Opening night bobcat

[Jason Wandling]

I called this cat in last night. Less than two minutes. She came running in. I thought it was a grey fox. 75 yards off hand shot with a 22 magnum. I hit right under the eye. This is my first bobcat. I was setup 10 feet from my car on a new 4 lane road that hasn’t opened yet.

 

[Coathanger15]

Nice shootin'

 

[Kurt]

Nice cat. I was lucky enough this bow season to get close to two bobcats. Beautiful animals. Congrats.

 

[TNbowhunter]

Forgive my ignorance, but there aren't many bobcats in my area (saw my first two ever this season, though)... Do folks eat bobcat, or are they hunted just for the fur/mount?

 

[jspradley]

Forgive my ignorance, but there aren't many bobcats in my area (saw my first two ever this season, though)... Do folks eat bobcat, or are they hunted just for the fur/mount?

I blew the one chance I had so far to kill one but the folks who I have talked to who have eaten said it's delicious, supposedly like pork. I suspect most folks don't eat them though, which seems a shame.


Nice kitty OP!

 

[Jason Wandling]

Forgive my ignorance, but there aren't many bobcats in my area (saw my first two ever this season, though)... Do folks eat bobcat, or are they hunted just for the fur/mount?

I’ve been hunting for 27 years and I’ve only seen 2 bobcats, including the one I killed. I’ve had a few on camera. That doesn’t mean the population is low. I’ve only seen a handful of coyotes while hunting and we all know how many coyotes are around. They are creatures of the night.

 

[Weldabeast]

I'll kill them on private land if the owner wants me to but I leave them alone on public....i had one under me for almost 30 minutes during archery season. They sure are cool animals. Scouting during the spring I saw one in a ditch as I was riding by on my bike. I turned around and we had a starring contest at roughly 60yds for easily 10 minutes. They are legal to harvest here but I try to take out the invasives over the native.....