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SwampBuck · 10-12-2020, 10:55 PM

Posting the pics in sequence. Makes me wish I had that particular camera set on burst now.

New feeder setup. Bobcat didn’t waste anytime finding an easy meal. Within a couple of hours the deer were right back there, the next day it was like it never happened. That’s nature for ya.

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txoutdoorsman24 · 10-12-2020, 10:57 PM

Cool pics.

Trapper76 · 10-12-2020, 10:59 PM

Looks like you got some help hunting your feeder! Cool pics, thanks for sharing.

686 · 10-12-2020, 11:06 PM

Never seen that before - thanks for posting!

BTLowry · 10-13-2020, 07:41 AM

Going to guess that fawn was sick or orphaned?

Where was the doe?

Neat sequence of pics no doubt

SwampBuck · 10-13-2020, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BTLowry

Going to guess that fawn was sick or orphaned?

Where was the doe?

Neat sequence of pics no doubt

I sort of thought the same thing. Most fawns right now are sticking close to the mom and for one to be wandering at night was odd. I’m going with orphaned or neglected also.

twosixteens · 10-13-2020, 07:54 AM

Awesome to catch that on camera

Buck_jane · 10-13-2020, 08:12 AM

Very cool. That cat didn't waste any time

deerwatcher51 · 10-13-2020, 08:15 AM

Mother Nature is a cruel mistress.

Antlers86 · 10-13-2020, 08:26 AM

Nubbin bucks will leave their momma and wonder off a good 100-200 yds from their mother. No sign of doe so very well could have already been shot by a hunter. Cool pics. I watched a bobcat attempt to do this a couple years ago in person but he met the end of my 30-06 and the deer stood there looking at the cat laying dead.

Drycreek3189 · 10-13-2020, 09:16 AM

[QUOTE=Antlers86;15164414 I watched a bobcat attempt to do this a couple years ago in person but he met the end of my 30-06 and the deer stood there looking at the cat laying dead.[/QUOTE]

It’s amazing to me how deer sometimes react to a predator. I watched a bobcat approach two does and a fawn a couple years ago in one of my food plots. The young doe had a fawn, the older one didn’t. The younger doe made a run at the bobcat and he/she hit the brush. The older doe immediately went in after him, ran him back out of the woods and was hot on his heels until he cleared the food plot. Wish I had that on video !

Another time I killed a coyote at the same spot one morning about 15 minutes after daylight. I continued sitting and 30/40 minutes later a doe with twins came through. The little buck walked right up to the bloody dead coyote, sniffed him and walked away. The doe fawn never looked at him, and the doe just walked right past him, glanced at him and began feeding. They all fed across that wheat plot and never looked back. If I had been asked beforehand what their reactions would be I would have guessed that they would blow out as soon as they saw or smelled coyote.

UrbanBuck · 10-13-2020, 09:36 AM

Longest tail I have seen on a bobcat.

SHSU18 · 10-13-2020, 09:42 AM

Dang he wasted no time.

danvan75 · 10-13-2020, 09:52 AM

Cool pics

SwampBuck · 10-13-2020, 10:48 AM

Seems like a decent sized cat.

Dakota7493 · 10-13-2020, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by UrbanBuck

Longest tail I have seen on a bobcat.

Was thinking the same thing. I don't know if part of the fawns leg is sticking up in that pic or what. Ocelot's have longer tails like that but they have more distinct markings.

billinkb · 10-13-2020, 01:04 PM

Wow

ATI · 10-13-2020, 01:06 PM

I always thought folks used that as an excuse to kill bobcats... Now I know it's real, but bobcats gotta eat too, after all, this is their world we live in.

Thanks for sharing.

Landrover · 10-14-2020, 01:28 PM

Dinner is served.........circle of life!!!

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AMK · 10-14-2020, 01:33 PM

Wow! Cool pictures.

Artos · 10-14-2020, 01:42 PM

Folks have no idea the number of fawns lost to bobs...there was a study done in another state where they killed a bunch of bobs during the fawn crop & 50% had deer contents in their bellies.

awry · 10-14-2020, 01:44 PM

Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

150class · 10-14-2020, 01:56 PM

Pretty dang neat.

Cant remember seeing a bobcat snag a deer photo and we've had 2 this season alone!

buckerup · 10-25-2020, 10:29 PM

Thanks for letting us see.

tiberiuswade · 10-26-2020, 12:23 AM

She showed up after fawn was drugged of

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Louis · 10-26-2020, 06:12 AM

Cool pics but need to take out that fawn killin pos

Zjesse22 · 10-26-2020, 07:20 AM

Neat pics! Mother Nature for ya

txbb14 · 10-26-2020, 07:00 PM

Dang - very cool pics

TxHunter06 · 10-26-2020, 07:02 PM

And a lot people think bobcats don't kill deer

Tshelly · 10-27-2020, 06:08 AM

Wow

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SnJGuin · 10-27-2020, 06:12 AM

Dang! That was reality!

LouisianaExpat · 10-27-2020, 10:10 AM

Wow! Usually you think of predators finding fawns bedded.

TexasLongball · 11-12-2020, 09:17 AM

I'm assuming that's the mother's eyes in the last pic so she wasn't too far off.

SLICK_N_STICKY · 11-12-2020, 09:23 AM

Seen several bobcats through the years. Never shot them. Guess I need to start.

Top Of Texas · 11-18-2020, 11:23 AM

Well, it is called a feeder

TenRing · 11-22-2020, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by top of texas

well, it is called a feeder

hahahaha

MnM · 11-22-2020, 10:40 AM

Neat pic sequence. Thanks for sharing.

10-12-2020, 10:55 PM	#1
SwampBuck Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edna Hunt In: Gillespie County	Fawn killer caught in action Posting the pics in sequence. Makes me wish I had that particular camera set on burst now. New feeder setup. Bobcat didn’t waste anytime finding an easy meal. Within a couple of hours the deer were right back there, the next day it was like it never happened. That’s nature for ya. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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10-12-2020, 10:57 PM	#2
txoutdoorsman24 Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Boerne Hunt In: In camo	Cool pics.

10-12-2020, 10:59 PM	#3
Trapper76 Eight Point Join Date: Sep 2019	Looks like you got some help hunting your feeder! Cool pics, thanks for sharing.

10-12-2020, 11:06 PM	#4
686 Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Central Texas	Never seen that before - thanks for posting!

10-13-2020, 07:41 AM	#5
BTLowry Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lindale Hunt In: Behind the house and public in Texas; Kansas Unit 5	Going to guess that fawn was sick or orphaned? Where was the doe? Neat sequence of pics no doubt

10-13-2020, 07:54 AM	#7
twosixteens Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: North Texas Hunt In: Young County Mostly Mack’s Creek Missouri on occasion	Awesome to catch that on camera

10-13-2020, 08:12 AM	#8
Buck_jane Six Point Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Flatonia Hunt In: Fayette	Very cool. That cat didn't waste any time

10-13-2020, 08:15 AM	#9
deerwatcher51 Ten Point Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Brenham & Richland Springs Hunt In: Richland Springs & Washington on the Brazos	Mother Nature is a cruel mistress.

10-13-2020, 08:26 AM	#10
Antlers86 Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Athens Hunt In: Jack and Henderson Counties	Nubbin bucks will leave their momma and wonder off a good 100-200 yds from their mother. No sign of doe so very well could have already been shot by a hunter. Cool pics. I watched a bobcat attempt to do this a couple years ago in person but he met the end of my 30-06 and the deer stood there looking at the cat laying dead.

10-13-2020, 09:16 AM	#11
Drycreek3189 Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Troup Hunt In: Cherokee, Rusk, Trinity Counties	[QUOTE=Antlers86;15164414 I watched a bobcat attempt to do this a couple years ago in person but he met the end of my 30-06 and the deer stood there looking at the cat laying dead.[/QUOTE] It’s amazing to me how deer sometimes react to a predator. I watched a bobcat approach two does and a fawn a couple years ago in one of my food plots. The young doe had a fawn, the older one didn’t. The younger doe made a run at the bobcat and he/she hit the brush. The older doe immediately went in after him, ran him back out of the woods and was hot on his heels until he cleared the food plot. Wish I had that on video ! Another time I killed a coyote at the same spot one morning about 15 minutes after daylight. I continued sitting and 30/40 minutes later a doe with twins came through. The little buck walked right up to the bloody dead coyote, sniffed him and walked away. The doe fawn never looked at him, and the doe just walked right past him, glanced at him and began feeding. They all fed across that wheat plot and never looked back. If I had been asked beforehand what their reactions would be I would have guessed that they would blow out as soon as they saw or smelled coyote.

10-13-2020, 09:36 AM	#12
UrbanBuck Eight Point Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Waverly Hunt In: DCNF, SHNF, CROCKETT	Longest tail I have seen on a bobcat.

10-13-2020, 09:42 AM	#13
SHSU18 Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Cypress Tx Hunt In: Brady, Tx	Dang he wasted no time.

10-13-2020, 09:52 AM	#14
danvan75 Spike Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: san antonio Hunt In: uvalde/frio	Cool pics

10-13-2020, 10:48 AM	#15
SwampBuck Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edna Hunt In: Gillespie County	Seems like a decent sized cat.

10-13-2020, 01:04 PM	#17
billinkb Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Victoria, Texas Hunt In: Goliad Co. Aransas Co. Lake Amistad, Bee County	Wow

10-13-2020, 01:06 PM	#18
ATI Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Wylie, TEXAS Hunt In: TEXAS	I always thought folks used that as an excuse to kill bobcats... Now I know it's real, but bobcats gotta eat too, after all, this is their world we live in. Thanks for sharing.

10-14-2020, 01:28 PM	#19
Landrover Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spring Hunt In: Wherever & Whenever	Dinner is served.........circle of life!!! Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

10-14-2020, 01:33 PM	#20
AMK Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Montgomery, TX Hunt In: Pittsburg County, OK	Wow! Cool pictures.

10-14-2020, 01:42 PM	#21
Artos Pope & Young Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Deep South TX Hunt In: Deep South TX	Folks have no idea the number of fawns lost to bobs...there was a study done in another state where they killed a bunch of bobs during the fawn crop & 50% had deer contents in their bellies.

10-14-2020, 01:44 PM	#22
awry Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2015	Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

10-14-2020, 01:56 PM	#23
150class Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Woodlands Hunt In: Uvalde, Boerne	Pretty dang neat. Cant remember seeing a bobcat snag a deer photo and we've had 2 this season alone!

10-25-2020, 10:29 PM	#24
buckerup Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Cypress Tx Hunt In: Gouldbusk, Texas. Coleman County	Thanks for letting us see.

10-26-2020, 12:23 AM	#25
tiberiuswade Four Point Join Date: Feb 2017	She showed up after fawn was drugged of Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

10-26-2020, 06:12 AM	#26
Louis Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2017	Cool pics but need to take out that fawn killin pos

10-26-2020, 07:20 AM	#27
Zjesse22 Six Point Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Edinburg, Texas Hunt In: Hidalgo County	Neat pics! Mother Nature for ya

10-26-2020, 07:00 PM	#28
txbb14 Four Point Join Date: Aug 2019	Dang - very cool pics

10-26-2020, 07:02 PM	#29
TxHunter06 Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Navasota Hunt In: Val Verde	And a lot people think bobcats don't kill deer

10-27-2020, 06:08 AM	#30
Tshelly Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Willis Hunt In: Walker, Montgomery, Trinity, & Lee	Wow Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

10-27-2020, 06:12 AM	#31
SnJGuin Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Tomball Hunt In: Harrison	Dang! That was reality!

10-27-2020, 10:10 AM	#32
LouisianaExpat Spike Join Date: Jul 2020	Wow! Usually you think of predators finding fawns bedded.

11-12-2020, 09:17 AM	#33
TexasLongball Ten Point Join Date: May 2012 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: New Ulm and Pearsall	I'm assuming that's the mother's eyes in the last pic so she wasn't too far off.