first bobcat! trapped him, not archery
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From: flyingbrass
25-Jan-17
getting rid of the nest robbers! my first bobcat!
From: flyingbrass
25-Jan-17
better than nothin'
better than nothin'
I consider this a bowhunting worthy post because bobcats kill lots of fawns and eat lots of turkey eggs. Predator management is a good thing! Proud of my first cat!
From: Flash
25-Jan-17
Beautiful cat , what are you doing with it?
From: Alexis Desjardins
25-Jan-17
Nice cat congrats, is that a big one for your area?
From: t-roy
25-Jan-17
That's a beautiful cat John! Love how well spotted he is. Congrats. What do you plan on doing with him? A bobcat with a bow is high on my bucket list. I've killed quite a few with a rifle, but haven't had a chance at one when I had a bow in my hands.
From: drycreek
25-Jan-17
The little fellow seemed to be perturbed. I'll never forget my son walking right past one that he had trapped. Evidently the cat had snagged the drag and then backtracked a little. My son found the drag and then started following the chain backwards ( with his eyes ) and was standing about five feet from a pissed off bobcat ! Or the one I found in a tree directly over my head ! I quit using drags after that, because I want to know where the little fellows are before they start chewing on my ankle. Pretty cat !
From: Kevin™
25-Jan-17
That is awesome! Congrats!!
From: Bake
25-Jan-17
Nice!! I loved trapping cats. Wish I had the time now to do it more.
From: flyingbrass
25-Jan-17
trapped him in a MB-550 offset jaw 2 coil trap with Cavens Violator-7 lure.
From: 'Ike' (Phone)
25-Jan-17
Good look'n cat...Nice job!
From: Mark Watkins
26-Jan-17
Beautiful cat!!
Congrats!!
Mark
From: BULELK1
26-Jan-17
Nice!!
Congrats
Good luck, Robb
From: midwest
26-Jan-17
Congrats! I have yet to even see one in the wild.
From: KJC
26-Jan-17
Congrats. MBs are great traps. I've used 750s for beaver and never had a wring out.
From: lawdy
26-Jan-17
Beautiful cat. We have to release them here. Released a big male a week ago. We tried to get a season on them but failed. I end up releasing several every winter. See a lot in the woods. One checks out my chicken pen every night hoping I left it open and they hang out around bird feeders.
From: Franzen
26-Jan-17
Congratulations. No doubt a worthy post. If you trap more, post'em up! One of the best on-going regular threads on Bowsite is a trapping thread.
From: Teeton
26-Jan-17
Nice cat Drycreek. I don't trap anymore and never got a bobcat when I did. Now i see them a lot more hunting/driving... Still have all my trapping stuff, so maybe someday. The biggest memory trapping was when my buddy called me to help him get a yearly bear out of one of his sets. It was a 49 lber and we know that because we could not get it out. Had to call the wco. I don't know how it didn't jack the stakes out. It was caught by the front toes.. This was back in about 1985.. At least,, get it tanned. Ed
From: XbowfromNY
26-Jan-17
little, but pretty coat.
From: lawdy
26-Jan-17
Looked at your picture again. That cat is very pretty compared to ours up on the border. Ours are dusky looking. A big male will go 40 pounds. The Maine record is over 70 pounds. Saw one take a partridge years ago and one took a big buck on my property. Slashed its throat. It was a blood bath. I caught him, hoping to get a coyote, and released him. He was a big male and not happy to see me. He immediately went back to his deer and sat on it spitting at me. I put out two snow sets this morning and can almost bet that they will be checked out by a cat tonight. Get that cat tanned as that one is gorgeous. Wish we could trap them here and keep one. I would like just one for the wall.
From: pirogue
26-Jan-17
Congrats
From: Paul
26-Jan-17
Well done nice looking cat
From: Roy Keefer
26-Jan-17
Congrats to you. I also caught my first one this year. This is the first time I've tried trapping. I did it to help my deer and turkey population. Quite a few coons were also taken. Should help the nesting next spring.
From: flyingbrass
28-Jan-17
and my first gray fox! I've caught 15 coons and 3 possums. I got to be helping the turkeys.
From: flyingbrass
28-Jan-17
From: Bowboy
29-Jan-17
Congrats on the nice cat.
From: Paul@thefort
29-Jan-17
A Kansas cat
From: WV Mountaineer
29-Jan-17
flyinbrass, I'd mount that cat. You'll look long and hard to find such a beautifully spotted coat. That's a once in a lifer based on my experience. He's beautiful. God Bless men
From: Salagi
29-Jan-17
That is a beautiful cat, congratulations! One of the critters around here I have never been able to catch trapping. About the only time I can trap is during the Christmas vacation from school. If I had really realized how much prime hunting/trapping time teaching and driving a bus would take, I might have tried a little harder to be a veterinarian. ;)
