Bobcats

[Smo]

I usually see a couple while deer hunting every year, I never shoot them though because I enjoy watching them. I probably should because they are hell on turkeys.


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Along with a bunch of nest raiders, Raccoons,Opossums,yotes,fox and such.

They will all eat a Mans chickens too..... :livid:

Am I in trouble?

 

[ZachMarkus]

I usually see a couple while deer hunting every year, I never shoot them though because I enjoy watching them. I probably should because they are hell on turkeys.


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Along with a bunch of nest raiders, Raccoons,Opossums,yotes,fox and such.

I don't shoot foxes either but I don't hold back on the rest of them you mentioned.


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[DRSJ35]

im in east tn.And only once in a while do i see a bobcat or a fox.I wouldnt kill any cause i dont really see the need.And im not sure what the population is.Cause i hardly see any.Both are really awesome to see though.

 

[mike243]

Killed a bobcat back in 1998,only the 2nd 1 I had seen with the other being out of season during muzzle loader.It got mounted,doubt I will ever shoot another but don't get between me and 1 lol , wish I could feel the same love for yotes but I wont pass a chance to shoot at 1 of those,deer be danged,killed a lot of deer but i'm low on yote numbers, :tu:

 

[EastTNHunter]

Bobcats are indigenous, a natural part of our ecosystem as much as turkeys. I'd much rather see bobcats while deer hunting than turkeys, as they are much quieter, but I like watching nature in general (and I don't hunt turkeys). I have killed 1 (right around 30lb) and don't plan to kill any more.

Coyotes are invasive and I give them no mercy, although I tend to see fewer, and have had more opportunities to kill bobcats than yotes.

 

[plinker22]

I have been very blessed to see lots of bobcats in my years of hinting. I saw 8 bobcats in my 2nd year hunting. That year I killed one bobcat and drew back my bow on another. He was at 5 yards and I chose not to shoot. It did look up at me with that... "what are you?" look.

As several others have said, I don't think I will ever shoot another bobcat (or fox), they are just so beautiful to watch. Yotes get NO free pass.

 

[Hunt 365]

I am overrun with them in Madison and Perry County - compared with past. I've killed 2 this year and have many more on trail cam and had another during bow season that got saved with the season date. I'm worried they'll get my turkeys. They're on the list if legal

 

[wobblegobble]

I see them often on one of my farms. I have killed 5 but don't shoot them anymore just because it doesn't thrill me any longer.

 

[fairchaser]

I see them occasionally, and pick them up from time to time on my trail cams, however, I do not shoot them. The only way I would kill one is to get it mounted. This is in Fayette and Hardeman counties.

I'm with you Andy. I have two mounted so I won't shoot one anymore. With that said, I haven't seen one in two years.

 

[Mr.Bro]

Invited guests on my farms can kill anything that makes them happy. Except Bobcats. Just love to see them.

 

[Crosshairy]

First one I ever saw while hunting was on a dove hunt when I was about 14. I was hunched over sitting on a bucket at the corner of a field edge in high grass, and heard a twig snap behind me. I looked over my shoulder, and a bobcat was in a low crawl towards me, only about 20 feet away. I spun around and shot it, then nearly hyperventilated because I thought I'd had a near-death experience. I'm quite sure, in hindsight, that I could have stood up and scared it off, but you could not tell that to the teenage version of myself. That cat wasn't big at all, or I would have tried to get it mounted.

I've seen a handful more over the years while hunting, with the most recent being 2 years ago in Fayette County. That one stalked a fox squirrel right in front of me while I was up in my climber. The squirrel saw it at the last second and escaped up a tree, but it sure was fun to watch! I took a video of most of the event unfolding that I'll have to dig up.

 

[david k.]

I see a few every year at Ames. I saw a big male this year a couple of times that was as big as any I've ever seen. I'm sure the quail & rabbit population there keeps them well fed.

 

[catman529]

Seen 3 or 4 while hunting and a bunch of trail cam pics. There are plenty of them here in Williamson and Maury county


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