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November 8, 2024
The Indiana Natural Resources Commission is considering a new rule allowing trophy hunters and trappers to kill up to 250 bobcats.
A hearing on the new rule will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Southeast – Purdue Agricultural Center at 4425 E. 350N, Butlerville.
Under the proposed rule, trappers could use various trapping methods, including cage traps, steel-jawed leghold traps, and strangling cable wire snares to catch bobcats and hold them until they are killed.
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The potential bobcat trapping season is being driven by legislation passed earlier this year, forcing the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to open a bobcat season by July 2025. However, the DNR has the authority to set the quota at zero while still complying with the law
In 2018, the Natural Resources Commission rejected a proposed bobcat season due to overwhelming public opposition.
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