Texans for Mountain Lions

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Mountain lions in Texas are a nongame species that can be trapped and hunted year-round without any harvest limits, hunting seasons, or any requirement to report harvest. Mountain lions are included as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Texas and ranked between Imperiled and Vulnerable. Yet, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) does not have a mountain lion management plan.

TPWD can and should make changes to conserve mountain lions, to the benefit of both Texans and Texas ecosystems. It’s time for TPWD to manage mountain lions in Texas and this can be done while respecting the ranching and hunting heritage that is the foundation for wildlife conservation in our great state.

Please support the following policies and actions for mountain lion management in Texas:

1. Conduct research to identify the size, status, and distribution of mountain lions in Texas.
2. Require harvest reporting.
3. Require 36-hour trap check times, consistent with furbearer trapping regulations.
4. Ban canned hunting of mountain lions (i.e., killing lions that have been restricted from movement through capture or injury)
5. Manage by region and establish reasonable quotas in areas if the conducted research indicates mountain lions are in decline or imperiled. 
6. Require TPWD to form a stakeholder advisory group that will collaborate with TPWD to establish a management plan with regional regulations for the hunting and trapping of mountain lions in Texas.

Thank you for considering these requests.

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