I was drawn for a tag and was lucky enough to get a bobcat here in the southern zone. WI gave out 1580 tags in my zone and had a 500 harvest quota along with a first and second season. When I registered my Bobcat (drawn for the first season) it was just over the 160 harvest mark in the lower part of the state. I have to turn in the carcass and part of the lower jaw to the WI dept of natural resources by the 7th of the following month. So a skull mount is out with a portion of the lower part of the jaw removed. The teeth are worn down pretty good so it wouldn’t have looked great imo anyways. Guessing it was a pretty old cat. Just thawed and skinned it out the other day so I’ll make a call to run the Caracas tomorrow along with the pelt to be officially (2nd supplied tag, this time by them) tagged by the DNR so I can have it tanned. The jaw needs to be turned in for age and I would assume the carcass for study. It said in my supplied “first stage of” paper tagging directions I could keep the meat for consumption if wanted. I removed the legs, back straps, and neck meat. I removed the glands from the rear quarters and soaked in a salt/vinegar brine mix overnight. I swear I could still smell “gland/pee”. Maybe it was just a mindset? Don’t know if I will be brave enough to try cooking it or just use it for coyote bait. Any brave souls that have cooked and ate it?