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I didn't get a deer, but...
04 November 2009, 02:01
Slowpoke SlimI didn't get a deer, but...
...I did get a bobcat.
He walked up the game trail straight towards me, bold as brass. I was standing in the shade, in plain sight, without a bit of camo on. He stood less than 20 feet from me and just stared at me flicking his tail around for over a minute (it seemed like 10).
I was thinking wow, this is cool. I can't believe he's just standing there looking at me. I wondered what would happen if I pointed my rifle at him, if he'd take off or not.
I had the rifle butt on the ground between my feet and I was just standing there holding the barrel. I started to slowly raise it. He let me get it about 3/4rs of the way up before he bolted. I shouldered it anyway and figured that was it, maybe I'd get to watch him rocket away through my scope. At 30 yards he stopped, turned and looked at me...
That was his last mistake.
The down side is that I shot him with a 257 Wby mag, at 30 yards. It blew him up pretty badly. Trust me when I say the picture is of his good side.
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04 November 2009, 03:14
Cazador humildeCongrats. 'Never seen a bobcat in the wild, but heard plenty of stories.
04 November 2009, 03:20
tr 405Very cool!!!!
04 November 2009, 03:31
GeedubyaNice Kitty,
enjoy
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04 November 2009, 03:47
The SlugI bet he tastes like chicken...
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04 November 2009, 04:22
buckeyeshooterif you ask me, that is better than a deer. I've seen very few wild ones.
04 November 2009, 06:38
308SakoWay to go Slim... nice story too.
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05 November 2009, 04:58
woodsieNice!
Taxidermy man can fix most anything.
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05 November 2009, 07:31
724wdway to go! i so badly want a bobcat!
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05 November 2009, 07:58
CA Safari HunterWay to go on the cat! I took one with my 270 while hog hunting in TX. Yours looks like it will make a great mount. Mine had to be mounted lying on a log. I never found out what sex it was…
08 November 2009, 22:20
Gerrypeters375Boy! Am I going to be the skunk at the lawn party on this one! (And fighting with Westerners,yet!)
It's not a "bobcat". It's a lynx. Bobcats have round eyes and short stubby,round ears. Now look at the picture. Bobcats don't live in places like Texas and Arizona. They know better
(Sorry, guys, I love the whole West but don't try to transfer my animals to where they wouldn't dream of living)
09 November 2009, 03:30
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09 November 2009, 03:42
p dog shooterGerrypeters376 Lynx don't live in he south at all. Canada AK and a few in the northern states.
09 November 2009, 07:52
SnellstromLooks like a Bobcat to me!
Lynx are different looking have real big ear tufts and big clumsy lookin feet. Colorado has Lynx but they are protected.
10 November 2009, 23:28
Gerrypeters375p dog shooter:
I totally agree with you -which is why I was so puzzled at seeing that a lynx had been shot in the Southwest. I used to hunt black bear in the Nipissing District of north central Ontario Province of Canada. My bear guide-a guy I respected as one of the best woodsmen I had ever seen in my life and who made a living also as a trapper - told me that he had not seen a lynx in maybe five years -and that was in 1993. I just have no explanation for it. Obviously, I can't call the Westerners out as liars -because they have pretty good proof of what looks like a very dead lynx -and not a stuffed trophy!
Are lynx moving from north to south? Arizona and NM have real mountains and real winters so I guess a lynx could live there - but I still wonder. One thing I remain certain of - That ain't no bobcat and I'll fight any Westerner on that!
11 November 2009, 01:31
CA Safari Hunterquote:
Originally posted by Gerrypeters375:
Bobcats don't live in places like Texas and Arizona. They know better
I think you got it backwards…
11 November 2009, 06:18
Bobby TomekCongrats on a terrific trophy!
And yes, Gerrypeters, that IS a bobcat.
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11 November 2009, 07:00
SnellstromThanks Bobby I was about to take him on so thanks for the back up, yes Gerrypeters it certainly is a Bobcat.
Like I said B4 Lynx have a different look to them.
11 November 2009, 08:15
458LottfanYou would be supprised at what a good taix can cover up or fix. My brother shot a nice cat in the ass with a .300 Win Mag at 30 yards or so. The cat looks great with it laying on the rough side on a large branch.
11 November 2009, 08:18
CA Safari Hunterquote:
Originally posted by Snellstrom:
Like I said B4 Lynx have a different look to them.
And they’re a lot bigger.
11 November 2009, 16:52
DMBSlim,
Kudos on the cat!!!!
Don
12 November 2009, 23:00
Dark Helmetquote:
JPFO
nice work. I gotta learn how to skin game that size...
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13 November 2009, 01:07
hoghuntingI've shot 4 bobcats, and have seen many more on our ranch in TX. That looks just like all the bobcats here in Texas.
I bet you had quite an adrenaline rush after it was over. Nice shooting.
15 November 2009, 08:46
rickt300I've seen both Lynx and bobcats though a lot more bobcats for sure. Though that is a well furred cat I have to say it looks like a bobcat to me.
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16 November 2009, 07:14
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16 November 2009, 08:00
N E 450 No2Well done.
I have shot several bobcats, including 2 here at my place trying to get my ducks.
I had decided that "in the wild" I would shoot no more....
Until, after, I have recieved 3 emails showing 3 different bobcats, killing big buck deer.
Now I pplan to shoot every bobcat I see...
Just like I do every coyote I see...
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16 November 2009, 21:31
philny1Yea, thats a bobcat. I've had em in the yard too.
Would like to see the e-mails of the cat killing the big buck. My taxidermist is working on a mount of a bobcat leaping onto a good whitetail buck.
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16 November 2009, 21:48
wildcat junkiequote:
Originally posted by Slowpoke Slim:
...I did get a bobcat.
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http://i490.photobucket.com/al...m/P1050355.jpg[/IMG] He walked up the game trail straight towards me, bold as brass. I was standing in the shade, in plain sight, without a bit of camo on. He stood less than 20 feet from me and just stared at me flicking his tail around for over a minute (it seemed like 10).
I was thinking wow, this is cool. I can't believe he's just standing there looking at me. I wondered what would happen if I pointed my rifle at him, if he'd take off or not.
I had the rifle butt on the ground between my feet and I was just standing there holding the barrel. I started to slowly raise it. He let me get it about 3/4rs of the way up before he bolted. I shouldered it anyway and figured that was it, maybe I'd get to watch him rocket away through my scope. At 30 yards he stopped, turned and looked at me...
That was his last mistake.
The down side is that I shot him with a 257 Wby mag, at 30 yards. It blew him up pretty badly. Trust me when I say the picture is of his good side.
I've seen them mounted lying on a log in a pose similar to your pix. Now I know why they monted it that way.
Perhaps that would be a nice option for this tabby?
17 November 2009, 20:45
CA Safari HunterSlim – this is how my cat ended up mounted. I shot it a little far back with a 270 and completely blew out its undercarriage. The taxidermist said this was the only pose that would work. It turned out a lot better than I thought.
18 November 2009, 07:03
Slowpoke SlimThank you for the suggestion, I'll take it up with my taxidermist.
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18 November 2009, 21:05
wildcat junkiequote:
Originally posted by Slowpoke Slim:
Thank you for the suggestion, I'll take it up with my taxidermist.
The pose I saw had both legs hanging over 1 side. If the "undercarriage" is still intact you might consider that. It actually looked like a cross between you PIX & the PIX of the "mounted" cat straddling the branch. Closer to you PIX though.
20 November 2009, 00:52
Gerrypeters375I have the funny feeling that my argumret with Westerners about "lynx" and "bobcat" is reslly an argument about terms. Apparently, so far as I can see,Westerners regard the Canadian lynx (which apparently has migrated south from Canada to the US) to be a "bobcat". That only shows that Westerners (who are an uneducated lot)
don't understand the origins of the bobcat -which is a strictly Eastern animal. BTW, he is not found in Canada at all - which led to some suggestions at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that he should be our national emblem - and I resent efforts of Westerners to take over a truly native Eastern aninal as their own!
20 November 2009, 01:00
daniel77I've killed two. Both were shot with Bal tips and pretty much blown apart. Good lesson in what BT's are good for. I'd love to have one mounted someday. They are supposed to make good pets as well. If I have to have a cat (my wife loves them) it may as well be a big bad cat.