AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s bobcat hunting season is ending for the year.
The state allows a bobcat hunting season every winter. It began on Dec. 1 and ends next Tuesday.
Bobcat hunting has been a contentious subject in neighboring New Hampshire. That state proposed issuing 50 bobcat permits through a lottery, but opponents said that could cause the animals to be exploited for their pelts.
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Quebec all have bobcat seasons.
Maine is also the host of a fox hunt that ends on Feb. 28.
Most of the state’s most popular hunting seasons take place in the fall. Those include bear, deer and moose.
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