FRANKFORT — Regulations to expand bobcat hunting, including at night with thermal equipment, moved forward Tuesday, despite bipartisan concern from some lawmakers about the status of Kentucky’s bobcat regulation. The state legislature’s Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee has the authority to vote to declare a regulation as “deficient” if lawmakers disapprove of it or recommend changes […]

Chet Hayes thinks Kentucky has a decent bobcat population. Hayes, a district director for the United Trappers of Kentucky, an organization representing fur trappers throughout the state, said it’s difficult to get solid information on the elusive animal.  “It’s still growing,” Hayes told the Lantern in July. “It’s not in a position where it needs […]