Guys, this has been an interesting discussion. In a different time, a dead predator was a good predator, be it a cub or mature male. I remember reading stories about people rigging a Piper cub with a rifle to shoot goldern eagles because eagles ate a lamb or two. To me, predators are an interesting part of nature that keep prey in check but also predators need to be kept in check. Predatrs and predator control are issues that game departments try to resolve and unfortunately receive too much pressure from those that don't understand game managhement.