SPRINGFIELD (WEEK) — Hunters in Illinois ended the 2019-2020 bobcat season with 306 harvested, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources reported Monday.

It’s the same total as the 2018-2109 season, but 29 more roadkill were salvaged this year by permit holders.

This was Illinois’ fourth bobcat season with 1,000 permits issued. The season ended on February 15.

Pike County led the harvest with 22 bobcats, 16 of those were done so by trap.

Peoria and Woodford counties recorded one a piece, and Fulton County ended the season with four bobcats harvested.

“The IDNR appreciates the support of hunters, trappers and IDNR staff who collected jaws for bobcat research at SIU Carbondale and of cooperating landowners and trappers in central Illinois who have helped with bobcat research at Western Illinois University… The IDNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fund research to…