Re: Bobcat homes
[Re: AJE]
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12/28/19 11:03 PM
12/28/19 11:03 PM
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AJE
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Do the young of the year usually move around with the mother, in their home area?
I saw a set of lone tracks today. They didn't seem to be very large bobcat prints.
Last edited by AJE; 12/28/19 11:04 PM.
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Re: Bobcat homes
[Re: AJE]
#6709228
12/28/19 11:13 PM
12/28/19 11:13 PM
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NebrCatMan
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Do the young of the year usually move around with the mother, in their home area?
I saw a set of lone tracks today. They didn't seem to be very large bobcat prints. I have snared or trapped a few females over the years and then seen or even caught the female's kittens a day or two later in the spot I caught the female. I think if they are still following the female the young will hang around for a few days. As far as to if they stay in the same spot at night , I am sure the very young kittens stay in a den or spot (barn, brush pile, even knew of a litter in a ground deer blind) when they are little. Even as they get older as the female's home range is pretty small if it has plenty food available. Males can wonder pretty far, looking for females, Doubt if they use the same spot night after night. But when their back in an area I bet they use the same bed, if they like it.
Remember "Forbidden Fruit makes many Jams"
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Re: Bobcat homes
[Re: Mousey Trapper]
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12/29/19 10:52 AM
12/29/19 10:52 AM
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Males are wanderers and females with young of the year will stay in her home area. This has been my observation as well- especially when the females come in heat. A big ol tom likes to spread the love far and wide.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Bobcat homes
[Re: AJE]
#6709645
12/29/19 12:14 PM
12/29/19 12:14 PM
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Posts: 5,459 Montana
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A breeding age tom has a home range thet encompasses the home ranges of two or more females.Tylemmetry studies have been done on this.They roam around,throughout the year,keeping tabs on these females,checking their condition.This will probably intensify,prebreeding time.Sometimes a tom will show up,during that time,that you had never seen before.It is a great time to be a cat trapper.
Bobcats rarely show up on consecutive days,unless on a large carcass,but never say never.I have seen itbut don't count on it.more often,I wait 2-6 weeks for a tom to return.
I once caught a heavily furred,4# kitten in mid-December.
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Re: Bobcat homes
[Re: M.S. Pickins]
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12/29/19 05:40 PM
12/29/19 05:40 PM
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If a tom is removed from an area how long does it take for another to move in usually? Curious about this as well. I generally take 6-8 cats from one 2500ac property. Generally about half males and half females. This has been going on for the last 2-3 years since I’ve been trapping and according to the previous trapper he took about the same numbers over the last 14 years. I’ve already taken 2 females and 1 male off this property in a 10 day time frame between hunts last week. I took 3 cats (2 males, 1 female) off a small 35c tract in a 2 week time frame. Haven’t trapped it yet this year. Took both a male and female last year off a 380ac tract in a 2 week time period. Start trapping it again on the 1st. Based on these catches I’m guessing Tom home ranges overlap or there’s always Toms on the prowl.
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