I don't know for sure but I would think as the cats are not native or protected you could shot them with out any regulations on them at all. I remember reading about some feral hogs near I80 in Iowa I think in Clarke County. They interviewed a DNR Official that stated that since they are not reconized as wildlife by the state code there was no regulations about hunting them. Same goes for the Mountain Lion as I understand.


I would have to agree with shooting wild cats. I would also have to say that cats that are not near buildings should be considered wild cats. My girlfriend's parents have cats on the farm and they feed them which for the most part keeps them around. Now they have had a couple of cats just appear and start coming up for food. they tend to roam a little further out than the more tame ones but when they are called for feeding time, they don't come from that far away. Now do you think they stay close at night? I don't, at night they roam out into the road ditch and fields hunting, cats seem to be more acitve at night.