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Heated Testimony at Hearing on HB71: Second Mountain-Lion Tag Authority and Tendoy Sheep Language Removed
Summary
House Bill 71 would add mountain lion to species eligible for a discretionary second special license and remove outdated Tendoy bighorn sheep reporting language. FWP says the change is a targeted management tool; houndsmen and conservation groups warned it's premature without study data and risks social and biological impacts.
House Bill 71 drew extended and at times contentious testimony as the Senate Fish and Game Committee considered a proposal to add mountain lion to the list of species for which the Fish and Wildlife Commission could authorize a second special license and to strike outdated Tendoy bighorn-sheep language.
Representative Shannon Maness, carrying the bill from the House, told the committee HB71 "adds mountain lion to the species of game animals for which a second animal may be harvested by an individual in the same year" but stressed the change's discretionary nature: the commission would decide where, when and how many second licenses could be made available. "This bill does not guarantee a lion hunter could hold a…
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