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Bobcat Trapping Season Ends Early
The season closed early after reaching the 250-bobcat quota in about four weeks, marking the first regulated harvest since 1969 with data-driven population limits.
- On Dec. 8, 2025, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources closed the bobcat trapping season after trappers met the statewide quota of 250 bobcats in just four weeks, ending the season early.
- Legislation passed in 2024 required the DNR to establish a bobcat season, and the Indiana Natural Resources Commission set 2025 rules allowing trapping from Nov. 8, 2025, to Jan. 31, 2026.
- DNR monitored the season with databases and reporting systems to track harvest in 40 southern Indiana counties while license sales rose roughly 800 to 4,400 and trappers averaged about 9 bobcats daily.
- The agency plans to review lessons learned from this season as Indiana Department of Natural Resources will analyze data and survey license holders to guide next year.
- Animal rights groups said in a Dec. 8 news release that the early close was a `disturbing milestone` as hundreds of bobcats suffered in traps, while Samantha Chapman called it `nothing short of a mass slaughter`.
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Indiana bobcat trapping season closes early
Farmersburg, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources closed bobcat trapping season on December 6 after the statewide quota was reached. The season, which was scheduled to run from November 8 to January 31, ended early once the quota of 250 bobcats was reached. The total harvest limit is carefully set based on [...]
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