If you thought bobcat hunting had died, a new bill in legislature tried to revive it

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Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis StarPublished 6:00 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2019
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Rep. Shane Lindauer, R-Jasper, has filed a bill to create a season for hunting and trapping bobcats in Indiana. A previous attempt to do so by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources met with strong opposition. Dwight Adams, dwight.adams@indystar.com

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Bobcat hunting in Indiana is the season that has nine lives — or at least two, for now.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources abandoned its attempt to create a bobcat hunting season last year amid tremendous opposition, but a bill in the state legislature brought the proposal back to life this year.

“This bill was a response to public support I was hearing in Southern Indiana,” said Rep. Shane Lindauer, who authored House Bill 1407. “I would say that the response I got was universally positive, other than when I…

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  1. I never believe any kind of hunting is dead. It is just waiting for a new bill to be introduced so the killing can start up again.

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