Crossing my fingers (bobcat season)

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  • patience0830

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    Up north here you almost never hear of one around, are they really that bad down south?

    Don't know about "bad", but a friend who hunts my ground for deer had 2 walk by him at about 50' last fall. I'd probably not take more than a couple over several years unless the price of fur jumps. Would like to have a couple hides to hang in the cabin though.
     

    JimH

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    Get them on my trail cameras pretty regular in Ripley Co. Just as soon leave them alone for a couple more years though.
     

    littletommy

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    I've seen them twice within a few hundred yards of my house here along the river in Clark Co. I know quite a few deer hunters around Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties that claim to have seen them.
     

    Willie

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    This limited season (similar to the otter season) was put on the back burner this past year. Not sure when it will be brought back up again....
     

    throttletony

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    I've seen a couple in Monroe Co. 2 yrs ago - and I didn't go out very much that year.
    (probably 3 nighttime outings, and I saw 2 on separate occasions)

    Edit to add: I'm glad they're back and doing well. I almost would give them, and foxes, a free pass. I'd prefer to kill coyotes if in the same area. I see the yotes as more of a long-term problem/nuisance than fox or bobcats. I'm sure I'd want to kill them all if I were raising chickens, but I'm not.
     

    two70

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    I've seen a couple in Monroe Co. 2 yrs ago - and I didn't go out very much that year.
    (probably 3 nighttime outings, and I saw 2 on separate occasions)

    Edit to add: I'm glad they're back and doing well. I almost would give them, and foxes, a free pass. I'd prefer to kill coyotes if in the same area. I see the yotes as more of a long-term problem/nuisance than fox or bobcats. I'm sure I'd want to kill them all if I were raising chickens, but I'm not.

    I don't understand your reasoning, bobcats pick off a lot more fawns and poults than coyotes ever did.
     

    possumpacker

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    i found today in. has hired a furbearer bio. from N.C. and she has a 5 star rating from N.C. outdoorsmen. i heard bobcat managment will be a top priority for her.
     

    MRP2003

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    Ive seen two from 69S in the last 2 years. One in a field west of 69S right below where you had to get on and off south of Crane prior to the completion to 37 in Bloomington. The 2nd this year in a field just north of Evansville on the east side, walking through a field. The 2nd was very big. Thought it was a dog at first.

    If I am seeing them walking through field during the day, there must be a lot of them. Haven's seen a yote on the same stretch since 69S opened up 4 years ago and I am sure there are a lot of them in that area.

    Just a matter of time before I see them while hunting or on a trail camera in Brown county.

    Years ago in PA, there was a limited trapping season for bobcats but they quickly opened it up to a regular hunting season as the population had grown quickly. I envision that within 5-6 years, there will be a regular hunting season for them here as well.
     

    two70

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    My source is personal observation from 10's of thousands of trail cam photos over 15 years showing a steady decline in the number of fawns and poults surviving until fall while bobcat photos grew tremendously and coyote observation were rare.
     
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