, like it has all big game.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">“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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">“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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">“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.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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