Are there any Tenxans on the varmint forum?
I have been looking at predator master forum where in Texas they are flat out shooting bobcat.
Anyone here got do the same?

There are several of us there Express. What in particular do you want to know.

I personally usually get 3 to 8 per year, but its in conjuction with my coyote huntin, since we have both in the same area.

Pecos

i live in east tx.get my share of bob cats and coyotes.

Most of my hunting is predator hunting. There is nothing like it!

Bob



[ 02-17-2003, 08:24: Message edited by: Bob in TX ]

Bob, first you obviously hunt west Texas, but where. Second, do you call or what?
Third, what did you dust him or her with. Fourth, Great cat! From a fellow TEXAN.
Thanks in advance.

Bob, that cat looks different from any I've ever seen around here.

Texas has an excellent population of bobcats, which often can -- and do --live in close proximity to man without ever being detected. They are sly and secretive, and their natural camo makes them hard to spot (pardon the pun). In fact, several years ago, I hunted/trapped a farm that was literally overrun with them. Yet the folks who lived there had never seen one before, that despite the fact that it was the 'cats which had decimated their free-ranging chicken population.

I've both called and trapped them, and they're easier to outwit than a coyote. But you do have to be patient when calling as a cat will take its sweet time responding to a call.

Last month, I called in a nice tom , and I've attached a photo of it. At 28 pounds, he was the second heaviest bobcat I have taken. This one was "stocky" and had minimal "spots", not long and lanky and heavily spotted as the one Bob in TX posted. The females around here are more like the one Bob posted a photo of while the toms tend to have less coloration.

http://www.outdoor-search.com/gallery/Free_For_All/abl

[ 02-26-2003, 10:19: Message edited by: Bobby Tomek ]

Texans, after a somewhat unproductive hunt in Canada for these cats, I have though of heading to Texas next winter, RedFrog form Canada would also be keen to do this trip.
Are the furs any better/different over "winter" in Texas? I was keen to get a really good pelt from Canada, but he tells me what few cats there are there are very small, I'd say around 20lb max, most likely smaller.
Also, what are "ringtails"?
Are they the ringtailed cat?

There is a ringtail cat in Southern Texas called the Ocelot. Better not shoot one of them, as they are very much endangered, protected, etc. HTH, Dutch.

Express

Ringtails are a small canivore related to the raccoon and the coati. They look like a very small fox with an impressive heavily furred long ringed tail. They're usually only a couple of kg. They're fairly widespread in west and central Texas but fairly uncommon throughout their range. They probably most common in rocky areas in the hill country of Central Texas.

Michael