#2641015 - 11/28/11 05:06 AM
Have you ever seen a Bobcat ?
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KY-TNHunter
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Have you ever seen a Bobcat ?
If so, where? What State, County, or place?
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#2641017 - 11/28/11 05:18 AM
Re: Have you ever seen a Bobcat ?
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stik
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one at AEDC many years ago and one on mt. roosevelt wma. the boy saw one in roane co. a couple of years ago.
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#2641031 - 11/28/11 06:12 AM
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pressfit
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Loc: Giles Co. Tn
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I have probably 50 in there past 30 years here in giles co
Saw 3 or 4 walking together last year while deer hunting. I had one that lived in front of my house for a while in a brush pile that actually had a red collar on. I told me the GW about it and I he guessed someone had tried to make a pet out of it.a good friend of mine used to trap and snare them
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#2641368 - 11/28/11 09:52 AM
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raywa
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Loc: Mt Juliet Tn
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I saw 2 this past weekend in overton county.
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#2641432 - 11/28/11 10:23 AM
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easy45
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several, mostly in Fayette and Shelby but really all over
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#2641438 - 11/28/11 10:29 AM
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HatchieLuvr
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Loc: Jackson, TN
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For twenty years I regularly hunted 3 states (Benton county MS, Fayette county TN & the confluence of 3 counties north of Hardy AR in southern MO) and in that 20 year span I saw 4-5 bobcats. Now since I bought my place in Haywood County on the Hatchie I see them WEEKLY! My place has PLENTY of them. They are nifty critters and I've been waiting for the post rut so I can bust one to be mounted without worry of hurting any chances of seeing a big buck. I'm figuring after about Dec 15 a putty tat IS goin down! 
Edited by HatchieLuvr (11/28/11 10:30 AM)
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#2641702 - 11/28/11 12:19 PM
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Crosshairy
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Loc: Bartlett, TN
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I've seen 5 or 6 in the woods. I killed one about 15 years ago that was creeping up behind me while I sat on a bucket at the corner of a field.
Scared me to death - I heard a twig snap behind me. I spun around, and the bobcat was doing a belly crawl at me and was about 25 feet away. I just swung the gun around and rolled him.
In hindsight, I think (hope) he would have stopped once he got closer and realized I wasn't a little rabbit or something. He was probably 3/4 of mature size.
All of them I've ever seen were in Shelby, Fayette, or Haywood counties.
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#2641725 - 11/28/11 12:27 PM
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knightrider
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Loc: claiborne
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i have seen bunches of them in claiborne and hancock,union and clay. never have shot one just enjoy watching them do their thing. saw one catch a squirrel last year and saw one catch a hen turkey few years ago they are an awesome predator
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#2641773 - 11/28/11 12:52 PM
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fairchaser
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Registered: 09/13/11
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Loc: TN, USA
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I have seen many bobcats and killed several. I passed on two this year because I have two mounted and don't see any need of killing anymore. They are beautiful. What I don't ever see and would love to kill is a fox. In my 30+ years of hunting I have only seen two while hunting and never killed one.
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#2642667 - 11/28/11 07:51 PM
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LA man
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ive seen them all over louisiana and now in van buren county tn.
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