Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: adam m]
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12/13/18 02:39 PM
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Never been in that situation with a cat. Me personally I would anchor the drag and since the cat is vertical with a back foot catch I would climb slowly and reach to release the jaws. I would also try to keep a branch or 3 between me and jaws just in case it decides to jump. X2
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: 160user]
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12/13/18 02:45 PM
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I wouldn't waste the time and I would anchor the end of the chain to something and drop the tree. this Is that a power line in the way too?
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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I would do the same as jbyrd if I was in that situation
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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Grab the end of the drag with a pike pole and pull him out of the tree.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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Ol Wildcat Lynch would just wrassle him down and put a collar on him. Was that a wise guy comment? I can never tell... I agree that all you gotta do is find a way to pull down on the levers and he'll release himself.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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12/13/18 05:46 PM
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Just never know what a day will bring! Hope it turned out ok for all.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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12/13/18 05:51 PM
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get out the hockey pads & helmet and have some fun with a ladder. make darn sure you film it for us
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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12/13/18 06:16 PM
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Thank you to everyone for the positive and humorous advice. The situation turned out well. All of the tree cutters here were correct, and it is what we had to do in the end (cut down the tree), after trying every other option. Two big problems we faced were a defensive animal capable of inflicting real damage, and pushing the situation hard enough to injure the animal. After we spent half an hour disentangling the grapple and chain, and catching him and then losing him from the catch pole, the bobcat climbed up as high as he could go. Way out of reach. There was no way either of us was going to climb up there and get into reach of his claws. Every time we had tried to get up to him, the cat would become alarmed and stress out his leg, which would lead to an injury, or he would jump down and confront us. So we cut down the tree, cut away all of the intervening branches in the midst of a briar patch, used the catch pole to anchor him on the ground (loop through armpit and around neck and shoulder), put the blanket over him, and released him. I have photos of all of it except the blanket and release. That is because my wife refused to record "two idiot men playing with matches," is how she put it, I think. So it was just me and the Game Warden. What a great guy. Photos forthcoming. PA p.s. to me, this is instructive material. The animal was released unharmed to the satisfaction of the state Game Warden, who actually inspected it carefully while it was in the trap and anchored on the ground, and again after we released it. He felt fine about letting it go, and he was firm that had he thought it was injured, he would have euthanized it. I released the trap, and both Scott and I peered carefully to look at the leg where the trap had it; the skin was not broken and there was no blood. There was no blood on the trap, which is an offset MB550, pretty much everything I use now. I will say this is the most difficult release I have done, and I hope to not have to do it again. p.p.s. grapples have an important role in trapping. They are very useful for catching animals along roadsides, where you would never want to anchor an animal, allowing the critter to move off into the brush and out of human sight.
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
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12/13/18 06:18 PM
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I just realized your image was sideways when I looked at the horizen instead of focusing on the bobcat. Like 160user said, anchor the drag, wire it to the tree then cut the tree down. Let us know how it goes. THANK YOU, Lugnut, for editing the photo. That is really helpful
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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12/13/18 06:24 PM
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That turned out great. I'm glad you got a warden to show up and the cat was released uninjured, great write-up! Looking forward to pics.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
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I have photos of all of it except the blanket and release. That is because my wife refused to record "two idiot men playing with matches," is how she put it, I think. LOL!
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
[Re: PAlltheway]
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Your from central PA, God's Country. I'm assuming that means Potter County? Was it Warden Bill Ragasta that showed up?
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Re: Real time help needed: Cat up a tree
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12/13/18 06:50 PM
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Your from central PA, God's Country. I'm assuming that means Potter County? Was it Warden Bill Ragusta that showed up? Potter County lays claim to be God's Country, and my camp is a stone's throw from that sign on Rt 44 and it is spectacular country for sure, but to me our entire Central PA region is God's Country. As a region, it is the most, or one of the most, politically and culturally conservative areas in America. Which for me is A+. I am proud of that fact. Specifically this event today is in Dauphin County. Game Warden is Scott Frederick, a super guy and one of the "new" wardens in terms of being positive, friendly, etc. I was lucky to get him yes, but he happened to be exiting a violation hearing about three miles away when I called.
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