MINNESOTA BOBCATS

[redmange]

HOW IS THE BOBCAT POPULATION IN MINNESOTA? HOW MANY TRACKS CAN YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON THE PERFECT DAY/WEATHER?

[Budd Denny]

I think the cat population is WAY down from a couple years ago. The hare population in the area I run crashed two winter ago and the cats went with em .

[Redbone83]

I agree we hunt north of Osage,MN snow shoes are way down, we live by New York Mills lots of rabbits here the last couple of years and been lots of cats being seen this year!

[swamphounds]

I been out scouting quite a bit and have only saw about a 1/3 the tracks is saw 2 years ago. I havent been seeing much for kittens tracks either. but then again it doesnt help when I have neighbors that dont care about how many they take either. over harvesting doesnt help the numbers either.

[alphaknl]

I think the cat population is WAY down from a couple years ago. The hare population in the area I run crashed two winter ago and the cats went with em .

I've noticed the same thing...the hare and rabbit population has plummeted in both MN and WI. Cats are following the trend. Less so in the fringe areas, but still dropping. One interesting thing is that the harvests have remained relatively high. Is this year going to be different?

Regardless, I'll be out there burnin' fuel, daylight, and the little change I have left in my pocket...all to enjoy the most miserable sport you can put youself through.

[Doogie]

budd you forgot to tell him about the constant wind and -30 temps every day from mid nov to the begining of april

[Caincando1]

I wish we had bobbers down here on the southern end of the state. I have a coyote hound that has a sweet tooth for ditch cougars. If we has bobbers around here, I think she'd be all over them.

[Budd Denny]

budd you forgot to tell him about the constant wind and -30 temps every day from mid nov to the begining of april

I just took it for granted that everyone ran in these conditions .

[Dan McDonough]

Caincando1- You do have them in your part of the state. You just have to look alittle harder and get near the rocks. If you happen to find gray fox instead, that's even better. Kill all of the coyotes and you start to see more. Riverbottoms are the key in your part of the state and the closer to the Mississippi you can get the better. Good luck.