Radio Iowa You are here: Home Proposal expands bobcat trapping to 3 more counties A bobcat. (DNR photo) The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has given the go-ahead for an expansion of the bobcat hunting zones in the state. DNR wildlife specialist Vince Evelsizer says the proposal will expand the bobcat harvest into three counties. “Dubuque, Delaware, and Jones Counties. The reason for that is we continue to see nice growth and expansion of the bobcat population in a south to north direction up through areas of suitable habitat in eastern Iowa,” Evelsizer says. Evelsizer says it’s clear the bobcats are moving beyond the three counties they are adding. “We are already getting reports from our staff and from the public — which we very much appreciate in monitoring their growth and expansion — up into Clayton, Allamakee, and Winneshiek Counties at this time,” according to Evelsizer. “However it doesn’t look like enough yet to warrant a proposal to ask for a harvest up there.”