The Indiana Department of Natural Resources intends to boost the state’s bobcat trapping quota and allow hunters to use weapons to kill the animals and counter Indiana’s growing bobcat population.
A permanent rule proposed by DNR would permit licensed hunters and trappers to harvest 400 bobcats from 40 Indiana counties — a 60% increase from last season’s 250 quota.
The rule would expand permitted methods from just traps to include hunting with a bow and arrow, crossbow, shotgun, handgun, rifle, muzzleloading long gun or handgun, and certain air guns…