hunting

A state Senate bill, SB 241, would establish a hunting and trapping season for bobcats in Indiana by July of next year.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says wildlife biologists determine where the hunts are needed to ensure healthy habitats for native plants and animals.

The number one cause of hunting accidents in Indiana isn't mishandling firearms, it's falling out of trees.

The Humane Society of the United States released the results of an undercover investigation of a two-day wildlife killing contest that culminated at an Indiana fire department.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has seen an increase in hunting licenses recently. It's the first time license sales have been up in several years.

Indiana will now require hunting guides to be licensed and file a monthly report with the Department of Natural Resources.

Deer hunters seeking private property in Indiana to hunt on can connect with landowners, golf courses, parks, land trusts, farmers and communities interested in letting them do so.

The proposed rules would have created a hunting season for bobcats and required animal control to kill any "nuisance animals" caught.

A law approved last year prohibited deer hunters from using rifles on public property.

At least one hunter killed a deer last year on the 555-acre Crown Hill Cemetery and Funeral Home, which dates to the 1860s.