I will not state my opinion on if I am against or for the hunt but to clarify the facts: An adult cougar can eat up wards of 10 kg in a night and yes, they do sometimes kill for the sake of killing, but those animals are few and far between, as the odd black bear and lynx have also been known to kill for fun, so this should not be used as a general rule. On average a cougar will kill a deer every 8-16 days and 80% of their diet consists of deer (dependant on area, some areas have a 80% kill of elk or moose etc). One of the reasons these cats kill more often is because they are easily spooked off a kill and once retreated will rarely come back. Coyotes have been known to spook cougar off their kill shortly thereafter, so this is actually beneficial to the environment. Some areas without large predators have so many deer that they are devastating the environment by eating all vegetation on site which leads to disease and die offs. But of those that kill for fun, a single cat can devastate local populations of animals, there is a report of a puma in Mexico killing 72 horses, mule yearlings and colts in a 9 and a half month period, and in one reported incident of 192 sheep killed in a single night! And yes, NOSEY is CORRECT an adult will on average kill one deer per week. As for the comments about cougars eliminating deer populations, that is completely FALSE. Because of their perceived threat to deer herds, many studies have been done both by hunters and non-hunters to assess the impact of cougars on deer populations . Results from these studies suggest that the impact of cougars on prey populations is actually inconsequential in regulating prey populations and in fact, prey numbers often increased in areas while puma populations remained stable.cougar populations will self regulate to available prey and will not breed if not needed.The only documented cases where puma populations affected the prey (deer) populations was in cases where deer populations were low due to over hunting, severe winters, or poor breeding ( means that their effect was only secondary to the other problems). As for the problems with the local cougar, contact your local conservation officer and they will trap, kill or hunt for the cougar if it is a perceived threat. And using your dogs to chase a cougar is ILLEGAL UNDER THE WILDLIFE ACT, as a hunter you should know this! It is considered harassment of local wildlife and charges can be laid if caught. Please obey the LAW and people get your facts right . Although I see the hunters point on getting a bad reputation I also see the point of educating yourselves as hunters to the local laws and the true facts on native wildlife. Some of the comments sound like the uneducated people in the early 1900s calling to kill all killer whales because they hunt humans, some facts are just simply NOT TRUE. Anyways, wether you like cougar hunts or not, at least this man is willing to use all of his kill, that is a TRUE HUNTER.