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Now I am curious.

What are the numbers of bobcats harvested in your state or any state you might have information on, and are percentages of hunted vs trapped bobcats available?

Thanks to anyone who knows or can find the info.

-- just a few years ago - i got a report from state

the total kill in vermont averaged about 30 with a low of 19 and a high of 60 over a ten year period-

that included hunting ,trapping ,road kill , and legal nuisance animals-

i dont know what it is recently-i know its higher just lately -- im guessing about 60 - state has about 20 of them collared --lol

the legal statewide quota may be 100 ,, im not sure if that passed


we get like 28 days to hunt with dogs lol jan 10- feb 7
long training season tho

its amazing that we have any season at all--


fisher season was lengthened recently - there are quite a few accidental bobcat catches in fisher traps --kind of a mixed blessing lol


i wish they would trap every fisher-- or ,, let us run fisher with hounds lol

when i was a kid , fisher and coyote were unheard of- deer were thick and winter kill of deer was hard to imagine--

there was lots of cats --

a cat killed or found one dead deer and he could survive a long time -

now coyotes and fishers take it over and clean it up in a hurry -



cats r pretty scarce now ---but maybe coming back slowly- lots of turkeys now--

i think that has helped

one thing i think that really hurt deer and cats was high prices on softwood logs-

every farmer or anybody with a farm tractor or horse was logging in the winter

wow-- we cut them- everywhere hard

i did this myself for several years so blame me too-


deer and cats have no break from the deep snow- feed for deer is plentiful but winter yards destroyed -


i used to be able to walk cross country quite a distance without snowshoes- ---didnt need them under the softwoods- on deer trails etc-

try that today --


softwood cover is practically gone

logging has slowed now- its comeing back slowly -- hopefully cats and deer will come along with it

here ya go david- here an anti trap website that lays it rite out for you


cats harvested by trapping- altho i dont trust any statistics on an anti website--

http://www.bancrueltraps.com/b3_results.php


kind of proves what i wrote above - lol

1986- 2003 VT
40 38 35 27 20 9 28 21 15 24 20 31 17 29 45 44 64 70


179 91 89 152 113 56 64 40 88 70 72 109 86 88 66 141 151 149 maine

Seventy-nine bobcat, 419
fisher, and 178 otter were
reported and tagged by
Vermont’s Wardens
during the 2005-06
season.

Michigan 2006-2007 Bobcat Harvest
Sorry for all the extra, I just copied and pasted it from the DNR.

(Zone 1 Upper Penninsula)
During 2006-2007, we collected 581 tooth samples from a registered harvest of 635 bobcatsfrom Zone 1 (Units A and B, see Figure 1). Hunters registered 122 bobcats, and trappers registered 513 bobcats from Zone 1. The M:F sex ratio of bobcats collected from Zone 1 was
147:100 (Table 1). Of the bobcats collected, 71.4% were less than three years of age. The
young-of-the year (30.5%), and one to two year old (27.2%) age classes occurred most
frequently in the registered harvest (Table 1).

(Zone 2 Lower Penninsula) At this time zone 2 had no trapping
During 2006-2007, we collected 203 tooth samples from a registered hunter harvest of 215
bobcats from Zone 2 (Units C and D, Figure 1). The M:F sex ratio of bobcats collected from
Zone 2 was 131:100 (Table 2). Of the bobcats collected, 70.9% were less than three years of
age. The young-of-the year (19.2%), and one to two year old (34.5%) age classes occurred
most frequently in the registered harvest (Table 2).
Zones 1 and 2
The number of bobcats registered during the 2006-2007 season (850) was up slightly from the
2005-2006 season (817*). The mandatory submission of bobcat teeth resulted in 784 useable
samples for a compliance rate of 92.2% (784/850). The age class and sex ratios from Zones 1
and 2 combined are summarized in Table 3.
Management Implications
Sealing of bobcat pelts and collection of biological data from harvested bobcats assures the
DNR’s compliance with USFWS regulations under CITES. Multiple year trends in harvest sex
and age ratios are used by the DNR in conjunction with other indices to evaluate the population
status of bobcat in Michigan.
Acknowledgments
We thank the bobcat trappers and hunters for their cooperation along with Wildlife Division
personnel and volunteers, for collecting the bobcat skulls and teeth. We thank M. Cosgrove,
and K. Brown for assisting in analyses, M. Strong and V. Frawley for preparation of Figure 1, M.
Bailey and P. Lederle for editing, and S. Kershaw, and C. Nelson-Fliearman for report
preparation.
*Eight additional registrations from the 2005-06 season were received after the Bobcat Survey 2005-2006
Wildlife Division Report No. 3465 reported a total harvest of 809 (607 in Zone 1).
Literature Cited
Crowe, D.M. 1975. Aspects of aging, growth, and reproduction of bobcats from Wyoming.
J. Mamm. 56:117-198.
Friedrich, P.D., G.E. Burgoyne Jr., T.M. Cooley, and S.M. Schmitt. 1983. Use of lower canine
teeth for