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Think'n we have a reisdent bobcat, wife & both daughters have heard something that makes a long crying/screaming sounds, has done it early AM & late PM so thers no certain time its around, I've yet to hear it since I leave for work way before light.

Can anyone else describe what they sound like ?? I've searched you tube & didnt find anything definate, mostly foxes barking that city dwellers thought were other beast.

Thanks, FF.
 
To me they sound like a woman screaming in terror. Whenever I have heard one it sent chills down my spine.
 
The above sounds like a accurate description but cats have a very large range they travel. I would find it strange to hear it on a regular basis, very well could be though. Also don't rule out the possibility of a screech owl, they make a similar sound.
 
I've had bobcats hang around our place for a few days at a time, then they move on. They aren't around very often at all, that I know of.
 
Turn your sound way up to hear these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lh5SY_X ... ure=fvwrel

http://waterandwoods.net/downloads/Bobcat-Cries.mp3

http://waterandwoods.net/downloads/bobcat.wav

It may be the higher-pitched sounds carry farther than the lower-pitched, making a distant bobcat sound something like a screaming person.

But ever heard a gray fox barking?
http://waterandwoods.net/downloads/Grey-Fox-Barking.mp3

Or a fox "yell"?
http://waterandwoods.net/downloads/fox%20yell.wav

Or how about fox "yipping"?
http://waterandwoods.net/downloads/Red-Fox-Yipps.mp3
 
Yep , a woman or kid screaming and possibly could be a fox as well. The first time I ever heard one was about 19 years ago when I was about 13. I was out on my 4 wheeler on the farm shooting bullfrogs with a bb gun and when that thing screamed I swear I was pulling that rope start 100 mike an hour. Git home and told daddy someone was getting killed back in the hay field and told him what I heard and that's when I found out what it was.!!! Lol it will make chills run up your spine if they are close enough when they sound off.
 
CATCHDAWG said:
The above sounds like a accurate description but cats have a very large range they travel. I would find it strange to hear it on a regular basis, very well could be though. Also don't rule out the possibility of a screech owl, they make a similar sound.
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You know bobcats have a den they live in late fall thru winter.Probably a den nearby.
 
As far as foxes go we see them in the back yard all the time & hear them exchange insulting barks with my dog, but thier bark sounds more like a rapsy cough.

I kept my ears open all weekend but didnt hear anything but my wife ....constantly.
 
timberjack86 said:
CATCHDAWG said:
The above sounds like a accurate description but cats have a very large range they travel. I would find it strange to hear it on a regular basis, very well could be though. Also don't rule out the possibility of a screech owl, they make a similar sound.
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You know bobcats have a den they live in late fall thru winter.Probably a den nearby.
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Yeah, but its still mild right now. Just saying it "could" be something else, not saying it wasn't. I once heard a bobcat making a meow sound identical to like a house cat would make. It was the biggest one I ever seen. I jumped it on a m.l. hunt with a unloaded gun... :(
 
Just as most people have said, they sound like a terrified woman screaming or sometimes like a baby cry/screaming very loudly. I have never been more scared than the first time I heard one. It was about 4:30 am, I was headed to a stand on public land in bath county va and I had know clue what I was hearing.
 
Actually heard it this morning as I walked out the door, it was in the woods not 20 yards from teh house, walked to the edge of the yard with a flashlight & couldnt see anything on the ground or in the trees, no fur, no eyes, no limbs shaking...nothing.

DISCLAIMER !!!! we're dealing with the over active imagination of my 2 daugters & wife so...

It made 3 calls back to back that lasted about 2 seconds each, the only way I've come close to replicating the sound is to whistle in as deep a tone you can bring the pitch up slightly at the end of the 2 second intreval, do it 3 times in a row, but it was way louder than I can whistle, it had quite a bit of volume to it, loud enuff that it really takes you by suprise.

I'm think'n maybe barred owl, we have plenty of foxes (coons also) but never heard of them make'n that sound.

The mystery continues.
 
FOX FIRE said:
Actually heard it this morning as I walked out the door, it was in the woods not 20 yards from teh house, walked to the edge of the yard with a flashlight & couldnt see anything on the ground or in the trees, no fur, no eyes, no limbs shaking...nothing.

DISCLAIMER !!!! we're dealing with the over active imagination of my 2 daugters & wife so...

It made 3 calls back to back that lasted about 2 seconds each, the only way I've come close to replicating the sound is to whistle in as deep a tone you can bring the pitch up slightly at the end of the 2 second intreval, do it 3 times in a row, but it was way louder than I can whistle, it had quite a bit of volume to it, loud enuff that it really takes you by suprise.

I'm think'n maybe barred owl, we have plenty of foxes (coons also) but never heard of them make'n that sound.

The mystery continues.
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I dont think a bobcat would hang around if you walked out there with a flashlight looking around. Those things are very stealthy and most likely (almost guarantee) wouldn't make a sound with a threat around. Sounds like a bird of some kind, probably an owl like you stated.
 
We have foxes all over the place, the gray foxes were constanly barking (sounds like a cough) at the dog, the reds dont seem to be as vocal.
 
Buckykm1 said:
I think i got a den behind my house in the woods. That is an awful sound.
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I have a stand close to a den on one property I hunt. I found out about 5 o'clock on the opening day of bow season 3 years ago.

I had heard them before, but man, that's a terrible noise to hear sitting in the pitch dark.
 

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