Bobcat season?

[Mij]

I'd imagine whatever you are deer hunting with when one happens to walk by at the time. If a season is approved, that is how most will be killed.

Dirty Steve

Respectfully disagree, most will be taken incidentally by fox and coyote trappers. Just as mink are by muskrat trappers. Just my opinion of course.

Cats are reclusive to the point of almost invisible, most movements are hunting or breeding. Unless chased by dogs. I don’t think they will (the DNR) allow this for some time.

When you hunted cougars, I’m guessing you saw this. It will be a great interest to me to see how they will allow the taking of the critters.

 

[Hookeye]

Folks will call em in.

 

[Mij]

Folks will call em in.

Ya, that’s why I said I’ll be interested in seeing the methods allowed. Wondering if they will allow rifles rite out of the gate. Time will tell.

 

[yetti462]

Ya, that’s why I said I’ll be interested in seeing the methods allowed. Wondering if they will allow rifles rite out of the gate. Time will tell.

Ummm, it was alive in a leg hold and I had to shoot it.

Whaalaa got it figured out for what happens when I call them in.

 

[Hookeye]

If its a hunting season then Id expect rifles to be legal ( same as other furbearers such as fox and coyote ).

Id take my cz457 .22 mag

 

[greg]

Well, the Bobcat bill was signed into law today.

Lets see what DNR comes up with.

Is there a protocol to the process….here is an example and timeline. Public Hearing(s) and comment Period have to be done.

http://redirect.viglink.com/?key=71...//www.in.gov/nrc/files/LSA23-538_Timeline.pdf

Personally, I say less than half the countries in the state will have some type of a season in the first year.

 

[greg]

Holcomb signs bobcat hunting bill into law; DNR must establish hunting season by 2025

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite pushback and a lack of population data, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed Senate Bill 241 into law on Monday which will force the Indiana Department of Natural Service…

fox59.com

 

[dak109]

I am in the most will be trapped camp. Trapping seems to be more effective than hunting when dealing with other furbearers. That being said, I also think most hunting them will want the pelt in good shape, so smaller caliber centerfire and rimfire would be choice. I will not hesitate to use what I have when coyote hunting, 223, 6.8 or 308 as I see them mostly at night when coyote hunting. Pretty sure the 308 will not be fur friendly