Releasing Bobcats from traps

[DTala]

you ought to see the video of the fella releasing a grown mountain lion from a foothold trap....

[bps3040]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1640984/Video-Man-accidentally-traps-mountain-lion-releases-animal.html

A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
Ecclesiastes 10:2

[AntlerCollector]

Be sure to provide video.

It's not that difficult. A half sheet of plywood is all you need with a notch cut in the bottom of it. Place the wood between you and the cat. The notch will go over the foot trap and cats paw. Then you release the trap. No one gets hurt. If you want coyotes taken alive they are even easier. Grab them on the back of the neck behind the ear and they won't hardly move.

[CrookedArrow]

Maybe encinal will post cause every video I’ve seen of releasing bobcasts on Instagram is from his place. Says in the comments that bobcats aren’t the target species and they aren’t as worried about them killing deer as coyotes

My buddy in Howard County says the same. I have varmint hunted there numerous times and they are off limits. Matter of fact fixing to varmint hunt it again pretty soon. Yotes and fox only.

[150class]

This is just out of pure curiosity. I have seen several videos of people who have caught bobcats in foot traps, take a catch pole and release the cat. What is the purpose of this? I guess my real question is, why set a trap if you aren’t going to take what is caught? Bobcats are just as much a predator as a coyote.

Most of those videos should be Marco’s as mentioned already. Bobcats are bycatch to them and they believe they do not affect the deer population as much as coyotes do which is their main target.

[wytex]

Up here cats are good money and most trappers will release the females to help keep the population healthy for future trapping.

[Dejashoot]

I’ve released a couple that I’ve caught while targeting coyotes. I put a plastic tub over them, pull tree trapped paw out and open the trap. The impact they have on deer vs the mice and squirrels they get is worth it.

[HYDRO_69]

When we used to do this it was to move them to the interior of a ranch away from any public roads. Once released, after a bit we would turn the dogs loose for training purposes. Probably sounds mean to some folks, but we were working for West Texas ranchers. Their livestock is their lively hood. It was a good dog training mechanism.

[AntlerCollector]

https://youtu.be/jKrvYkNyPsM

This^^^^ video is releasing a bear, but this is the same way I release a bobcat. I use half a sheet of plywood. Notice the notch in the bottom.

https://youtu.be/rEgrSoGwdV0

This ^^^^^ is how I get a coyote out. Once you grab them there they are harmless

[D-B]

I have heard him say they dont think bobcats are too hard on the deer. They are after coyotes.

This. I do the same, we also release badgers. We hammer the coyotes and coons.

[Balcones_Walker]

https://youtu.be/rEgrSoGwdV0

This ^^^^^ is how I get a coyote out. Once you grab them there they are harmless

That takes a pair! What do you want it alive for? .22 pistol range is about as close as I'm willing to get to an unhappy trapped raccoon, much less a coyote.

[AntlerCollector]

That takes a pair! What do you want it alive for? .22 pistol range is about as close as I'm willing to get to an unhappy trapped raccoon, much less a coyote.

I don't like killing any animals in my traps. I will usually reset them, but if there is blood spilled then I have to move them. I take hogs out of my traps alive also. If I shoot a hog in the trap it will be weeks before the return.

[AntlerCollector]

Old school pic of my great uncle handling a live trapped coyote




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[BrokenJ]

I cut them out of snares if they are still alive. Don't hurt anything and I think they help quail. Huge part of their diet in pack rats. Park rats will raid quail nest.

[Rubi513]

It's not that difficult. A half sheet of plywood is all you need with a notch cut in the bottom of it. Place the wood between you and the cat. The notch will go over the foot trap and cats paw. Then you release the trap. No one gets hurt. If you want coyotes taken alive they are even easier. Grab them on the back of the neck behind the ear and they won't hardly move.

Well of course! Hell! That’s what I do too, but I have also mastered the judo chop...

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