Bobcat Season?

[Willie]

Taking Bobcats:


iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0241/SB0241.01.INTR.pdf

 

[yetti462]

Won't let me open, we need a season in a big way. When dnr says to throw accidentally trapped in the woods to rot, that is a waste of a valuable resource.

 

[Leadeye]

I like mine, they help with the grey squirrel problem.

 

[jdadkins87]

We need a season really bad i own Indiana wildlife Control service ... I am a nuisance wildlife control operator and get calls about them all the time but cant do anything as of now..


GOD BLESS

JDAS

 

[Mgderf]

Won't open for me either.

 

[singlestacksig]

that bill also adds a bonus turkey license ?

 

[jdadkins87]

that bill also adds a bonus turkey license ?

Every time they bring up a bobcat trapping season they put it in a bill package that gets the anti's attention and they show in big groups and there's not enough trappers to show to support it.. this is just my opinion from what i have seen in the past..

God Bless

JDAS

 

[greg]

We need a season really bad i own Indiana wildlife Control service ... I am a nuisance wildlife control operator and get calls about them all the time but cant do anything as of now..


GOD BLESS

JDAS

DNR won't give you a nuisance permit to handle the problem?

 

[greg]

that bill also adds a bonus turkey license ?

NO….only the bold print changes

 

[Talkinghalls]

We only have a handful up here, how bad are they by you all? Are they going after dogs or what?

 

[KellyinAvon]

Try this link and scroll down to SB 241. I mentioned it in the 2A Legislation thread, but this is definitely Great Outdoors vice 2A.

This bill is on the Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association's (ISRPA) bill tracker. In other words it's on ISRPA President Charlie Hiltunin's scope.

My focus is more 2A, but ISRPA is also supporting SB 241 and SB 49 (Catastrophically Injured Veteran Hunting.)

Someday in the future (read that as when I'm retired) I'll be able to focus on a broader range of bills. Until then, the 2A will be where I'm at.

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

 

[greg]

They are definitely around in many countries I just don't think they are as big of a nuisance as some think they are. Be interesting to know how many nuisance permits are issued each year to take them now in Indiana.
www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wildlife/wildlife-resources/animals/bobcats

Here is the latest map of reported Bobcats….personally I would only back a Trapping season NO hunting seasons(same as Otters)

 

[greg]

Try this link and scroll down to SB 241. I mentioned it in the 2A Legislation thread, but this is definitely Great Outdoors vice 2A.

This bill is on the Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association's (ISRPA) bill tracker. In other words it's on ISRPA President Charlie Hiltunin's scope.

My focus is more 2A, but ISRPA is also supporting SB 241 and SB 49 (Catastrophically Injured Veteran Hunting.)

Someday in the future (read that as when I'm retired) I'll be able to focus on a broader range of bills. Until then, the 2A will be where I'm at.

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

Thanks…..Here are some more natural resource matters


iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/144/details

iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1384/details

iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1401/details

Indiana General Assembly

Website for Indiana's General Assembly

iga.in.gov

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[dak109]

We only have a handful up here, how bad are they by you all? Are they going after dogs or what?

Can’t speak to pets. But they were wreaking havoc on a relative’s chickens.

 

[Talkinghalls]

Can’t speak to pets. But they were wreaking havoc on a relative’s chickens.

That makes sense. Ha, I just showed my City Dweller Card.

 

[greg]

Can’t speak to pets. But they were wreaking havoc on a relative’s chickens.

Have got them on camera or seen them with chicken or are they just assuming it's Bobcats?

 

[phylodog]

I've hunted Kentucky on and off over the past decade and a half and the landowners and hunters down there have a very different opinion of them than we do here. I suspect it won't take long and there will be plenty of people on board with controlling their numbers up here.

I don't consider them a nuisance or pest and I like that they're re-establishing up here. They will have an impact on the small animal and bird populations when they move in to an area. I've heard a lot of complaints about the damage feral cats cause, bobcats are just a bigger version of the same thing and probably a bit better at hunting than a feral.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

I like mine, they help with the grey squirrel problem.

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You have a grey squirrel problem? I wish I had that problem.

On a related note, the wife said she pulled a squirrel out of the freezer and is making squirrel gravy today. Can't wait to head home for lunch break.

 

[Leadeye]

You have a grey squirrel problem? I wish I had that problem.

On a related note, the wife said she pulled a squirrel out of the freezer and is making squirrel gravy today. Can't wait to head home for lunch break.

They behave poorly here. Taking immature fruit off the gardener's trees and throwing it on the ground and chewing on the deck. They are a shoot on sight animal here, but there are still plenty for predators.

 

[yetti462]

People think they only eat small vermin and birds. I have footage of a deer kill site, where big Tom ate a whole deer in one weekend. The deer had its neck broke and died instantly, no sign of struggle. They are hell on turkey too.