Iowa's Department of Natural Resources is proposing to open up a season for bobcats to run from November 3 to January 31. This season would be for hunting and trapping and would extend to these dates or until a maximum of 150 cats were taken. The season would close after that.

Not all of Iowa would be open to hunting and trapping of the cat. It would be limited to 21 of Iowa's 99 counties. Those 21 counties are primarily in the southern part of the state where bobcat populations are the highest.

As part of the process, there will be a public hearing in Des Moines on May 30, 2007.

Tom Remington