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#1 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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So far this season I have taken 2 and missed 1. Posted online and both times bashed by a couple friends/non hunters in person who seen the post. Yes they are beautiful creatures but they not only hurt quail, turkey, squirrel, rabbits but also deer. This cat here is a big cat (I did not shoot it). I took one Saturday this size and ended up missing another from the same setup Sunday.
![]() Back in October I had deer blowing upwind of me. I knew they weren't blowing at me but figured maybe they had seen my truck and alerted every other deer around. Not 5 minutes later squirrels starting barking and I decided to look behind me. Sure enough here come a Bobcat sneaking up. Every move I made it became more curious. Fortunately I was able to get an arrow through it at 15yds. Was it after a deer before no telling but I know I don't have to worry about it. I'm covered with cats at my place and still know of 3 throughout the property. May be time to set a few traps as well. Do you shoot cats every chance or pass? |
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#2 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Port Lavaca
Hunt In: San Saba
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man I would like to see that video
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#3 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Wichita Falls Tx
Hunt In: Seymour, Wichita Falls, Megargel
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I will never pass a shot on a bobcat
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#4 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Aug 2013
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#5 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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#6 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Wichita Falls Tx
Hunt In: Seymour, Wichita Falls, Megargel
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#7 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Plano
Hunt In: junction tx
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Plano has bobcats. Come over Jason and our neighbors won't hate one bit. Good harvest
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#8 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Kerrville, Texas
Hunt In: Terrell and Val Verde County
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I was hunting in Irion County several years ago and watched a bobcat run down the hill and jump on the back of a small doe that wasn't fast enough to get away. She dropped her butt to the ground and swung that cat off. The cat rolled, sat up, and I whacked him with my 7 mag. Made a beautiful rug. |
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#9 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Decatur
Hunt In: Crowell
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I shot one bob cat to get mounted but didn't know I had to get it frozen pretty quick and the taxi couldn't do it. I will shoot one more to mount then i will give bob cats a pass.. I don't really care to shoot them other than for a mount but doesn't bug me when people do..
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#10 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Conroe
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I won't shoot them, but have no problem with people who do. Just a personal preference.
Sounds like you need some new friends OP. |
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#11 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Hempstead, Tx
Hunt In: Hempstead, TX
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I don't shoot them but I don't have many (saw one in 7 yrs of hunting my place) so I don't have to worry about them much.
If I had a bunch, I would thin them. Last edited by TXHUNT3R; 11-07-2017 at 09:48 AM. |
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#12 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: gholson, tx
Hunt In: Concho
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choot em every time
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#13 | |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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#14 | |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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#15 |
Eight Point
![]() Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Buda, TX
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Any enemy of turkeys and deer are an enemy to me.
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#16 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Oklahoma Panhandle
Hunt In: Oklahoma
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They're considered a furbearer here and there is a season on them. But from the start of December to the end of February I shoot them. I'd probably pass on a little one but I shoot them to make money and the little ones don't bring much. Beautiful ain't got nothing to do with killin nothin. Some people just have it in their mind if you can't eat it,don't kill it. Well....eat it then if that's your philosophy. Nobody ever said you can't eat predators. I ain't....but if you think that way...eat up. I think that whole thing about eating what you kill is a load of horse hockey anyways. The people talking like that better be having mouse kabobs when they have a rodent problem cause I guarantee you they ain't killin everything just to eat it.
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#17 |
Six Point
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Oklahoma
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I have shot several of them. You couldn't get me to pass up a shot at one. Now not so much. I have a nice rug & a nice life size mount. I think I would just rather watch them now. With that said, my sister in-law wants one for a life size mount. So if a good one comes by I will shoot it. We have a bunch of them on the property we hunt. See several every season.
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#18 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Nov 2015
Hunt In: All Over Texas
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I think bobcats are pretty cool animals and love seeing them; that being said I will shoot them if/when I see them. I know we have them, but don't don't see them on a regular basis at our ranch.
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#19 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Decatur
Hunt In: Crowell
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#20 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southeast Texas
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I shoot every one I can, probably the best meat in the wood.
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#21 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Decatur
Hunt In: Crowell
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I had only seen one in the wild my whole life then at the lease last year I saw 3 playing together while deer hunting. Called another in the next day within 5 yards!
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#22 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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I am trying to decide actually. God's Creation has some impressive work. Mark Couture I believe is his name and I'm pretty sure a member here. He charges $950 for the cat and then the scene is extra. Im also thinking about using my main Taxi (TexanTax) here on TBH. Haven't really decided yet.
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#23 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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#24 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Shepherd
Hunt In: Where the thieves and poachers roam
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Kill em all
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#25 |
Eight Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Fort Worth
Hunt In: Kerr County, Smith County
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Personally I won't shoot a bobcat only because I rarely see them. We have one on our Kerr County property that I have watched a few different times. I don't care if others kill em, but I won't simply for the fact I have seen so few. Same with mountain lions
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#26 |
Six Point
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Whack em and stack em. Wait till u look up from ur pop up and see one staring at u from 5 yds. NOT cool
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#27 |
Spike
![]() Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Fredericksburg
Hunt In: Texas HC and East Texas
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I have shot several over the years. The largest one I had mounted and I have to say it is one of my favorites. However, I quit shooting them awhile back and now enjoy watching them when I see one. I have no problem with people who blast them, and I understand the need for predator control in deer management. I just personally quit faulting them for doing what the good Lord created them to do.
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#28 | |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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![]() This was my last camera check. Coyote with a deer leg. (Thought maybe youth wknd someone shot a deer and disposed of legs but didn't hear any shots.) The cat was Saturday. I killed a big Tom at 7:30. This cat came by 700 yds from where I liked the other at 9:20. Sunday I shot at a darker cat back at the same setup I killed the other Saturday. |
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#29 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Columbus, Colorado County
Hunt In: Fayette, Colorado and Duval Counties
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Kill em all. We've killed 15 or 16 (lost count) on our lease in 2 years. They take a toll on the quail, turkey, and deer, no doubt.
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#30 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Columbus, Colorado County
Hunt In: Fayette, Colorado and Duval Counties
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![]() ![]() For the naysayers- here's a bobcat attacking a deer. |
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#31 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kerrville - Boerne - Rockport
Hunt In: Kerr County - Gillespie County
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Pass
Cats have to eat too. And no matter what I think about the other animals they prey on, I'm doing pretty much the same darn thing when I hunt. So mucho respect to a fellow predator - who has more to die for living daily than I do. |
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#32 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Austin
Hunt In: Collingsworth Co.
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#33 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Me too. Even though we will get flamed, thats how I see it.
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#34 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Liberty Hill
Hunt In: Blanco, Burnet
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I've never shot one and don't plan on it, but to each their own. They are rare on our place and are cool to watch.
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#35 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Jacksonville
Hunt In: Cherokee Co
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I've always passed, but probably won't this year. Had a cat and cub last year that my wife and I saw on a few occasions. Every road on our lease has cat "piles" on them. Seeing several on cameras also. A couple years back, I was hunting a friend's hay field for hogs at night. Had 3 doe in the field. Drove towards em in the Jeep and when I got about 60 yards from them, a bobcat jumped up about halfway between us. Guess I changed his dinner plans.
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#36 |
Eight Point
![]() Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Victoria Tx
Hunt In: Secret Spot
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My dad always told me if you see a bobcat then that means you have too many of them. He believes these cats are too good of hunters to be seen. Which makes since. If they are over populated they will be more prone to putting themselves out in the open to get food. It's like big cats such as mountain lions. We know they are in Texas but sightings are not that often.
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#37 |
Four Point
Join Date: Jan 2014
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I have a place in maddisonville, we have a lot of cats. I really enjoy taking my grandson out and using the callers. He loves to blow them and call the cats. I have never shot one with him, I always let the cats win. This year we will get one as he wants to have the skin tanned and put in his room. If we killed all the cats we would not have them to go play with. Also I believe that since the cats have always got away, when we do get one it will be more special to him.
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#38 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Cypress Texas
Hunt In: Colorado county
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I called one on Sunday night and shot it with my thermal setup. I have a ton ogf them also and I kill them every chance I get!!!Its also really really cool to watch them in the thermal coming in
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#39 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Oklahoma Panhandle
Hunt In: Oklahoma
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Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Cypress Texas
Hunt In: Colorado county
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#41 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: San Antonio
Hunt In: Karnes, La Salle, and Sutton Counties
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#42 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: TX
Hunt In: TX
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MOst time yote and cats get a pass unless I see them close to the house. Only thing I never pass on is pigs.
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#43 | |
Eight Point
![]() Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Victoria Tx
Hunt In: Secret Spot
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#44 | |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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Put it this way, I had seen more mountain lions in person than bobcats before I purchased this place. |
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#45 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Oklahoma Panhandle
Hunt In: Oklahoma
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I wouldn't necessarily use the word smart to describe bobcats but they definitely aren't dumb. They know how to get around and make a living by not being seen. |
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#46 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kerrville - Boerne - Rockport
Hunt In: Kerr County - Gillespie County
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Most hunters are sitting early AM or late Afternoon. It is during these periods, predators start to move. Either on the end of the night's hunt (AM) and or the beginning of the night's hunt (PM).
They aren't as mysterious to see as many think. I've seen many of them and in the areas I've noted them in, and the sightings are typically within 2 hours of either sunrise or sunset. More noted within the 30 minute period on either end. Kerr, Webb, Kendall, Brazoria, Guadalupe & Robertson Counties. Killing cats doesn't float my boat. They are solitary hunters, not pack driven, and their numbers are never close in count to match coyotes. Which compete against everything the Bobcat pursues. Fox are pretty much the same as Bobcats - in may ways. And I've watched many of them as well. A couple typically work together, and if several are spotted, they are typically a recent litter that will eventually move on to forge elsewhere as they mature to points to move on. Last edited by AtTheWall; 11-07-2017 at 12:17 PM. |
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#47 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Danbury Tx
Hunt In: South Tx, Oklahoma
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I usually shoot 4 to 5 every year on our place, they don't get a pass.
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#48 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Oklahoma Panhandle
Hunt In: Oklahoma
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So naturally he gets to see more and take more every year because where he lives their ranges pretty much overlap. |
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#49 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: NE Texas
Hunt In: NE Texas, Oklahoma
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I drew back on one Saturday evening. Never gave me a shot and walked right under my stand.
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#50 |
Associate Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Athens
Hunt In: Jack/Coleman/Henderson
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Video was posted on 903 Outdoors Facebook page. Will see if I can download here. Crazy
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