The hunting season for mountain lion starts the beginning of September and runs until the end of March or until the harvest cap is met. The cap for each hunt area is set at the intrinsic growth rate of 13%. If a hunt area reaches its cap in all known human-caused mortalities before the season opens on September 1st, the hunt area cap extends to 20%. Once the assigned cap is reached for each hunt area, it will close to cougar harvest. All known human-caused mortalities will be counted towards the cap from April 1st to March 31st. The statewide bag limit is one cougar per license year. A transport tag is included with a big game hunting license that has cougar as a species option. Hunters can use any legal weapon for hunting cougar. The use of dogs for recreational hunting of cougar is prohibited statewide.
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