If I get a big 1 I'll post it. Ultimately I'll probably be happy w/ any cat this winter. It's only the 2nd time I've drawn a tag. I have some spots in mind. Hopefully someone in the early season doesn't tag out on the ones I have in mind

.... you win lol

I got me some Mark June Windwalker & Silent Stalker lure this month. 'Sure hoping I can get a cat this winter.. Drawing a winter tag in Wisconsin is tough. Mark seems to be the best Bobcat trapper in the USA. Now I need to figure out more about trap placement & his walk-through sets . 3 years ago when I had my first ever Bobcat tag I probably relied too much on fencing.

AJE cats are easy. Your problem is more likely location

My best was 29.5 lbs.

Man you guys get some big cats. The boys and I caught several around here. The biggest only weighed 29 and We can’t seem to get one over that magical 30 pound mark.
Jim

Make your best coyote set and they’ll clog it up, lol, especially dirt hole sets.

I have caught a few males in the low 30s. Most that look big are usually in the mid to upper 20s. The biggest one I have ever seen in person was right around 50 lbs on a scale that I trusted. I taxidermied it and it took the largest mannikin close to the style I was looking for and then SOME. It came out of northern Nebraska right on the SD border.

Have caught a few in the thirties but this guy was a skinny 38.

Yeah, I am thinking about trying your approach this year. The 1st time I had a cat tag a few years ago I think I got too fancy & tried to make eccentric sets with too much flagging & fencing. It's tough to draw a cat tag in Wi. I don't want to come away empty handed on this, my 2nd attempt

Caught a 39 lb tom 2 years ago, spouse is 5'11".

1 at 40 and one at 41 lbs.