Bobcat season to close in Trapping District 1, fisher season to close in portions

by The Western News
| December 27, 2016 1:58 PM

By order of the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission the season for trapping of all bobcats in Trapping District 1 in northwestern Montana will close at midnight on the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. The season for taking fisher in portions of Trapping District’s 1 and 2 of northwestern Montana will also close at midnight on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016.

The district includes portions of Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Lewis & Clark, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and Sanders counties. Cabinet FMU includes portions of Lincoln county that is south and west of Highway 2.

For more information, visit FWP’s website at fwp.mt.gov, click on “Hunting,” then click on “Drawing & Quota Status,” or call the toll-free number at 1-800-385-7826.