wilkoi
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Beautiful animal.
Bobcat!
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My friend that supplies.....
My friend that supplies me with great hunting stories was calling turkeys and called a bobcat instead which was greatly disconcerted that he was not a turkey. He fired at it and ran like anything and didn't venture to go back until he was sure it wasn't 'after' him. The pictures were impressive.
My friend that supplies me with great hunting stories was calling turkeys and called a bobcat instead which was greatly disconcerted that he was not a turkey. He fired at it and ran like anything and didn't venture to go back until he was sure it wasn't 'after' him. The pictures were impressive.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
I've lived 76 years and spent countless hours in woods and on water, and have never been fortunate enough to see one. I envy those of you who see them often.
Thanks for sharing that video. That is one healthy looking bobcat and sure is careful of the surroundings. Guess that is why you don't see them all that often.
Texas Star
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All of the various lynxes are very interesting animals. My favorite may be the Caracal, often called Rooikat (Red Cat) in South Africa. (Afrikaans is based on the parent Dutch.)
I like the rufous color and the long tufts on the ear tips.
But our own Bobcat is an impressive, cautious animal. You can usually tell it from the Canadian lynx because its fur is shorter and it's less heavily built.
I like the rufous color and the long tufts on the ear tips.
But our own Bobcat is an impressive, cautious animal. You can usually tell it from the Canadian lynx because its fur is shorter and it's less heavily built.
Gatofeo
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Never seen a bobcat in the wild, but lived in areas that had plenty of them. They are experts at getting around without being seen.
Loved the video. I just hope some jackleg doesn't take a shot at it. Seems like too many people today can't see an animal without trying to kill it. Would that these people got run over by a bus.
I used to have a log cabin on a lake in central British Columbia. Family went up there from 1971 to 2012, then sold it. Just too far away to keep it maintained.
In all those years, we saw two lynx. That's it. But tracks of them were common. No cougar or bobcats in that area; apparently they don't deal with winters that are -40 degrees.
The lynx Dad and I saw years ago trotted across the road in front of our slow-moving pickup. It was carrying its dinner, a dead squirrel. Didn't even give us a glance. Beautiful animal, and we were delighted to see such a natural sight.
Hey! Want to do something fun this summer for your bobcat? Grow some catnip in hanging baskets, then take some leaves over to the lot that your bobcat occupies.
Yep, catnip affects wild cats as well as domesticated ones. Plus, it's good for them. Gives them vitamin C and makes them playful.
My old cat limps around with arthritis sometimes, but a few fresh leaves of catnip have him playing like a kitten. Apparently, catnip reduces or eliminates pain too (much like alcohol, I guess).
Grow the fresh stuff in hanging baskets to keep neighborhood cats from nipping off the sprouts at ground level. You have to keep it out of their reach so it gets a good start. It's a mint, so it's decorative too.
Oh, and get real CATNIP not catmint. Catmint is a hybrid and doesn't have the same effect upon cats.
Your bobcat and her kittens will enjoy an occasional handful of fresh leaves, and you may get some hilarious video.
Dry catnip isn't nearly as potent or fragrant. Because it's so finely minced, it's harder for cats to eat it. The fresh stuff is much better.
The Seattle Zoo is probably still ticked off at me for throwing a wad of fresh catnip into the lion enclosure in 1981. What a show!
Loved the video. I just hope some jackleg doesn't take a shot at it. Seems like too many people today can't see an animal without trying to kill it. Would that these people got run over by a bus.
I used to have a log cabin on a lake in central British Columbia. Family went up there from 1971 to 2012, then sold it. Just too far away to keep it maintained.
In all those years, we saw two lynx. That's it. But tracks of them were common. No cougar or bobcats in that area; apparently they don't deal with winters that are -40 degrees.
The lynx Dad and I saw years ago trotted across the road in front of our slow-moving pickup. It was carrying its dinner, a dead squirrel. Didn't even give us a glance. Beautiful animal, and we were delighted to see such a natural sight.
Hey! Want to do something fun this summer for your bobcat? Grow some catnip in hanging baskets, then take some leaves over to the lot that your bobcat occupies.
Yep, catnip affects wild cats as well as domesticated ones. Plus, it's good for them. Gives them vitamin C and makes them playful.
My old cat limps around with arthritis sometimes, but a few fresh leaves of catnip have him playing like a kitten. Apparently, catnip reduces or eliminates pain too (much like alcohol, I guess).
Grow the fresh stuff in hanging baskets to keep neighborhood cats from nipping off the sprouts at ground level. You have to keep it out of their reach so it gets a good start. It's a mint, so it's decorative too.
Oh, and get real CATNIP not catmint. Catmint is a hybrid and doesn't have the same effect upon cats.
Your bobcat and her kittens will enjoy an occasional handful of fresh leaves, and you may get some hilarious video.
Dry catnip isn't nearly as potent or fragrant. Because it's so finely minced, it's harder for cats to eat it. The fresh stuff is much better.
The Seattle Zoo is probably still ticked off at me for throwing a wad of fresh catnip into the lion enclosure in 1981. What a show!
Malpasowildlifer
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very cool!!
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reddogge
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A few years ago I was bowhunting pigs in SC and I saw one walking down the path towards me. I hugged the side and it went through the thick stuff yards from me to enter the path again less than 10 yards from me. We looked at each other and it went on its way. I have no desire to kill one of those beautiful creatures.
Erich
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Really nice looking animal. The ones I see around here are a lot raspier looking. 
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
My sister has an elderly tomcat (neutered) who is a mean drunk. She's had him for thirteen years and he's normally docile, but on catnip he'll tear her up.
I hope the lions didn't get mean.
Big Cholla
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A few years ago, I was hunting Mule Deer NE of Ely, NV. I was camied up, face darkened and descented. I was sitting at the base of a Juniper Tree facing a game trail that came downhill for about 40 yds right towards me. The game trail took a slight bend to my right and went over a slight ridge. I caught a movement and watched as a huge male Bobcat came walking down the trail right for me. When he was about 20 ft. from me he stopped and looked around, but didn't spot me. He then walked on up the trail and out of sight. He was absolutely beautiful. There is no way in the world that I would have shot him. This was before digital cameras and my 35mm reflex was just too big to carry while seriously hunting with a rifle.
About an hour later I scared the heck out of a fellow hunter that came slipping down the trail from the direction the Bobcat had taken. I spoke to the guy when he was about 30 ft. from me as I didn't want to be a gunshot victim. He also didn't have a clue that I was sitting there.
As a kid we lived at the desert edge of LV. The Desert Bobcats would come to our backyard at night and raid the garbage cans. My sister's male Manx would go out and fight them. It was the undoing of him when he finally took on more Bobcats at one time than he could handle. ........ Big Cholla
About an hour later I scared the heck out of a fellow hunter that came slipping down the trail from the direction the Bobcat had taken. I spoke to the guy when he was about 30 ft. from me as I didn't want to be a gunshot victim. He also didn't have a clue that I was sitting there.
As a kid we lived at the desert edge of LV. The Desert Bobcats would come to our backyard at night and raid the garbage cans. My sister's male Manx would go out and fight them. It was the undoing of him when he finally took on more Bobcats at one time than he could handle. ........ Big Cholla
BobC357
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We have lots of bobcats around here -- especially with the exploding rabbit population. They're everywhere! Only a few really big ones. Our dog wants to play with one that sits by the backdoor. We have to be careful that it doesn't come into the house. We don't feed them but being in the city, they have lost their fear of people.
Here's a cute video of one (I don't recommend wild animals as pets!)
Bobcat Cuddles - YouTube
Here's a cute video of one (I don't recommend wild animals as pets!)
Bobcat Cuddles - YouTube
mrchuck
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Years ago, I ran a "trap line" here in the High Sierras. Caught a lot of Bob Cats and also a few Cougars. The Mountain Lions were given to the Fish and Game Bosses and the had them "stuffed and mounted" and placed behind their desk in their office here in Bishop, CA. We now have moved back to Bishop to be close to our grown children who here. Wife's orders.
Bobcats are kittens
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