{"id":433926,"date":"2025-12-08T19:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/433926\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:32:12","slug":"bobcat-hunting-season-quickly-hits-limit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/433926\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcat hunting season quickly hits limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Indiana&#8217;s bobcat season has been closed due to reaching its quota. (Photo courtesy the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has closed the bobcat trapping season after reaching the statewide quota of 250 bobcats in just four weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The season was scheduled to run from Nov. 8 to Jan. 31, or until the quota of bobcats was reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A DNR news release said the\u00a0framework of Indiana\u2019s bobcat season was carefully designed with a total harvest limit based on population data collected throughout the state. Databases and reporting mechanisms were put into place to allow for close monitoring of the total season harvest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLicensed trappers had a successful first bobcat trapping season,\u201d said Geriann Albers, DNR\u2019s furbearer and gamebird program leader. \u201cDNR will review what we\u2019ve learned from this season as we move forward with regulated harvest and bobcat management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/bobcat-trapping-season-gets-final-180844647.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:bobcat season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bobcat season<\/a> came after lawmakers passed legislation requiring the DNR to establish one. Before that, attempts to legalize killing bobcats had stalled in the DNR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This bobcat trapping season was the first since 1969, when the species was nearly eliminated due to hunting, trapping and habitat loss. It was limited to 40 southern Indiana counties, including Brown, Monroe, Bartholomew, Clark and Dearborn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Samantha Chapman, Indiana state director for Humane\u00a0World for\u00a0Animals, said \u201cThis bobcat trapping\u00a0season\u00a0was nothing short of a\u00a0mass\u00a0slaughter.\u00a0Since November 8, recreational trappers have killed an average of\u00a0about 9\u00a0bobcats\u00a0every\u00a0day, hitting the killing limit of 250 in just one month.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0hundreds of bobcats who suffered in traps before being strangled,\u00a0bludgeoned\u00a0or shot\u00a0to death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additional information on the bobcat trapping season can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click.subscription.in.gov\/?qs=a4ada0dde1e2263688717852e8976a819aeba10ef1524f600686e99f4094d5e9ba1bacc2b5363fa36f47ee70db7417f03bde0890f82bbb171d810404d5b2a2dd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on.IN.gov\/bobcat-season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on.IN.gov\/bobcat-season<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana&#8217;s bobcat season has been closed due to reaching its quota. 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