Release the hounds!

I want to be a houndsman. Does it take more than just owning a hound? Because, in the technical "hound" category, I have this one named "Huckleberry." He has issues.

Regardless, here's a cool story about a new way they are counting mountain lions in the Black Hills.

In the month before the season, GF&P employees release hounds to tree mountain lions; they then used a dart gun to shoot a special dart into the lion’s rump that takes a small sample for flesh. 

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When biologists radio collared lions, Kanta said, it took at least four people. The lion needed to be anesthetized, which can lead to an unintentional death of the animal. And the lion had to be handled, which can potentially be dangerous.

“Now we can run with just the houndsman if need be,” he said.