Only 40 counties, all in southern Indiana, were open to bobcat trapping, where bobcat populations are strongest.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has closed the bobcat trapping season after reaching the statewide quota of 250 bobcats in just four weeks, which was the first season since 1969.

Bobcats were taken off the Indiana endangered species list in 2005. Indiana lawmakers approved establishing a bobcat trapping ...

In a press release, the DNR says the state already reached the quota of 250 bobcats.

Bobcats were endangered in Indiana until 2005.

Natural Resources Commission member Patrick Early (left), department Director Dan Bortner and commission Chair Bryan Poynter at a commission meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla ...

INDIANA (WEVV) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced the closure of the 2025-26 bobcat trapping season on ...

Farmersburg, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources closed December 6 after the bobcat trapping season reached the statewide quota. The season, which was scheduled to run from ...

Bobcat season is coming to Indiana after a crucial Tuesday vote. (Photo courtesy the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) After receiving more than 3,000 public comments, Indiana’s Natural Resources ...

Natural Resources Commission member Patrick Early (left), department Director Dan Bortner and commission Chair Bryan Poynter at a commission meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla ...

Trappers reached Indiana’s first bobcat quota just a month after the season began, hitting the 250-animal limit. The season started November 8 and was ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources closed the bobcat trapping season after reaching the statewide quota. It started on Nov. 8, and was scheduled to run until Jan. 31, or until the quota of ...