I just did some, I guess I answered my question I posted in the tree rat section, I dont hear them much, but sometimes I hear their crys, & since they climb trees & eat squirrels, well I guess I know why my squirrell population is non existant with a huge surplus of acorns. I was thinking about the snakes, but not about the bobcats, because I have never personally seen one here but know they exist. & my cousin has seen them & he lives 2 doors down or about 1/2 mile.shinsei said:Damn, I guess I don't know much about bobcats.
Now to do a little research.
I can only imagine what I would have done if the dern thing had actually pounced on me! HA!scamp_daddy said:Couple on the wall... The head mount came from my Brother's back yard (4.5 acres) while I was deer hunting. Had not seen deer that morning and that was not normal. Saw something moving at the ground level and realized it was a Bobcat marking a tree stump. Arrow went through shoulder on my side and hip of opposite side. The game tracker line I was using is the only way I could have found that "kitty". It was up under a pile of brush. The game tracker line had cut it from the hip all the way up it's spine. Awsome will to live.
The other full mount came from a Friend's hunting lease.... .223 AR. The morning sunlight caught it sneaking along the edge of the heavy woods. From my tree, all's I had to do was wait for an opening.
As a younger feller I was sat on a tree stump to watch a fence line by my X father-in-law. Kept getting an uneasy feeling like someone watching me...You know...the hair on the back of your neck feeling. Slowly turning my head I realized a Bobcat was watching me...crouched and prepared to pounce if it had found it's prey. Standing quickly and screaming at it... it bounded for the woods ASAP. I said screaming because that's what I was told I sounded like....A little girl.
I have never used that raccoon urine on my clothing since...