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My son just hit a bobcat!
dragfan66
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He is returning from south Alabama, going up Hwy. 5 and just south of Marion, Al. he hit a "big *" bobcat.
He could hear it making noise and went in to very thick timber to find it. He finally found it about 20 feet up a tree. He finished it off with a his .45.
He can't get it down because the tree has no limbs below it and it is dark as hell.
I told him to go on home and we will go after it tomorrow.
Right now he is looking for where he left his truck.
All this has transpired by text because voice is not working.
He could hear it making noise and went in to very thick timber to find it. He finally found it about 20 feet up a tree. He finished it off with a his .45.
He can't get it down because the tree has no limbs below it and it is dark as hell.
I told him to go on home and we will go after it tomorrow.
Right now he is looking for where he left his truck.
All this has transpired by text because voice is not working.
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He is in a Chevy 3500 Duramax Dually.
He stopped and backed up to where it happened, left the engine running, left his lights on, and locked the doors.
When he didn't find anything right away, he went in the timber searching for it.
He found it in the tree and put it out of it's misery.
He had no way to recover it so he made his way back to the highway and located his truck about 800 yards away.
We will be going after it tomorrow.
I hope we find it and I will post pics.
should have a nice pelt on it if he didnt mess it up to bad between hitting and shooting it.
He didn't say where he hit it, but he did do a double tap. He said it was difficult to manage the flashlight and try to aim at the same time.[:(]
Good thinking on his part, bobcats have been using this ruse for years to steal General motors products.
Cougars use it for Lincoln-mercury
quote:locked the doors
Good thinking on his part, bobcats have been using this ruse for years to steal General motors products.
Cougars use it for Lincoln-mercury
Ouch! That is funny though.
I've got an '05 Duramax myself. I guess I had better keep them doors locked. [:D]
Haven't seen a wild bobcat in years. Growing up, I saw them occasionally outside Spokane, Wash.
I fear there are not nearly as many today as before. Probably due to loss of habitat, more poachers, road kills and the propensity for the last two generations to shoot animals indiscriminately.
I'm chastizing you. I understand the need, in your case, to dispatch a wounded animal.
Poor cat. He was keeping the rodent population down. In his absence there will be more food-spoiling, disease-carrying rodents, no doubt.
When you find it tommorow, make sure you don't say, "Look, it ain't cut up, or bloody, or nothin!"[:D]
That exactly the reason for my OP. Ifn' ole kitty cat had made it 20' up a tree, I probably woulda let him walk, er climb. But there's Ida, and who invited her.[;)]
He hit a bobcat? Did the guy own it or was he renting it from lowes?[:D]
Was on the back of an F one fiddy, some may-he-kin driving.
Think it was stolen.
Sounds like it might have been a misguided effort or poaching.
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
How do you know the cat needed put down?
Sounds like it might have been a misguided effort or poaching.
the trauma shown on the body of the cat will prove it was a mercy kill.
you think his dad would post it if his son was anything but honorable?
sure hope you are being sarcastic.. next time put a
Might want to check with your DNR on that one.
I know you can with Deer in most states not sure about Bobcats though.
Think you would need a fur bearers license.
The cat was hit by a truck and in the woods making enough noise that he could be found by following the sound. Then he stayed put to be shot. Healthy bobcats usually aren't very sociable with humans. The boy did the right thing.
I can't imagine a game warden giving him any trouble about it, but if he does give him the bill for the body work. Alabama ain't gonna pay for bobcat damage.
Sorry that happened to the boy. Well, the bobcat too.
He is returning from south Alabama, going up Hwy. 5 and just south of Marion, Al. he hit a "big *" bobcat.
He could hear it making noise and went in to very thick timber to find it. He finally found it about 20 feet up a tree. He finished it off with a his .45.
He can't get it down because the tree has no limbs below it and it is dark as hell.
I told him to go on home and we will go after it tomorrow.
Right now he is looking for where he left his truck.
All this has transpired by text because voice is not working.
Did he ever find his truck?[:o)]
quote:Originally posted by RugerNiner
How do you know the cat needed put down?
Sounds like it might have been a misguided effort or poaching.
the trauma shown on the body of the cat will prove it was a mercy kill.
you think his dad would post it if his son was anything but honorable?
sure hope you are being sarcastic.. next time put a
The father wasn't there, it was dark and the cat was twenty feet in a tree.
I believe there is reason for doubt.
quote:He had no way to recover it so he made his way back to the highway and located his truck about 800 yards away.
Sounds like the cat was in pretty good shape to me and may have survived if left alone.
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
Rest assured, he would have done the right thing as far as Alabama laws go.
Now for the sad update:
We went back to where his truck was parked (he had marked the location with his gps when he got back to the truck), and went into the timber and searched for about two hours and did not find the cat so I guess this sad story has ended.
Reflecting back, it was a pretty dangerous thing for him to do, going in after it like that.
If the Pilgrims would have hunted Bobcat,instead of turkey,We'd all be eating,,,Never mind!![:D]
shhhh [;)][:D]