By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, the season for taking bobcats in Trapping District 3 in southwestern Montana will close at midnight on Wednesday, January 4, 2006.

The district includes portions of Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Madison, Meagher, Park and Silver Bow counties.

For more information visit FWP's web site, Fisher, Bobcat & Otter Quotas and Wolverine Management Unit Quotas web page, or call the toll free number at 1-800-711-8727.