Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
[Re: trapperbill]
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04/21/19 09:42 PM
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That’s are really great picture. It’s a Tom scent marking its territory. Will be a great place to trap a cat or 2 . Thanks! So, just the males will mark it’s territory? Do you think the other pics of it smelling the rocks, laying on it’s belly, is the same cat, or no way to know?
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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04/22/19 10:10 AM
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The first cat could be a female or young tom.I can tell you,at a real set,I keep my lure up 12" or so high.I never want to encourage them to squat,lay down or roll where my trap is,I want those legs straight up and down.
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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The first cat could be a female or you tom.I can tell you,at a real set,I keep my lure up 12" or so high.I never want to encourage them to squat,lay down or roll where my trap is,I want those legs straight up and down. Interesting... so what do you do on a dirt hole set? Aren't you suppose to throw the lure down or at the hole?
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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I use very few dirt holes for cats.Lured walk throughs with the lure in the air.The backing is often a large fir tree which also shelters from snow.
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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I use very few dirt holes for cats.Lured walk throughs with the lure in the air.The backing is often a large fur tree which also shelters from snow. Got it, thanks.
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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Thank ya sir! I’m really looking forward to it. I’m trying to soak in as much info as I can before hand.
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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I think you have a good spot there.By the time you get that tag,you will be ready.Any rock ledges around there? Yes a couple. I was thinking about setting a camera there too to see if one shows. You are talking right under the outcropping rock shelves, correct?
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Re: Pre scouting for Bobcat
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So, another question...... Do the female cats tend to stay in the same area year round? Maybe the males too, except for breeding season, then they roam? I had one cat that would come through about every twenty-one days. I could almost pinpoint the day it would show up on my camera. I suspected it was a male. Others seem to come through once a week or so. We had great tracking conditions all winter and it really helped tell the story on how and when cats were using the area.
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