question for you lynx trappers out there who weigh and measure your cats how big is big vs huge

Interesting that as many kynx as are trapped by guys on this forum no one has an answer so let me be more specific I know 30 pound 45 “ lynx exist but does the 40 pound 50” ? just trying to get a better feel for the size of the few I catch a year

we started weighing everything this year, biggest lynx 31 so far maybe one of the biggest we have caught. Ace Callaway claims 46lbers exist

The big Toms measure in the 40" dried are big boys. I seen 44" I believe

Carcass measurement. NTB Anything over 36" is a XL

I never had a reason to weigh them.

I don't commonly weigh cats. I did often measure them. Like Jeff, I have boarded a 44" and a handful of 42" (less than 6) over the years.

I saw (and handled) a 48" cat one time that came from the Black River country out of FYU. It was well handled and quite narrow, but still a VERY impressive lynx. Think of how many bunnies died to put that sort of size on a cat!

Pete

Thanks guys guess the one I got the other day and thought was pretty darn big is just that 44” and almost 30# having an 8 yr okd around he wants to know how much everything weighs even the marten guess I should start writing all the weights down just to see down the road

I think about 28 or 29 is the heaviest i have ever weighed. Don't recall the dimensions

My first was 27 pounds, catch & release in Maine. I'll check with the biologist and see what the weights run in Maine. Got my first Maine Marten, that went over 2 pounds, this year. he was only 2.1 pounds. A friend killed a 40.7 pound bobcat two days ago, in Maine.

I suspect that bobcats OVERALL are heavier than lynx just because the lynx might be operating in deeper snow on average and prey density may be a lot lower in lynx country

I have never weighed one.
The one in this pic was 25 lbs,and is a fairly avg size adult cat for here.I know I have seen quite a few bigger than the one pictured.

Ace Callaway.....I don't want to get banned for life so I'll just leave it at this, I don't think that is a reliable source of any information.

LOL ya think maybe Jess LOL

I rarely weigh my catches but for a school project one year I weighed some lynx. 31 pounds was the heaviest and he was an old snaggle toothed male. I’ve seen bigger but I think 30-35 pounds are probably the big ones. I’m sure there’s a few oversized ones out there though.

Man here I thought Canadians used Kilo's not pounds

Depends who you talk to. I think southern Canadians use kilos. Pounds, feet, and miles still more commonly used up here.

Is that like # Me Too ?? Pound Me Too. I don't understand why they'd use that slogan !

We try measure every lynx pelt that comes through the office, 85 to 95cm (about 35" God save the Queen) is most common 110cm we have not reached yet, or so rarely that I don't remember about 10 years now we have been measuring.

Don’t forget the cold weather. Hard work just to stay warm.

Ace Callaway

#metoo

This thread is out of control!

33 pounds is the biggest we have ever weighed.