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Post by greghopper on Feb 9, 2019 10:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by firstwd on Feb 9, 2019 10:53:52 GMT -5
Odd link. It says continue reading below, but I didn't find any article below. The story in the video doesn't have much of a balanced approach to it. |
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Post by greghopper on Feb 9, 2019 11:21:10 GMT -5
Odd link. It says continue reading below, but I didn't find any article below. The story in the video doesn't have much of a balanced approach to it. Just a video....no write up yet! |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Feb 9, 2019 21:46:31 GMT -5
So, according to the video, the proposed bill is pointless at this moment in time since no county qualifies for the reported numbers.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 10, 2019 9:14:28 GMT -5
Yeah.... the video says a county would need 30 sitings the bill also has no date to be heard per video.
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Post by budd on Feb 10, 2019 9:59:13 GMT -5
I would think the coyotes would be keeping the bobcats in check down there. Our cat population fluctuates from year to year, depending on wolf and hare population.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 10, 2019 13:45:00 GMT -5
I wonder what qualifies as a sighting.. I see probably a half dozen per year easy myself.
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Post by firstwd on Feb 10, 2019 14:35:46 GMT -5
I wonder what qualifies as a sighting.. I see probably a half dozen per year easy myself. Yet another reason the suits behind the desk should defer to the suits in the woods. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 11, 2019 10:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 10:36:59 GMT -5
If the IDNR can't get the job done, maybe legislation can. I prefer IDNR creating the season. At least this will keep the conversation alive.
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Post by greghopper on Feb 11, 2019 11:23:10 GMT -5
Definitely some good talking points..... |
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Post by bowman0717 on Feb 11, 2019 14:12:06 GMT -5
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Post by budd on Feb 11, 2019 15:32:43 GMT -5
If they pass a season good on Indiana, but I caution them to treat a season and the harvest very carefully. I live in the center of the Chippewa national forest where it is heavily wooded with THOUSANDS of acres of good cat habitat. As a trapper and bobcat hound hunter I see the population fluctuate from year to year, some of those years drastically. I have discussed this with our fur biologist and he has said bobcats are some of the worst mothers out there and survival of the kittens is very low percentage. We do have a high number of trappers in our area, as far as I know Im the only hound hunter with in 100 miles of where I live, and there are thousands and thousand of acres of public land for the trappers to trap on, not 10-30 acre thickets to narrow a cat down. I'm curious to see how your population holds up to trapping.
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Post by esshup on Feb 11, 2019 16:53:09 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see how the population holds up, and I would be even more interested in seeing data on what they are eating here in Indiana. I don't think the bunny population is very high now.
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Post by budd on Feb 11, 2019 20:39:02 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see how the population holds up, and I would be even more interested in seeing data on what they are eating here in Indiana. I don't think the bunny population is very high now. Up here if we have a good hare population spike, the cats generally follow in the next couple years. Some years the shrew population explodes, and again cat numbers increase in the following years. We don’t have turkey for them to prey on. When I hounded bobcats in Maine I could find them in turkey yards. Everything revolves around the food source, I just know cats numbers fluctuate a lot quicker than our other predators. |
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Post by firstwd on Feb 11, 2019 20:47:40 GMT -5
I would love to know how many are reported killed to the DNR every year through incidental catches, and how many are not.
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Post by jman46151 on Feb 13, 2019 13:36:10 GMT -5
I wonder what qualifies as a sighting.. I see probably a half dozen per year easy myself. I literally clicked on this thread to ask the same thing. I just pulled a cam and have a pic of one. Best part is the spot is only 50 yards from a road and would be easy to confirm the location. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Feb 13, 2019 16:52:49 GMT -5
This was in the article.
sightings reported through the DNR's mammal sighting form, the agency told IndyStar.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 13, 2019 21:06:41 GMT -5
This was in the article. sightings reported through the DNR's mammal sighting form, the agency told IndyStar. I did see that once the article was posted. I didn't think DNR cared anymore, I never thought about reporting a sighting when everyone knows there is a robust population. |
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Post by budd on Feb 14, 2019 11:12:40 GMT -5
You fellas down there sure see a lot of cats. I thought we have a decent population but I seldom hear of anyone seeing them. I've only seen 1 in all the years I've been here that I was not hunting or trapped.
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