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Posted: 12/15/2005 2:38:32 PM EDT

My dad was talking to the neighbor today and the neighbor said that a friend of his killed a lynx (keep in mind this is western Virginia) while deer hunting. The taxidermist was the one who said it was a lynx (it weighed in @ 44#) I say it was just a big bobcat and I can't belive that an animal that is so rare, even in its normal range some how made it to Virginia.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:10:39 PM EDT

[#1]

Sure it wasn't just a big fat fluffy house cat?

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:20:05 PM EDT

[#2]

Any way you can get a picture? It shouldn't be difficult to make a positive ID.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:20:10 PM EDT

[#3]

If this guy isnt able to distinguish a deer from a cat he really should not be handling a firearm.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:20:27 PM EDT

[#4]

Lynx = bobcat = lynx

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:22:27 PM EDT

[#5]

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Lynx = bobcat = lynx

That sounds about right.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:22:40 PM EDT

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Lynx = bobcat = lynx

Not true they are two seperate species.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:26:34 PM EDT

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Lynx = bobcat = lynx

Not true they are two seperate species.

I think, well hope, he meant that this was probably a bobcat.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:27:35 PM EDT

[#8]

www.fws.gov/international/pdf/lynx%20brochure%20by%20section/lynx%20description.pdf

Have a look at this, we have both here.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:28:28 PM EDT

[#9]

Lynx and bobcat do not look the same.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:31:08 PM EDT

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Lynx and bobcat do not look the same.

You should click that link above your post if you think that.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:35:35 PM EDT

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Lynx and bobcat do not look the same.

You should click that link above your post if you think that.

I don't think it, I know it.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:37:22 PM EDT

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Lynx = bobcat = lynx

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:38:57 PM EDT

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Lynx and bobcat do not look the same.

You should click that link above your post if you think that.

They do have a difference in action and movement, but until you have seen both it could be tough to distinguish the difference. Lynx tend to be alot more call shy, though a Bob is one of the toughest things I have ever called in.

They are a different species, and you will get your ass handed to you when you take the pelt in to get it tagged if you mess up.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:43:38 PM EDT

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From Colorado DOW:

Identifying a Lynx or Lynx Tracks
A lynx is very similar to a bobcat. They are both about the same size, have ear tufts and facial ruffs and have a short tail. There are however, several distinguishing characteristics to look for. They are:

1. The size of the feet of a lynx are very large compared to that of a bobcat. The feet of a lynx will look out of proportion to the rest of their body. A bobcat has much smaller feet, which look in proportion to the rest of their body as if it were a very large house cat.

2. The tip of the tail on a lynx is completely black, as if the tail had been dipped in ink. The tip of the tail of a bobcat has a black spot on the top and is white underneath, the tail will often have several black stripes. The tail of a bobcat is also usually longer than a lynx, although they both have the short tail, which easily makes them distinguishable from any other wild cat.

3. The lynx in Colorado are released with radio collars. Try to look for either the collar itself or for the 12 inch antenna that will lay across their back.

4. The pelage of a lynx is typically long-haired and of a uniform coloring of grayish-brown in winter, with shorter hair that is more reddish in color in the summer. They lack distinct spots and striping. A bobcat will typically have distinct spotting on their coats. The front legs of a bobcat will often have distinct striping, as well as their faces.

5. Because of the large feet on a lynx their tracks are much larger than that of a bobcat. The lynx track will be about 5 inches across, the size of a female mountain lion. The bobcat track will be approximately 2.5 - 3 inches across. The stride on a lynx track (distance from one print to the next) is about 13". This shorter stride sets the lynx tracks apart from mountain lion tracks, whose stride is about 20". Mountain lion tracks often have the pad imprints visible. The individual toe pads and foot pad on a lynx is rarely visible because of the large amount of fur they have on their feet.

To see more photos of the 5 distinguishing characteristics that distinguish lynx from bobcat, check out our Avoiding Incidental Lynx Take While Trapping, Hunting (PDF file, 1.49MB) document!

There are also numerous excellent websites that show additional pictures of both species. A search for either species should lead you to plenty of useful sites to help you determine if you saw a bobcat or a lynx. A person typically only gets a very brief glimpse of a wild cat. Thus, you may never be able to know for certain what you saw. However, if you are aware of the distinguishing characteristics listed above you can try to look specifically for those features when you get the opportunity.

wildlife.state.co.us/species_cons/identifyingalynx.asp

Currently on the DOW site:

REWARD OFFERED IN LYNX KILLINGS

Colorado Division of Wildlife officers are asking for help from the public in solving the mysteries behind three missing lynx near Durango. Recently the DOW has recovered two radio-telemetry collars that had been cut from lynx in southwest Colorado. A third collar has yet to be recovered from rugged terrain. Information can be offered anonymously by calling toll free to Operation Game Thief: 1-877-265-xxxx. A reward may be given to an informant who provides information that leads to the conviction of a person of a wildlife-related crime. Eight conservation organizations have announced that they will provide $4,400 for information that leads to a conviction. To make a report to one of those organizations, call: 1-303-447-xxxx, ext. 1#.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:46:23 PM EDT

[#15]

Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

Lynk
Endangered Status: Listed as endangered in the United States

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:46:35 PM EDT

[#16]

Bobcat is a species of lynx. Lynx is actually a genus, not a species.

canadian lynx is lynx canadensis

bobcat is lynx rufus

So technically both of you are right, it IS a lynx, and it IS a bobcat.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:50:35 PM EDT

[#17]

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

Lynk
Endangered Status: Listed as endangered in the United States

www.nwf.org/wildlife/images/photo_lynx1.jpg

That's a great pic.

It really shows those disportionate sized feet.

Oh yeah........looks NOTHING like a bobcat for sure.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:51:37 PM EDT

[#18]

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Bobcat is a species of lynx. Lynx is actually a genus, not a species.

canadian lynx is lynx canadensis

bobcat is lynx rufus

So technically both of you are right, it IS a lynx, and it IS a bobcat.

Yeah I know that Lynx is the genus, for the sake of arguement we are talking about a canadian lynx.

I have seen a lot of bobcats. They all have looked different. I have seen some that are completely gray and look like a big tabby cat and others were tan with some spots.

I just doubt that a canadian lynx was able to find its way 1,500 miles out of its habitat range and get shot by a hunter.

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:51:47 PM EDT

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Bobcat is a species of lynx. Lynx is actually a genus, not a species.

canadian lynx is lynx canadensis

bobcat is lynx rufus

So technically both of you are right, it IS a lynx, and it IS a bobcat.

But people are using common names, not Latin/scientific names. They are two different critters known as "lynx" and "bobcat".

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:53:11 PM EDT

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

Lynk
Endangered Status: Listed as endangered in the United States

www.nwf.org/wildlife/images/photo_lynx1.jpg

That's a great pic.

It really shows those disportionate sized feet.

Oh yeah........looks NOTHING like a bobcat for sure.

Bobcat w/ snowshoes!

Here's a bobcat:

Posted: 12/15/2005 4:58:52 PM EDT

[#21]

I would love to have a bobcat.

Can large cats and domestic cats have kittens the way dogs and domestic dogs can have puppies?

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:00:58 PM EDT

[#22]

When I lived in MT every other Saturday this guy would bring his pet lynx cub into the gunshop.
HUGE feet. This is an amazing predator and it was just a baby. I was scared of that kitty.
Beautiful fur. Had it on leash too

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:01:41 PM EDT

[#23]

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I would love to have a bobcat.

Let me know how that works out..........

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:03:04 PM EDT

[#24]

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

I have a bobcat I killed with my bow at the taxidermist right now.

I haven't seen it but my buddy carried a hog over there this week and he told me it looked awesome. They are almost finished with it, I can't wait. It will go on my office wall.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:05:55 PM EDT

[#25]

Okay I will admit that I have never seen a lynx in the wild. I've seen a few bobcats and a couple of mountain lions.

The lynx's(?) that I have seen were all in captivity. But they appeared to be distinctly different from any bobcat that I have ever seen. The big things were the ears and those enormous feet.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:12:00 PM EDT

[#26]

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I would love to have a bobcat.

Can large cats and domestic cats have kittens the way dogs and domestic dogs can have puppies?

ALCs (Asian Leopard Cats) can breed with domestic house cats to produce Bengals.
My vets have all said my cat is a Bengal which is weird because he was a feral stray.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:14:41 PM EDT

[#27]

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

I have a bobcat I killed with my bow at the taxidermist right now.

I haven't seen it but my buddy carried a hog over there this week and he told me it looked awesome. They are almost finished with it, I can't wait. It will go on my office wall.

I'll stick with pictures. I don't kill unless it's something I'm going to eat or it’s a danger to me or someone I'm responsible for.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:16:16 PM EDT

[#28]

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I would love to have a bobcat.

Can large cats and domestic cats have kittens the way dogs and domestic dogs can have puppies?

Some can. The savannah cats are the result of breeding an african serval to a domestic cat. Bengal cats are domestics bred with an asian leopard cat. Safari cats are south american Geoffrey's cat hybrids.

So yes, at least some wild cats can breed with domestic animals.

There is a myth about maine coons being the result of normal cats being bred with bobcats, but there is no evidence of that.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:23:30 PM EDT

[#29]

I bet it was the missing lynx all those evolutionists are talking about.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:24:08 PM EDT

[#30]

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

I have a bobcat I killed with my bow at the taxidermist right now.

I haven't seen it but my buddy carried a hog over there this week and he told me it looked awesome. They are almost finished with it, I can't wait. It will go on my office wall.

I'll stick with pictures. I don't kill unless it's something I'm going to eat or it’s a danger to me or someone I'm responsible for.

I will kill a coyote or bobcat anyday of the week. If I get either with my bow......it is a full body mount.

PS predator control is a well established wildlife management tool.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:24:57 PM EDT

[#31]

<---------------I won't be doing that.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:25:27 PM EDT

[#32]

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

I have a bobcat I killed with my bow at the taxidermist right now.

I haven't seen it but my buddy carried a hog over there this week and he told me it looked awesome. They are almost finished with it, I can't wait. It will go on my office wall.

I'll stick with pictures. I don't kill unless it's something I'm going to eat or it’s a danger to me or someone I'm responsible for.

I will kill a coyote or bobcat anyday of the week. If I get either with my bow......it is a full body mount.

PS predator control is a well established wildlife management tool.

Hunting bobcats and coyotes is fun.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:36:56 PM EDT

[#33]

I'd love to have a bobcat on my wall.

Posted: 12/15/2005 5:42:59 PM EDT

[#34]

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Just as a side note I have an awesome, huge picture of a Lynx Canadensis on my wall here in my office.

I have a bobcat I killed with my bow at the taxidermist right now.

I haven't seen it but my buddy carried a hog over there this week and he told me it looked awesome. They are almost finished with it, I can't wait. It will go on my office wall.

I'll stick with pictures. I don't kill unless it's something I'm going to eat or it’s a danger to me or someone I'm responsible for.

I will kill a coyote or bobcat anyday of the week. If I get either with my bow......it is a full body mount.

PS predator control is a well established wildlife management tool.
Hunting bobcats and coyotes is fun.

We have killed four coyotes so far this year, haven't even put a dent in them. In my opinion one can't kill enough coyotes to hurt their numbers. Haven't spotted any bobcats yet this season, we killed 3 last year. It takes them longer to come back but they will eventually.

ETA: I like pictures also IAM

Posted: 12/15/2005 6:09:32 PM EDT

[#35]

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Hunting bobcats and coyotes is fun.

Yeah, that too.

Posted: 12/15/2005 6:38:21 PM EDT

[#36]

I can believe that.

When we lived in South Florida I came home from work one day and my wife (a transplant from Illinois and didn't know anything about Florida wildlife) told me a VERY odd tale:

We lived on the edge of the Everglades in Western Broward County. She was out walking our Yellow Lab one afternoon when the dog went on "alert". The hair on her back went up, she started pulling at her leash, and went berzerk. My wife looked over and saw what she described as a very large, yellow "cat", like 60lbs, looking back and then darting into the scrub. This scrub ran East/West, along a canal, under the Sawgrass Expressway into the wetlands. I heard her story and concluded that it sounded like a Florida Panther but I know that there are only about 50-60 left in existance and there was no way that she really saw one. But I pressed her and from her description I had no reason to doubt her. She had no pre-conceived notions as to what she was viewing. She was totally serious and was totally ignorant as the significance of what she saw.

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I called up the FWC and reported what she saw. The guy taking the report totally blew me off on the phone. But less than a week later a 10 foot high chain link fence was erected around the canal and surrounding scrub....all the way to and under the Expressway.

Posted: 12/15/2005 6:48:44 PM EDT

[#37]

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I can believe that.

When we lived in South Florida I came home from work one day and my wife (a transplant from Illinois and didn't know anything about Florida wildlife) told me a VERY odd tale:

We lived on the edge of the Everglades in Western Broward County. She was out walking our Yellow Lab one afternoon when the dog went on "alert". The hair on her back went up, she started pulling at her leash, and went berzerk. My wife looked over and saw what she described as a very large, yellow "cat", like 60lbs, looking back and then darting into the scrub. This scrub ran East/West, along a canal, under the Sawgrass Expressway into the wetlands. I heard her story and concluded that it sounded like a Florida Panther but I know that there are only about 50-60 left in existance and there was no way that she really saw one. But I pressed her and from her description I had no reason to doubt her. She had no pre-conceived notions as to what she was viewing. She was totally serious and was totally ignorant as the significance of what she saw.

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I called up the FWC and reported what she saw. The guy taking the report totally blew me off on the phone. But less than a week later a 10 foot high chain link fence was erected around the canal and surrounding scrub....all the way to and under the Expressway.

Yeah but that is different, you actually live in within the geographic range of the Florida panther. Having a lynx in Virginia 1,500 miles outside of its natural range is harder to swallow.

Posted: 12/15/2005 7:00:52 PM EDT

[#38]

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I can believe that.

When we lived in South Florida I came home from work one day and my wife (a transplant from Illinois and didn't know anything about Florida wildlife) told me a VERY odd tale:

We lived on the edge of the Everglades in Western Broward County. She was out walking our Yellow Lab one afternoon when the dog went on "alert". The hair on her back went up, she started pulling at her leash, and went berzerk. My wife looked over and saw what she described as a very large, yellow "cat", like 60lbs, looking back and then darting into the scrub. This scrub ran East/West, along a canal, under the Sawgrass Expressway into the wetlands. I heard her story and concluded that it sounded like a Florida Panther but I know that there are only about 50-60 left in existance and there was no way that she really saw one. But I pressed her and from her description I had no reason to doubt her. She had no pre-conceived notions as to what she was viewing. She was totally serious and was totally ignorant as the significance of what she saw.

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I called up the FWC and reported what she saw. The guy taking the report totally blew me off on the phone. But less than a week later a 10 foot high chain link fence was erected around the canal and surrounding scrub....all the way to and under the Expressway.
Yeah but that is different, you actually live in within the geographic range of the Florida panther. Having a lynx in Virginia 1,500 miles outside of its natural range is harder to swallow.

I've heard a lot stranger tales. It was Coral Springs, a city of 120K, and from what read the FL Panther are concentrated farther south by like 60 miles in the Everglades National Park. My wife is totally ignorant about the Flora and Fuana of Florida but from what she described... it freaked me out. I have no reason not to believe her.

BTW, how's the "lacka dippy" going? I'm doing pretty good. 70 hours without any significant body count. At this time 3 days ago I would be conversing with you with a huge dip in my mouth

Posted: 12/15/2005 7:03:09 PM EDT

[#39]

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I can believe that.

When we lived in South Florida I came home from work one day and my wife (a transplant from Illinois and didn't know anything about Florida wildlife) told me a VERY odd tale:

We lived on the edge of the Everglades in Western Broward County. She was out walking our Yellow Lab one afternoon when the dog went on "alert". The hair on her back went up, she started pulling at her leash, and went berzerk. My wife looked over and saw what she described as a very large, yellow "cat", like 60lbs, looking back and then darting into the scrub. This scrub ran East/West, along a canal, under the Sawgrass Expressway into the wetlands. I heard her story and concluded that it sounded like a Florida Panther but I know that there are only about 50-60 left in existance and there was no way that she really saw one. But I pressed her and from her description I had no reason to doubt her. She had no pre-conceived notions as to what she was viewing. She was totally serious and was totally ignorant as the significance of what she saw.

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I called up the FWC and reported what she saw. The guy taking the report totally blew me off on the phone. But less than a week later a 10 foot high chain link fence was erected around the canal and surrounding scrub....all the way to and under the Expressway.
Yeah but that is different, you actually live in within the geographic range of the Florida panther. Having a lynx in Virginia 1,500 miles outside of its natural range is harder to swallow.

I've heard a lot stranger tales. It was Coral Springs, a city of 120K, and from what read the FL Panther are concentrated farther south by like 60 miles in the Everglades National Park. My wife is totally ignorant about the Flora and Fuana of Florida but from what she described... it freaked me out. I have no reason not to believe her.

BTW, how's the "lacka dippy" going? I'm doing pretty good. 70 hours without any significant body count. At this time 3 days ago I would be conversing with you with a huge dip in my mouth

Hanging in there still have irritablity problems though. It has now been a week. Keep it up man!

Posted: 12/15/2005 7:07:43 PM EDT

[#40]

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Hanging in there still have irritablity problems though. It has now been a week. Keep it up man!

Me too. I told my wife I've got "support group" here on ARFCOM. I really want to break this habit. My temper is quite short also..... I could only take about an hour of Christmas shopping tonight before I bailed and came home.

Posted: 12/15/2005 7:10:33 PM EDT

[#41]

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Hanging in there still have irritablity problems though. It has now been a week. Keep it up man!

Me too. I told my wife I've got "support group" here on ARFCOM. I really want to break this habit. My temper is quite short also..... I could only take about an hour of Christmas shopping tonight before I bailed and came home.

Ouch!

I wouldn't go Christmas shopping, I would end up killing someone J/K

One guy at work was yacking and yacking, I was tempted to ask him if he ever shuts up.

Posted: 12/15/2005 7:16:27 PM EDT

[#42]

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I wouldn't go Christmas shopping, I would end up killing someone J/K

One guy at work was yacking and yacking, I was tempted to ask him if he ever shuts up.

I only carried my back-up tonight - my S&W 469 in the ankle holster... not easily accessable as some of the other firearms I usually carry so I was OK.

Every hour it is getting easier. I do have to confess I've bummed a few cigs from my wife in the past 2 days

Posted: 12/15/2005 11:35:03 PM EDT

[#43]

Where this this go???

Posted: 12/16/2005 12:16:30 AM EDT

[#44]

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Lynx and bobcat do not look the same.

You should click that link above your post if you think that.

I don't think it, I know it.

Posted: 12/16/2005 12:18:03 AM EDT

[#45]

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I would love to have a bobcat.

Let me know how that works out..........

My grandfather said that if you get them young, they domesticate fairly well.
A guy up around Fairbanks got in trouble for having one a year or two ago.

Posted: 12/16/2005 12:36:23 AM EDT

[#46]

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I can believe that.

When we lived in South Florida I came home from work one day and my wife (a transplant from Illinois and didn't know anything about Florida wildlife) told me a VERY odd tale:

We lived on the edge of the Everglades in Western Broward County. She was out walking our Yellow Lab one afternoon when the dog went on "alert". The hair on her back went up, she started pulling at her leash, and went berzerk. My wife looked over and saw what she described as a very large, yellow "cat", like 60lbs, looking back and then darting into the scrub. This scrub ran East/West, along a canal, under the Sawgrass Expressway into the wetlands. I heard her story and concluded that it sounded like a Florida Panther but I know that there are only about 50-60 left in existance and there was no way that she really saw one. But I pressed her and from her description I had no reason to doubt her. She had no pre-conceived notions as to what she was viewing. She was totally serious and was totally ignorant as the significance of what she saw.

The same thing happened to me about 2 years ago in C FL. I came out of work about 11 pm, saw what looked like a medium sized lab walking under the street light. The thing that caught my eye was its un dog like walk, and the huge tail. The tail was like the velvet rope they use in movie theaters, and very long. Then I realized this was a wild cat. Right about then it saw me and froze. Our eyes locked for about 5 seconds. It was a very impressive beast, and about 50 feet away. Sent a shiver down my spine, that he could have had me for lunch, and I dont know what I could have done about it.

After the 5 seconds were up, he just took off into the woods on the edge of the lot. A real treat to see such a fine cat up close like that. Doubt I'll ever forget it.

Posted: 12/16/2005 12:36:45 AM EDT

[#47]

Call me a prick but to kill something that is underpopulated isn't hunting. It being a total prick.

Posted: 12/16/2005 4:02:15 AM EDT

[#48]

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Call me a prick but to kill something that is underpopulated isn't hunting. It being a total prick.

He thought it was a bobcat (plentiful around here) taxidermist says lynx (endangered).

Posted: 12/16/2005 4:29:51 AM EDT

[#49]

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Call me a prick but to kill something that is underpopulated isn't hunting. It being a total prick.
He thought it was a bobcat (plentiful around here) taxidermist says lynx (endangered).

Posted: 12/16/2005 4:43:13 AM EDT

[#50]

well if it was a "Lynx" ide say he is going to get his ass put in a sling if the authorities find out... he sounds like the typical, "idiot in the woods with a gun", non-hunter that doesnt know how to identify wildlife..

on another note of this thread... I had a pet bobcat a few years ago, named him Shorty... I got him when he was only a few weeks old, he was just barely a hand full... in 2 years he weighed in at just over 40lbs... he was allot of fun... especially when I had visitors, people that had not seen him before were ussually a little aprehensive about him at first, until they saw how calm he was... he was very affectionate and loved to have his belly rubbed...

he got sick and I had to let him go... he was allot of fun tho, allot of great memories...

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