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Michigan Bobcat #6689229
12/10/19 05:44 PM
12/10/19 05:44 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
strike2x Offline OP
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Season opened today in my area. Anybody get one yet?


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689259
12/10/19 06:15 PM
12/10/19 06:15 PM
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Northern MI
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Setting tmrw when I get outa work.


Don't do anything you don't want to explain to the paramedics. I do appreciate a good story tho.
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689279
12/10/19 06:29 PM
12/10/19 06:29 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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[Linked Image]
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I never got to set. Had this 29 pound Tom in a coyote set this morning. He is the 11th one I have caught in coyote sets this year. None had anything flashy about them as I find it scares the coyote off. Obviously they hunt pretty good with their noses too.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689295
12/10/19 06:43 PM
12/10/19 06:43 PM
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Nice cat-good pile of cats too.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689302
12/10/19 06:49 PM
12/10/19 06:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 507
SC Iowa
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Nice!!

Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689307
12/10/19 06:53 PM
12/10/19 06:53 PM
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Michigan
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way to go strike2x

Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #6689344
12/10/19 07:23 PM
12/10/19 07:23 PM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 860
Michigan
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Michigan
Nice cat Strike! Thats exactly what happened to me last season- opening day catch made in an existing coyote set.
I usually release about a half-dozen cats before the season opens, the only good thing about that is I can observe
where the best colored cats are, around me.

Looks like the lake-effect snow bands missed you, here are a couple pics from my run this morning, around Grayling.
I made 6 cat sets today, they were buried in snow before I left.

[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

-NC



Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689368
12/10/19 07:44 PM
12/10/19 07:44 PM
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PA
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Congrats on a nice cat! Glad you connected during season.

Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689384
12/10/19 08:01 PM
12/10/19 08:01 PM
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,779
Northern lower Michigan
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Yeah south east of Grayling got snow also. Stopped at the about the south branch. Rosco seen very little. Good job on the cat. That coyote looks good and healthy too.

Last edited by Feedinggrounds; 12/10/19 08:02 PM. Reason: Add

you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689389
12/10/19 08:06 PM
12/10/19 08:06 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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If I was a gambling man I probably would have let him go but with only a ten day season and a one limit I wasn't going to chance it. I caught a few that were a lot better looking but he looked pretty good today. I will probably catch a better one tomorrow and have to let it go.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689392
12/10/19 08:12 PM
12/10/19 08:12 PM
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Champaign County, Ohio.
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Originally Posted by strike2x
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I never got to set. Had this 29 pound Tom in a coyote set this morning. He is the 11th one I have caught in coyote sets this year. None had anything flashy about them as I find it scares the coyote off. Obviously they hunt pretty good with their noses too.


I have never had the opportunity to trap bobcats. I think that Ohio will likely have a partial trapping season soon.

The bobcat you caught seems slightly lighter than the bobcats I have seen. It reminds me a little of a cinnamon coon. Are Michigan's bobcat usually that light reddish color?

Keith

Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689394
12/10/19 08:13 PM
12/10/19 08:13 PM
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Posts: 2,779
Northern lower Michigan
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Originally Posted by strike2x
If I was a gambling man I probably would have let him go but with only a ten day season and a one limit I wasn't going to chance it. I caught a few that were a lot better looking but he looked pretty good today. I will probably catch a better one tomorrow and have to let it go.
Ain't that how it works? Many cats around, they could raise the take to two, I think. But hey were just trappers.


you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689404
12/10/19 08:18 PM
12/10/19 08:18 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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Here are a few of the nicer looking cats I released this season.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: KeithC] #6689411
12/10/19 08:23 PM
12/10/19 08:23 PM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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Originally Posted by KeithC
Originally Posted by strike2x
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I never got to set. Had this 29 pound Tom in a coyote set this morning. He is the 11th one I have caught in coyote sets this year. None had anything flashy about them as I find it scares the coyote off. Obviously they hunt pretty good with their noses too.


I have never had the opportunity to trap bobcats. I think that Ohio will likely have a partial trapping season soon.

The bobcat you caught seems slightly lighter than the bobcats I have seen. It reminds me a little of a cinnamon coon. Are Michigan's bobcat usually that light reddish color?

Keith

The cat I got today was pretty dirty from the rain last 2 days. The other pictures I put up are from drier days.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689498
12/10/19 09:29 PM
12/10/19 09:29 PM
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Northern Michigan
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Way to go Greg! You did the right thing....you know how aggravating they can be..........season is way too short. I have a real runt in the neighborhood, about the size of a housecat. I may not set at all. I DON'T want to pinch that one.


Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689806
12/11/19 08:19 AM
12/11/19 08:19 AM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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TTT


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689807
12/11/19 08:22 AM
12/11/19 08:22 AM
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Houghton Lake, MI
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Let's see more cat pictures, not limited to Michigan. Everyone please show em off. To some of you bobcat may not be a big deal but when you have to scout it out and then have 10 days to get the job done it becomes an obsession.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689878
12/11/19 09:54 AM
12/11/19 09:54 AM
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Minnesota
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Nice Strike


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Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6689931
12/11/19 11:04 AM
12/11/19 11:04 AM
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Maine, Aroostook
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Originally Posted by strike2x
Let's see more cat pictures, not limited to Michigan. Everyone please show em off. To some of you bobcat may not be a big deal but when you have to scout it out and then have 10 days to get the job done it becomes an obsession.


I love setting for cats, I think they're the most fascinating furbearer in my part of the world. I had been getting a lot of cats pics/videos all summer and fall but things have really dried up since winter set in. Heavy snow after heavy snow seems to have everything holed up. [Linked Image]

Re: Michigan Bobcat [Re: strike2x] #6690014
12/11/19 12:59 PM
12/11/19 12:59 PM
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Michigan
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Great job on that cat, Strike! Wish I could trap one down here where I'm at. We have very few, but they are around and no season for them.


When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.
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