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Post by tar12 on Jan 18, 2015 23:37:13 GMT -5
I cut old Rock loose...my walker hound...and he soon struck and treed on a den. I cut him loose again and he started getting deep and I decided I better get a move on in order to catch up with him. I soon encountered standing water and had to skirt around about 150 yds. While doing this Rock fell treed about 200 yds in and as I came around the end of the water I spotted eyes about 15 ft up and thought it was a coon at first until I got closer and realized it was a Bobcat! They are rare in my area and the last one I saw was 30 years ago! This one was not camera shy and let me take several pictures and he never jumped! I think he was curious...pretty cool!   |
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Jan 19, 2015 5:53:02 GMT -5
Very cool. I have also only seen one here in NYS and although scarce, not very rare. Very nocturnal.
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Post by jims on Jan 19, 2015 11:23:46 GMT -5
I have never seen one in the wild. Nice photos.
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Post by deadeer on Jan 19, 2015 12:16:26 GMT -5
Wow pretty cool. A few turning up here in NW Indiana once in a great while. The DNR had seemed to be real hush hush about them, but now there is no disputing once they are on camera, or caught in a snare like we had down the road a few years ago. The DNR was called to release it but they got it so wound up it died in the process.
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Post by bestill on Jan 19, 2015 12:48:50 GMT -5
Been getting trail cam pics last couple years here in southeastern Indiana.
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Post by mrbuck on Jan 19, 2015 17:29:38 GMT -5
The Fish and Wildlife in NJ stocked several captured in Maine over 20 years ago . They are well established
in northern NJ often turning up in snares or as roadkill .
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Post by Alabama on Jan 19, 2015 17:46:01 GMT -5
Nice, healthy looking bobcat!!
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Post by Richard on Jan 19, 2015 20:37:14 GMT -5
That is pretty neat! I had one run across the 200 yard berm at our range here is NC about two years ago. Prior to that, the last one I saw was running up a ridge in Vermont while deer hunting.
Richard
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Post by rambler on Jan 19, 2015 20:56:46 GMT -5
2 a day limit in Arkansas. I shoot 'em on sight.
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Post by rossman40 on Jan 21, 2015 13:50:27 GMT -5
I seen one a few years ago in SE Ohio. I was standing about 10 feet from a downed tree and happened to look over and seen this head looking at me over the trunk. I thought "who's cat is that". Then it jumped up on the trunk and stood there showing me a broadside, a YOW moment! It looked at me like "what are you doing here" for about 10-15 seconds and then just walked down the trunk to the base and jumped off and disappered into the brush. I've heard what sounded like them fighting or mating a few times around the cabin in the past but never seen one. Supposedly there was one hanging around a local trailer park, a few small dogs came up missing after being let out at night to do their business. I guess a chihuahua would make a good snack for one.
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Post by billc on Jan 25, 2015 11:54:14 GMT -5
Quite common in east TN and western NC where I hunt. I shoot one every couple of years or so as target practice. Saw a mountain lion in WNC while deer hunting in 2000. That was a challenge keeping my drawers clean! A CVA patched round ball flintlock had me feeling way under gunned!
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Post by oneshotike on Jan 28, 2015 19:00:21 GMT -5
Been getting trail cam pics last couple years here in southeastern Indiana. I saw my first bobcat about 6 miles from friendship 10 years ago and have seen 2 more since that time on the same farm. I sometimes wonder if the guy from redwolf sanc. lost a few of his as I hunt right down the road from there. |
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Post by bestill on Jan 28, 2015 21:58:33 GMT -5
Possible im 3 miles from friendship and several cats on olean road also.
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Post by 1coyotemaster on Jan 29, 2015 14:34:03 GMT -5
Rick, those are some nice pics --- the cat isn't shy at all.
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Post by pposey on Feb 23, 2015 23:24:46 GMT -5
We have alot of them, there was one that stayed around my house off and on for a few weeks she had 3 kittens that were only 6 inches tall or so,,
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Post by tasaman on Mar 2, 2015 8:11:58 GMT -5
Love wild cats. I've only seen a dozen or so. One was truly huge cat in my opinion. At least twice the size of the 25lb or so other cats I've seen. Another time when in Georgia I was out catfishing on the Savanna river and heard a scream that sent chills down my spine, caused me to pack my crap and call it night. Had to be about 50 yards away. Learned later that it was a bobcat in heat. It was sound I will never forget.
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Post by tar12 on Mar 3, 2015 21:36:15 GMT -5
Love wild cats. I've only seen a dozen or so. One was truly huge cat in my opinion. At least twice the size of the 25lb or so other cats I've seen. Another time when in Georgia I was out catfishing on the Savanna river and heard a scream that sent chills down my spine, caused me to pack my crap and call it night. Had to be about 50 yards away. Learned later that it was a bobcat in heat. It was sound I will never forget. I have heard that blood curdling scream myself! I was 7 at the time...and we were cat fishing as well. Didn't take me long to shag back to the truck! |
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