Just for the record i voted against the ban on the use of dogs, for i thought the WDFW could manage the cougar population better through tag issuance. I would be curious as to learn the harvest of the year 2000 of 200+ cougars and then what the harvest of the last full season using dogs was. But i also do not believe that the cougar population in my part of the state has exploded like some would like to believe. I am not speaking for the whole state, just S.W WA. However that dosent mean that it couldnt become a problem in the future, its just one incident(not an attack more like a probe) dosent prove anything as a population indicator. It seems to be more of a problem in the state of Oregon more so than Washington.I do know that a majority of the cougar harvest occur east of the mountains, perhaps they are experiecing a steeper climb in numbers of cougar? Heck ill bet the guy at Kalama was just tryin to scare people off his honey hole and made it all up so he'd have the whole river to himself. You were gonna say chicken werent you? Here kitty kitty