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My first bobcat

will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
edited October 2004 in General Discussion
Got this one here in the high desert. Alot smaller than I had expected them to be.

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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your right, I can hardly see it. Don[:D]

    "I would not mind being the last man on earth just to see if all those girls were telling me the truth"
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Looked alot bigger in the scope. [;)]

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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [:D][:D]

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  • MVPMVP Member Posts: 23,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats cool[8D
    If you know anyone who doesn't want their bobcat hides, I'll pay shipping to have them shipped to Washington[:D]

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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    I'm taking this one to have it full body mounted. If I hear of anyone getting rid of any hides I will sure as heck let you know.

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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    cool!
    we cant take them here on the east side of the river, very few around here. infact i lived here all my 37 years and have never seen one, but my wife did see one one morning going to work before she had to go on bed rest
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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    270, you're suppose to let 'em grow up first![:D] Looks like he already has his winter coat on, that'll make a nice mount. What did it weigh?

    "Aim small...Miss small"
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    He's only 22 lbs. They don't get a whole lot bigger around here I am told. I'm thinking of going to Holcomb Valley for a hunt. Maybe some altitude and more rabbits will yield a bigger cat.

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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen a couple of 30 pounders out by Coalinga, and bigger up in the foothills. I think it has alot to do with the food supply. Were you using a call?

    "Aim small...Miss small"
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    This time I was not calling, I just happened upon them and made a lucky shot. I have a Burnham Brothers Copucaller 2 that I am using now that I got rid of my Johnny Stewart. Sure saved some weight but I'm still not happy so I ordered the Foxpro with 32 sounds. I have found that the cats like the bobcat in heat and distressed quail call.
    I went hog hunting in Parkfield once but didn't see any cats. I would sure like to get a 30 pounder, that would rock! You live in that area?

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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use to live in Fresno, up by Sac. now. Buddy has 2 sections out by Huron and some more by Coalinga. We would go out at night for rabbit population control, 300 in a night was normal 'cause they were eating acres or alfalfa. Put all the dead rabbits in a pile and used a Circe wounded rabbit call. I got real good at calling bob's and coyotes, usually right up behind me[:0]!!!

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  • cletus85cletus85 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm jealous, that's my goal this Winter to bag one...odds ain't too good in Missouri though!
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Keep on hanging on Cletus, you'll get one.

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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I walked up on one a few weeks ago. Thought it was a big cat. Just stood there looking at me. I wish I had a gun but then things like that would never happen. Don

    "I would not mind being the last man on earth just to see if all those girls were telling me the truth"
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
    Use to live in Fresno, up by Sac. now. Buddy has 2 sections out by Huron and some more by Coalinga. We would go out at night for rabbit population control, 300 in a night was normal 'cause they were eating acres or alfalfa. Put all the dead rabbits in a pile and used a Circe wounded rabbit call. I got real good at calling bob's and coyotes, usually right up behind me[:0]!!!

    "Aim small...Miss small"


    Right up behind me cost me getting my bobcat last year.

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  • James AyersJames Ayers Member Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [8D]God Damn it Trap55, Fresno is no where near Sacramento, it's closer to Modesto, Northern Mexico!

    On your mark-get set- go away!!
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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Glad you got him,those invisible cats are hard to hit.[:D]

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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I used to hunt pigs around New Idria, not that far from Coalinga. I saw several bobcats over a ten year span, usually right around dusk. Never shot one, but did shoot a lot of wild pigs and a couple coyotes in the same area.
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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    Don't think I'd shoot a bobcat. Always liked them. Don't seem to be so many around anyways.

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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    There were 8 on the hill I shot this fellow off of. You are right though, there aren't many around. I think that's why you are only allowed 5 per year and not many folks even apply for tags.

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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    I'm surprised there are that many tags available, but I have to expect the game commission folks know how good the population is and what the land can handle. I don't think we have eight left in the entire county.

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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Use to" live in Fresno,..... up by Sac. now.
    JAMES, does that make better sense now?[8D]

    quote:Don't think I'd shoot a bobcat. Always liked them. Don't seem to be so many around anyways.
    BDJ, Me too, I just like to watch them now. When I lived up on Lake Millerton above Fresno, I had a momma bring her babies down to eat the cats food by the back door. Good entertainment!

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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SWEET![8D] was hoping to see one while I was out in WY week fore last but no such luck[V]

    why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
    Got Balistics?
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    There's some folks on the net that will sell you tame bobcat kittens and I hear they are real good pets. I'm sure that feeding them 1 pound of hamburger per day when they get grown would get expensive and surely the damned state or local government would want you to have some kind of stupid permit but it sure would be neat to have a big ole tom bobcat meet you at the door everyday after work!

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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They do make a good pet, after being fixed,declawed, and defanged! When bob kitties want to play, it can get bloody real fast! I still got a few scars from a friendly wrestling match with a buddy's pet bob![B)]

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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    We raised an orphaned one until he grew up enough to go out on his own. He use to come by at night to say hello after he was full grown. Never fed him from a bowl. Made him hunt for it or hang the meat off a tree limb so he had to climb. Neat little critter and very friendly when he was young.

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  • eastwood44mageastwood44mag Member Posts: 2,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by will270win
    Got this one here in the high desert. Alot smaller than I had expected them to be.

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    "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."
    ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~



    Beautiful shot placement. .270?

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    I cannot change
    the courage to change the things I can,
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  • grdad45grdad45 Member Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My nephew got a 43 lb tom last deer season here in Southern Arkansas. I am hunting the same area and hope I get a shot at one. They get pretty big down here according to the G&F biologist.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Shot this one in the back of the neck with a 6x47. He crouched to jump right as I pulled the trigger. I talked to the taxidermy fellow and he said it should sew up okay.

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  • CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nice Kitty!

    The only one I have seen:

    I was in a dry wash calling coyotes with a dying rabbit call, and some pebbles fell down on my head. I looked straight up, and there that kitty was, staring down at me from about 4 feet up! Scared the bejeezzus outta me! I yelled, and off he went like a bullet. I never took a shot. I was shakin' too much.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    They are bad about coming in from behind, that's for sure.

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