Forget snake shot.

Minor question here. Bobcat? I thought the ones with the little tuffs of hair on the points of their ears were lynx?
 
Minor question here. Bobcat? I thought the ones with the little tuffs of hair on the points of their ears were lynx?
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Our local bobcats in WV don't have obvious tufts on their ears, but they are sure cute little devils! DNR succeeded in tagging and putting a transmitter collar on this Mom after her kittens were weaned and took off.

I like having a few predators around to keep the deer population under control. I don't have any stock or fowl that they bother, so we have an "agreement." Our parcel abuts state game lands. They have plenty of range to roam and a refuge here where they are safe and appreciated. Our housecats are strictly indoor and safely observe their wild relatives from the window.
 
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Our local bobcats in WV don't have obvious tufts on their ears, but they are sure cute little devils! DNR succeeded in tagging and putting a transmitter collar on this Mom after her kittens were weaned and took off.
I know the bobcats I've killed in WV didn't have those tufts like in the OP's video.
 
My friend, a herpetologist, tells me the mongoose, fearless as they are, has an approximately 50% success rate against Asian snakes such as the cobra. And cobras are considered "slow-striking" snakes relative to other striking snakes. North American rattlesnakes are among the fastest striking snakes in the world and the success rate of domestic house cats versus rattlesnakes is over 90% according to my buddy (who is a curator at a major state-owned zoo).

I've watched my cats, over the many years, take on plenty of snakes, including occasional rattlesnakes and copperheads, and their record was/is 100% - so far. I have never been able to cajole a house cat into leaving a snake alone. The good news is we just don't see many live snakes on our property - they simply don't last very long.

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An interesting post written a week or so ago by TxBryan regarding cats 🐈 and snakes. As the saying goes “speed kills.”
 
An interesting post written a week or so ago by TxBryan regarding cats 🐈 and snakes. As the saying goes “speed kills.arding
I was thinking of that thread, as I watched the video.
 
Cats of all flavors are badd***! There are other You Tube videos of domestic cats going all Kung Fu on about any animal out there.
That is precisely why our two rescue kids stay indoors. Also protects them from being coyote or bobcat food. However they are encouraged to kill any wild things which get into the house and are champion mousers. Lacking mice they eagerly pursue stink bugs, ants, wasps and spiders.
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My experience with shot shell has show the to be pretty worthless at over 5'. Most of them leave a huge nearly empty spot in the middle of the pattern at much more than that

Cats are flat amazing when it comes to speed and reaction time. I saw a video of a snake trying to strike a house cat and the cat was able to avoid it every time

Go do a search for cat vs snake
 
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