Bobcat

franklinm · Post by **franklinm** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:46 pm

Gent`t it was a fun day today during my morning hunt , for the first time in my hunting I got to see a bobcat try an catch a squirrel .
I would not have thought that a cat could climb a tree that fast , but I was sure surprised . he about ten feet up that tree in a blink of the eye .
I put one through him as he was leaving , I did not follow him into the brush , but will check later , he probably waited about 40 pounds
as I said in all my hunting that has been a first , and what a rush .

pdislow · Post by **pdislow** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:29 am

whenever one gets a bobcat within bow range, the setup is right.

stump · Post by **stump** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:18 am

Excuse my lack of knowledge about bobcat hunting, but what do you do with it after you've shot it. Do you have it mounted, use the fur, eat the meat ??

franklinm · Post by **franklinm** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:54 am

You would have it mounted . I would not eat the meat of a cat .

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:05 pm

Have ya went and found it as yet franklinm

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:03 pm

40 pounds would be a very large bobcat not saying it isnt possible just sayin WOW..around here Okieville I bow killed a nice bob 24 pounds and thats a biggen...Here is my Male [img][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/ ... Send25.jpg[/img][/img]

and here is my 18 lb female shoulder mount...[img][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/ ... Send15.jpg[/img][/img] They are so thick around here you can to kill 20 in the season..

I wouldnt eat them either..and I hate killin something without eating it..BUT they are hard on the Turkeys and other wildlife when there are so many...the other wildlife suffers..

franklinm · Post by **franklinm** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:19 pm

Hoss Those are nice mounts , I haven`t found my cat .(bummer) I sure would like to have a mount like your full body one .
We are getting plenty of those bugger`s also , I had plenty of deer coming in that stopped , I was wondering why, I think I got my answer .
That cat may not have been forty pounds , but he was big , he looked six foot long going up that pine .

darkhollowarcher · Post by **darkhollowarcher** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:05 pm

Wedsday must have been a good day for bobcats ,i too saw one last eveining.(they are protected here in Pa) but it is still great just to watch them in there own enviroment

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:52 pm

franklinm wrote:Hoss Those are nice mounts , I haven`t found my cat .(bummer) I sure would like to have a mount like your full body one .
We are getting plenty of those bugger`s also , I had plenty of deer coming in that stopped , I was wondering why, I think I got my answer .
That cat may not have been forty pounds , but he was big , he looked six foot long going up that pine .

I hear ya Franklinm Ive seen some bigger than mine not often but do..and yes they look alot bigger in the woods..Man I would have love to been with ya buddy when that dude flew up that tree..I bet that was awsome its that kinda stuff that keeps me comin back to the woods for sure..Take care my friend

Thanks for the compliment on my mount..

Furor · Post by **Furor** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:30 pm

Im new to the bowhunting thing but is it normal to shoot an animal and then go home without searching for it or do you have a laptop you used to post your first message?

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:32 pm

Furor wrote:Im new to the bowhunting thing but is it normal to shoot an animal and then go home without searching for it or do you have a laptop you used to post your first message?

sometimes..particularly if you think you hit your game sour...you wait a while before going to look for it! Why? if you spook up a injured animal in the bush like a bobcat or a deer it may run and you never find it..A injured animal will run a bit then lay down as long as you dont push it or scare it it will stay there and die..recovery is possible..you go after your prey to soon it will run and run and run till it dies most likely in a hiddy hole, and you may never find it...Or it being a cat if you go in the bush after a injured cat it may end up stuck on your face.

..a responsible hunter knows when to excersize patients like franklinm did.And if you didnt notice Mr Franklinm went back and looked and he couldnt find it and was bummed out because of it.....doesnt matter if you wait at home or in your truck or stay in the tree...

FYI when your new to something and want a question answered from such a fine board, so to educate self! be careful how you ask (like the laptop comment) sometimes things can be taken as sarcasm.and that only serves to divide people and strike up a bunch of junk ...You may be joking and I hope so but you never know these days..and I have never heard of bow hunters packing a laptop to the tree if thats your next question..

chris4570 · Post by **chris4570** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:47 pm

[quote="HossI have never heard of bow hunters packing a laptop to the tree if thats your next question..[/quote]

Actually had a lap top in the woods with us on Sunday!! We joked about it being out of place and we wondered if this was the way our ancestors had done it

. The lap top was brought along so as to look at the pics on my trailcam and save them without having to remove the camera from the woods.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:59 pm

well there ya go....reasonable plan of action...I ment hunting with Chris..but who knows mabey thats happened..

Xman · Post by **Xman** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:00 pm

franklinm;
I also saw for the first time yesterday morning, a bobcat chasing a fox squirell. It was fast and it all happened about 66yds. from my stand, I stayed on my stand a bit longer than usual hoping he would cross my food plot. I have killed some that was darn close to 40 lbs. if not more. My problem this year have been rattlesnakes, I've killed 6 since Sept. 10,from 3 1/2 feet to over 5 1/2 feet. Just be careful I wear snakeboots and hip to toe leggings.

Xman

Furor · Post by **Furor** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:24 pm

actually I was serious about the laptop thing, or semi serious at least, could be a pda or something also but I know a lot of people that carry portable internet devices so it wouldnt suprise me too much.