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#2960286 - 09/27/12 11:38 PM Bobcat season?
hookem83
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I grew up in Texas and do not understand the thought behind having a season for bobcats or any other predator for that manner. Can you explain why bobcat hunting is regulated?
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#2960763 - 09/28/12 12:54 PM Re: Bobcat season? [Re: hookem83]
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Really simple anser...

All seasons are set to protect the resource from over exploitation. Bobcats, as well as any other predator, serve a key role in our ecosystem. Would everything collapse if bobcats were removed? Probably not, but I would rather have Mother Nature make that decision not man. Man tends to screw things up every once in a while. I have yet to hear of Mother Nature getting things wrong.

(I didn't have time to write the long version of why bobcats are important to the ecosystem. ;\) )
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#2960840 - 09/28/12 02:11 PM Re: Bobcat season? [Re: hookem83]
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Wish they would make it legal to take at least one during archery only season. Don't think that would wipe them out.
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#2960927 - 09/28/12 03:32 PM Re: Bobcat season? [Re: TLRanger]
EastTNHunter
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They are indigenous, yotes are not. I coulda shot one Sunday AM if they had been in season, but I have no need for another bobcat pelt.
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#2961571 - 09/29/12 10:19 AM Re: Bobcat season? [Re: EastTNHunter]
easy45
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 Originally Posted By: EastTNHunter
They are indigenous, yotes are not. I coulda shot one Sunday AM if they had been in season, but I have no need for another bobcat pelt.


Exactly what I was gonna say, Bobcats are a native predator, coyotes are not, which is why season is open year round on them
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#2962792 - 09/30/12 02:12 PM Re: Bobcat season? [Re: easy45]
hookem83
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Thank god for mother nature and the TWRA. Glad you guys are keeping your finger on the pulse of our game in Tennessee. Don't agree with the liberal deer hunting laws but your decision not ours.
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