Bobcat caught!!!

It's cool to see 'em- I've seen 5 or 6 of 'em here. They made a strong comeback in Southern Illinois in recent years. Now we have cougar, too. So I'm a little puzzled by those who think their numbers are dwindling. ??

As far as letting it go, if he did everything legally, I see no problem with removing a varmint that has been preying on his livestock. I'm not saying he should kill it, and if this was done in a manner contrary to the law, I'd say he definitely shouldn't. But I recognize that for this man, the desire to see a majestic beast in the wild may be outweighed by concerns for his own animals, and would not judge him for doing what he has to.

A coworker happened to be on the phone with a local guy who was out deer hunting (a bad time to call, I agree). They guy witnessed a bobcat attack a deer as they were talking. It bit the deer's neck and took it down; I don't recall now though whether the deer got up and took off again. But if they can take down a deer, I would be concerned for 70 pound calves, too.

But even with deer, i mean i have no problem with hunting if your eating it. but to brag about killing the biggest deer just seems odd to me. Killing a bigger dear isn't really any harder or requiring more skill is it? Personally if requiring large food consumption is left out, I would rather just take smaller deer just to leave the genepool healthy. I guess i just find it disrespectful for exploitative to plaster pictures of dead animals everywhere. give em some respect, and dont you dare leave uneaten meat on your plate.
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My first reaction to this is to say something about your condescending attitude towards something you obviously don't know anything about. But instead maybe this is an opportunity for learning. As another poster has already pointed out, yes, the bigger older animals are indeed much more challenging to take. You can go out here and shoot a whole pickup load of younger deer, whereas the older ones have gotten smarter and learned some incredible tricks. It's not just about luck; real effort is usually needed to learn their habits and actually outsmart them. I have never even gotten a shot at an old buck because I'm mainly out to just harvest some meat for the freezer. But I will not begrudge those who are willing to put in the work to earn a shot at a nice one.

I do not eat the skunks or coyotes I shoot, or the houseflies I swat, and make no apology for it. I would have been happy to only talk about bobcats on this thread; I see no need for comments about moral superiority from those who are in a different situation.

Cheers.
 
I meant big cats in general are dwindling, the ocelot here in Texas, tigers being poached, clouded leopard, etc....
 
Rockywolf said:
As road kill? That sucks....aren't they very smart?
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People become roadkill... they are not very smart either!!
my bet on roadkill is they are brought to the road for carrion or to hunt bird's filling their crop's from the roads.
Good story, seen 2 cougars, many bears and wolves but never a bobcat.
With the pine beetle logging and controlled burns, B.C. has got more deer/elk/moose habitat than decades before. The cougar and bobcat population is expanding as well with increased forage area's. Couple this with reduced hunter number's, good things on the hunter's and predator's horizon. I don't like hunting predator's unless there is a viable need, someone has to clean up the sick and stupid. Some area's here are to the point where deer are pests and need culling.
have a good day guys
Brad
 
There are a lot of them around where my farm in SD is. As a kid we trapped them and anything else that had fur to sell. That was the only source of income we had as kids. For a while the price of fur and pelts dropped so far that it was not worth the doing. Then for several years, bobcats were protected because of their low numbers. They are a beautiful animal and lots of fun to watch. I had to shoot one a few years ago when he kept raiding the chicken house. He was on the roof trying to pull the wire off the window to get in. However I only shoot them if they are creating a problem with the pets or livestock. They will kill lambs and baby pigs when they get a chance. I don't shoot coyotes either unless their numbers get to high and they are after livestock or pets. We used to shoot them if we had lambs around as that seems to be their favorite meal.
 
Here in Scandinavia, Bobcats are I think what we call the Lynx (have to look up the name in Latin) They are a beautiful & impressive animal who do take small animals or poultry left out,but they keep down the hares,rats and other numerous undesirables.They can be shot here legally,but most hunters for food disapprove of this as some kind of trophy hunting,a waste of rare life actually and something that tarnishes the image of food hunting and game preservation.

Interestingly, I read that in the eastern part of the UK the deer population has got so out of hand due to lack of culling or hunting that biologists are calling for a re-introduction of the Lynx as a natural brake on deer numbers.A welcome idea as these mid sized cats don't trouble man and are a beautiful animal:thumbup:
 
willgoy said:
Here in Scandinavia, Bobcats are I think what we call the Lynx (have to look up the name in Latin) They are a beautiful & impressive animal who do take small animals or poultry left out,but they keep down the hares,rats and other numerous undesirables.They can be shot here legally,but most hunters for food disapprove of this as some kind of trophy hunting,a waste of rare life actually and something that tarnishes the image of food hunting and game preservation.

Interestingly, I read that in the eastern part of the UK the deer population has got so out of hand due to lack of culling or hunting that biologists are calling for a re-introduction of the Lynx as a natural brake on deer numbers.A welcome idea as these mid sized cats don't trouble man and are a beautiful animal:thumbup:
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Lynx and Bobcat are considered different species but belong to the same genus.
 
I posted these before, but here is a bobcat and her cubs that I "caught" with a camera in my backyard. Absolutely beautiful creatures! :cool:

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I remember that Raining ... it was an awesome post.
Absolutely beautiful photos.
 
willgoy- the bobcat is similar to the lynx, but with shorter legs and a rustier-colored coat. Depending on who does the Linnaean lumping or splitting, the scientific name is either felis rufus, lynx rufus or rufus rufus.

Oops. KuRUpTD already covered it.
 
Several years ago my wife saw a bobcat while solo hiking with our dog near our apartment in the outskirts of the LA area. I was severely ticked that I had to stay home and study!

Recently I finally saw a couple of bobcats playing in a clearing I was watching during deer season. Very cool.

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Guys I took several pics of it in the cage. If i can figure out how to put them on here, I will do so. He was a beautiful animal.
 
I just became a paying member so i can post pics of the cat so give me a little time to figure it out. ok.
 
Wildone39 said:
I just became a paying member so i can post pics of the cat so give me a little time to figure it out. ok.
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Oh, you didn't have to do that, but you will be happy with the new features anyways :D

You go to a place like Photobucket.com, register, then upload from your PC files. After the pics have uploaded to your photobucket account, put your mouse over the picture. You will notice 3 or 4 different lines of text:

email or IM
direct link
html code
IMG code - this is the line that you copy and paste here

This will allow your pics to appear directly here on the page.

Hops this helps, J.

ps. lets see that cat already :D
 
It works!!! Great pic of the Cat, he has that,"whatcha looking at," thing going on too :D

edit: now be sure to put up pics of that kabar and camo sheath over in general :p
 
That's great news!!! I bet he'll stay away from metal cages after this experience :p
 
Im working on getting those pics of my knife on there now man, hey thanks alot for your help. Your a nice person.
 
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