This was the last one I caught. In a #3 Bridger two coiled softcatch of all things. Wasn’t a target specie so had to be released.

How do you go about releasing one of those things?

Out of the truck window with the window half up.

This was my first thought, not gonna lie I thought about the window fully down but figured there was a reason everyone keeps the window halfway up

Nice 'cat 114! Nothing but teeth and claws....

Just with a catch pole! If I’m by myself I render them unconscious before removing the trap. There was another set of hands available on this one so I just waited until I had it calmed down and then released the foot.

It's releasing the foot that's the tricky part.

Anyone can legally harvest cougars in Utah as long as they have a valid Utah Trapping license, or Hunting license or Combination (hunting and fishing) license. There is no limit, but each cat must be taken to a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources office within 48 hours where a tooth is removed for aging and a permanent seal is attached to the pelt. To trap in Utah you must obtain a trapper registration number and have that number stamped in or securely attached to the trap.

There is no bounty offered by the state but the Wild Sheep Foundation of Utah is offering $1500 for proof of any cougar killed on one of Utah's wild sheep management units. Proof is a photo or video where the couga was taken with location services turned on so verification can be made.

Yep, and you hope the tricky part goes your way. Hounds and treeing them is what I'm familiar with in Montana.

Thanks for that information Dan !!

Not a big deal at all with just a catch pole, if you have two people. If you're by yourself one of Reese Mason's trap release tools can really be the ticket. They are not nearly as gutsy as a bobcat, and they will pretty much always (there is always an exception, but I haven't ran into it personally) either run away from you, or simply lay/sit there when you take the trap off. If they do the latter you may have to toss sticks or snowballs at them to get them to leave so you can remake the set. I once tried that with a bobcat I released, and he decided he didn't like having stuff thrown at him, and came at me!

That's one of the traps that I own in the Wolf. Version...

Bill Applegate liked the 4 1/2 Newhouse. He had lions destroy several of the MB750 wolf traps.