NDOW states that there are anywhere from 3,200 to 5,000 mountain lions in our state. They also say a mountain lion will kill a deer every other week. Most biologists will say that a lion kills one or two deer a week. Let's take the NDOW figures at their lowest estimate. Let's see, 3,200 lions times 26 (every other week in a year) equals 83,200 deer a year which lions kill.

Last year Nevada deer hunters harvested 6,174 deer. Let's divide 83,200 by 6,174. Gee, it looks like the lions killed almost 13-1/2 times more deer than the hunters killed. The hunters have realized this for years. Maybe NDOW should have their calculators checked and they might draw the same conclusion.