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The state notes that the addition of locally abundant alternative prey such as elk, bighorn sheep, and wild horses, the lion population continues to remain stable to increasing, despite a decrease in deer numbers beginning in the late 1980s. Since 2003 DNA in the form of muscle samples have been collected from harvested cougars, as well as the first premolar to determine age.

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Legislation was proposed, then defeated in 2007 that declared an open season on cougars with no restriction on how, when or how many cougars could be killed and allowed aerial gunning and useof spring guns, set guns, and "other devices for destruction." Nevada is the only state that maintains a policy of refunding the cost of tags to "unsuccessful" hunters.