BOBCAT APPLICATION DEADLINES APPROACH
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania hunters and trappers are reminded about the upcoming deadlines for submitting an application for one of the 1,010 bobcat permits to be awarded during a public drawing at the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Harrisburg headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave.
Applications must be received by the agency, applied for
over-the-counter at any of the agency's six region offices or
Harrisburg headquarters or postmarked no later than Aug. 15. Those postmarked or delivered after Aug. 15 will be rejected.
However, online applications will be accepted via "The Outdoor Shop" on the Game Commission's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) through Sept. 4.
The season will be open only in Wildlife Management Units 2A, 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D, which are in southwestern, northcentral and northeastern Pennsylvania. To participate in this restricted opportunity, an individual must have a resident furtaker license or a resident junior or senior combination license, and a bobcat hunting-trapping permit.
Those who received a bobcat permit last year are not eligible for this year's drawing. Only one application per person will be accepted.
Multiple applications will result in rejection of all an individual's applications.
Applicants must use the form found on page 89 of the 2007-08
Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting & Trapping Regulations, or at "The
Outdoor Shop" on the Game Commission's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us).
There is a $5 non-refundable application fee. Applications by mail must be sent to: Bobcat Permit Application, Pennsylvania Game Commission,
2001 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797.
The 1,010 permits will be selected during a computerized drawing, which will be open to the public, at the agency's headquarters on Friday, Sept. 14. Those selected will receive their bobcat permit by U.S. mail in early October. The bobcat hunting season will take place Oct. 20 through Feb. 16. The bobcat trapping season will be held from Oct. 21
through Feb. 17.