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As of August 2007, the North Dakota Game & Fish Department expanded the state's hunting season and created two new zones for hunting cougars - one zone with a limit of five (5) cougars and the other with no restrictions on how many cougars can be killed at all!

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Only 4 years ago did the state acknowledge that there might be viable cougar populations, which are only based on sightings from the public. It was then that the NDG&F implemented an "experimental" hunting season with a statewide limit of five.

Cougars killed by the department or private landowners, as well as road kill, incidental deaths by trapping or lions taken on Indian lands are NOT counted towards harvest objective quotas.

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Final Days of Mountain Lion Season

KFGO Studios | 2011-04-04

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Mountain lion hunting in North Dakota comes to a close this week. The state Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters that hunting in Zone 2 closes after Thursday. The zone basically is all areas outside of the western Badlands, which make up Zone 1.

ND rancher finds 4 mountain lions in barn

Valleynewslive.com | 2010-01-21

Watford City area rancher shot and killed four mountain lions after finding them eating a deer carcass they had dragged inside a barn.

Mountain lion season closes

The Dickinson Press | 2010-11-15

North Dakota's mountain lion season is closed in Zone 1 because the ninth and 10th mountain lions were taken Friday, filling the zones quota, according to a North Dakota Game and Fish Department press release issued Saturday morning.

Hunter kills 8th mountain lion in area

The Dickinson Press | 2010-11-12

North Dakota’s eighth mountain lion was taken either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, according to an e-mail Thursday afternoon from Greg Freeman with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

Mountain Lion Hunt Continues

KFGO - Fargo Moorehead | 2010-11-10

A field full of deer hunters was a factor in the harvest of three more mountain lions in North Dakota's "quota" hunting zone west of the Missouri river. A 3 to 4 year-old female mountain lion weighing 78 lbs. was shot in south-central McKenzie county near the Little Missouri River Thursday.

First mountain lion taken

KFGO - Fargo Moorehead | 2010-10-01

The first mountain lion of the season has been taken. North Dakota Game & Fish deputy director Roger Rostvet says the hunter shot the 80 to 90 pound mountain lion Tuesday evening in the Killdeer Mountains. The hunter was scouting for the upcoming elk hunt when he came across the young adult cat. This year's mountain lion season opened September 3rd and continues through March. There's a quota of 10 lions in zone 1, which is the western Badlands. There is no quota in the rest of the state.

No prairie chicken season in North Dakota this season, but cougar quota increases

Bismarck Tribune | 2010-08-05

North Dakota wildlife officials have decided to close the prairie chicken hunting season this year but increase the number of mountain lions that can be killed in the western part of the state.

Mountain Lion Reports in Bismarck

KXMBTV Bismarck | 2010-06-30

In just ten days... There have been three reports of mountain lion sightings in Bismarck... but no official evidence.

Cougar believed to be killing sheep near Mandan

AP - Grand Forks Herald | 2010-06-16

Authorities believe a mountain lion is responsible for the killing of sheep at a U.S. Department of Agriculture research center south of Mandan, but they have been unable to turn up any sign of a cougar.

Cat shot near Mandaree

Minot Daily News | 2010-06-08

MANDAREE - Ron Brugh has heard mountain lions scream and found their tracks but he'd never actually seen a cougar until Sunday night when he shot one in his yard.

Minoters witness cougar attack

Minot Daily News | 2010-05-19

Sometimes a trip to the zoo can be a little too exciting. It certainly was recently for Minoter Vicki Tiffany.

Collar malfunction complicates ND lion tracking

AP | 2010-02-09

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has been having trouble tracking a mountain lion since its satellite collar malfunctioned.

Humane Society ranks N.D. low on animal protection laws

Grand Forks Herald | 2010-02-10

North Dakota ranks near the bottom and Minnesota in the middle in a 50-state ranking by the Humane Society of the United States on a wide range of animal protection laws.

Seventh cougar killed in Unit 1

Bismarck Tribune - North Dakota | 2009-12-08

The seventh mountain lion killed in Unit 1 this season was taken by an Alexander man Saturday.

Grassy Butte man gets eighth cougar

Bismarck Tribune - North Dakota | 2009-12-15

A Grassy Butte man hunting with hounds killed the eighth mountain lion in Unit 1 Friday, closing the season for that part of the state.

Details on Mountain Lion Shot in Bismarck

KXMBTV.com - Bismarck | 2009-12-04

A mountain lion is taken down in town... bringing up a (slew) of different questions.

Mandan hunter kills sixth cougar

Bismarck Tribune - North Dakota | 2009-11-23

A Mandan hunter has killed the sixth mountain lion of the season, leaving two cats remaining in the quota before the season closes in zone 1.

Mountain Lion Killed in Bismarck City Limits

KX Net.com | 2009-11-30

Quite a sight in North Bismarck tonight....Again this happened right in town...

5th mountain lion killed in western ND

Bismark Tribune | 2009-11-05

North Dakota's Game and Fish Department says five mountain lions have now been killed in the western part of the state. The season will close there if three more are killed before the end of March.

Third Mountain Lion Killed in Western ND

KFGO Regional News, ND | 2009-10-14

A third mountain lion has been taken in the badlands in western North Dakota. Game and Fish Furbearer Biologist Stephanie Tucker says the cat was taken by Mike Filkowski of Watford City, ND.

ND reports season's 1st mountain lion killed

AP -Bismarck Tribune | 2009-09-30

North Dakota is reporting the first mountain lion killed since the state season for hunting the animals opened this fall.

Mountain lions seen in area

Lisa Call, The Dickinson Press, ND | 2009-10-02

Mountain lions have allegedly been spotted on a South Heart golf course and near a local veterinarian’s horses, but the North Dakota Game and Fish says they have no concrete evidence the sightings are in fact big cats.

2nd mountain lion killed in western N.D.

AP - North Dakota | 2009-10-06

A second mountain lion has been killed this fall in western North Dakota. State Game and Fish Department biologist Stephanie Tucker says the cat was killed Saturday by a hunter in Billings County who was looking for elk.

Biologist says weather could affect cougars

2009-03-03

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) The state Game and Fish Department says three of the mountain lions killed in the state this year had shortened tails from frost bite damage and two had frostbitten ears.

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