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|  No IL bobcat tag this year
 #8479599 10/02/25 09:10 AM
10/02/25 09:10 AM
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foxkidd44
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I don’t know how other states have their bobcat set up,,but we here in il have a limited bobcat quota and in order to get a permit, you have to apply and get into a lottery type of thing.
 I struck out again,, I’ve only been drawn one time and was blessed to have been able to fill it.
 
 The unfortunate thing about this lottery is that we have antis who enter into the lottery, and they steal someone else’s chance of harvesting a cat.
 Which I’m sure impacts how the state can really know a better idea of our cat population.
 
 Most trappers here in Illinois, would rather have a “ call in” quota system instead of a lottery.. but we suspect that the Illinois department of natural resources is making more money off of the lottery system.
 
 It’d also be nice if the applicants who enter the lottery, have a valid hunting or trapping license.
 
 How do you guys in other states have your cats set up?
 
 Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last.
 Abraham Lincoln
 
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|  Re: No IL bobcat tag this year
[Re: foxkidd44]
 #8479609 10/02/25 09:25 AM
10/02/25 09:25 AM
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jk
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And across the border to the north is New York with unlimited.   we are just feeding them cats......jk 
 Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free.   What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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|  Re: No IL bobcat tag this year
[Re: foxkidd44]
 #8479610 10/02/25 09:26 AM
10/02/25 09:26 AM
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danny clifton
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Here in KS cat harvest is limited by season length. No limit during season. Non resident license was 250. Have not looked in a couple years. Best population is east half of the state. Promise to kill coons and coyotes too you can easy find permission in Feb when deer and bird season are closed and cats are prime 
 Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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|  Re: No IL bobcat tag this year
[Re: MuddyMike]
 #8479663 10/02/25 11:45 AM
10/02/25 11:45 AM
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houndone
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 IL
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been applying for 4 years havent gotten one yetSame thing happened to me I called down state and said if you draw a tag you should go to the bottom of the pool.the following year they did change it to where if you got a permit the previous year you couldn't  get one that year.i still think it should go by a point system.i know last year when I applied there were over 9,000 applications at 5.00 for each one that's 45,000 which is non refundable and I agree you should have a valid hunting or trapping license before applying but I think all that would do is give the state more money because the antis would still buy those licenses to be able to apply for the permit. |  |  |  
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|  Re: No IL bobcat tag this year
[Re: foxkidd44]
 #8479809 10/02/25 06:30 PM
10/02/25 06:30 PM
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Lugnut
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We used to have lottery type permitting in PA when they first opened the season on them.
 My daughter and I applied 5-6 years in a row and never got one.
 
 Then they changed to one per applicant guaranteed.
 
 Eh...wot?
 
 
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|  Re: No IL bobcat tag this year
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
 #8480411 10/03/25 09:33 PM
10/03/25 09:33 PM
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dixieland
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 LA
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Here in Georgia it's catch as many as you can from December 1st to last day of February.
 No tags, no quota, no limit.
Same thing in a couple states I hunt and trap.  Are they just not there to start with, or Big Brother has his thumb on you, like he did in PA and said you couldn’t hunt on Sunday? |  |  |  
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|  Re: No IL bobcat tag this year
[Re: Savell]
 #8480502 10/04/25 05:49 AM
10/04/25 05:49 AM
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BTLowry
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 Classified as predators here… no closed season Was about to post same |  |  |  
 
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