No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764269
02/09/20 02:11 PM
02/09/20 02:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 10,997
Oregon
beaverpeeler Offline
trapper
beaverpeeler  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 10,997
Oregon
Don't you hate it when you're having a great deer hunt and somebody comes along and messes it up? grin


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764302
02/09/20 02:47 PM
02/09/20 02:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 146
Idaho
IDTrapman Offline
trapper
IDTrapman  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 146
Idaho
I had read long ago that following a bobcat's #1 food source, which if course is rabbit, their #2 food source is deer. That's always stuck in my head -probably because it's so hard to believe. Looking at the size of that cat next to that small deer, makes me think maybe it is true...? Of course, I'd guess it would likely vary from one area/region to another, but interesting to think about.


Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764306
02/09/20 02:49 PM
02/09/20 02:49 PM
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,726
SW Georgia
W
Wanna Be Offline
trapper
Wanna Be  Offline
trapper
W

Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,726
SW Georgia
That would explain my cat catches after the morning check. Most all have been young cats, both male and female.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764373
02/09/20 03:39 PM
02/09/20 03:39 PM
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,180
Priest River, Idaho USA
S
SundanceMtnMan Offline
trapper
SundanceMtnMan  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,180
Priest River, Idaho USA
Where do you deer hunt that the fawns still have spots? I am not doubting the story just wondering where hunting season starts that early.


"They Say Nothing is Impossible,
But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764376
02/09/20 03:41 PM
02/09/20 03:41 PM
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,726
SW Georgia
W
Wanna Be Offline
trapper
Wanna Be  Offline
trapper
W

Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,726
SW Georgia
Our archery season starts the 2 weekend of Sept down here in GA...fawns still have spots. We’ll see an occasional spotted fawn/fawns in December, lol.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764377
02/09/20 03:41 PM
02/09/20 03:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 41,592
Northern Maine
Bruce T Offline
trapper
Bruce T  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 41,592
Northern Maine
Once in awhile a late fawn around here will still have spots.


Nevada bound
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764390
02/09/20 03:50 PM
02/09/20 03:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 6,518
MB
J
Jurassic Park Offline
trapper
Jurassic Park  Offline
trapper
J

Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 6,518
MB
Sooooo you mean the bobcat didn’t actually kill that deer, just attacked it. I remember the first time I called an attack a kill.


Cold as ice!
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764425
02/09/20 04:26 PM
02/09/20 04:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 34
Missouri
F
Fleshnugget Offline
trapper
Fleshnugget  Offline
trapper
F

Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 34
Missouri
Man... what an amazing experience! Thanks for sharing.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: SundanceMtnMan] #6764581
02/09/20 07:17 PM
02/09/20 07:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,424
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
R
Riverotter2 Offline
trapper
Riverotter2  Offline
trapper
R

Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,424
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Originally Posted by SundanceMtnMan
Where do you deer hunt that the fawns still have spots? I am not doubting the story just wondering where hunting season starts that early.


Don't doubt it, I skinned that same cat yesterday. Killed three days ago. Them not spots on that deer 100% sure of that.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764589
02/09/20 07:20 PM
02/09/20 07:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,424
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
R
Riverotter2 Offline
trapper
Riverotter2  Offline
trapper
R

Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,424
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
On our FB page people send us videos a lot of times with coyotes and cats being filmed with cell phones killing deer. Got one a while back of a red fox taking a fawn in a guy yard.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764600
02/09/20 07:31 PM
02/09/20 07:31 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 16,261
Iowa
~ADC~ Offline
The Count
~ADC~  Offline
The Count

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 16,261
Iowa
I hope our bobcats get good at that! I'd much rather have them around than deer.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764606
02/09/20 07:38 PM
02/09/20 07:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,238
The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane Offline
"HOSS"
Leftlane  Offline
"HOSS"

Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,238
The Hill Country of Texas
Bobcats are brazen predators, I have never caught one in the act but I have found smaller frames deer partially eaten and covered up in leaf debris.


“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.”
Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers


Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764609
02/09/20 07:40 PM
02/09/20 07:40 PM
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 16,170
ny
U
upstateNY Offline
trapper
upstateNY  Offline
trapper
U

Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 16,170
ny
ITSdeer season there?


the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764740
02/09/20 09:38 PM
02/09/20 09:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,452
MN
W
walleye101 Offline
trapper
walleye101  Offline
trapper
W

Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,452
MN
Who ever questioned that bobcat kill deer? I thought that was common knowledge.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6764819
02/09/20 10:47 PM
02/09/20 10:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 4,526
MN
D
Donnersurvivor Offline
trapper
Donnersurvivor  Offline
trapper
D

Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 4,526
MN
I wonder pound for pound which Cat species kills the largest prey regularly. Lions kill monstrous cape buffalo, Cougars solo kill Elk, Jaguars kill Cattle, Bobcats kill deer.

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: Donnersurvivor] #6764834
02/09/20 11:11 PM
02/09/20 11:11 PM
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,537
Champaign County, Ohio.
K
KeithC Offline
trapper
KeithC  Offline
trapper
K

Joined: May 2009
Posts: 15,537
Champaign County, Ohio.
Originally Posted by Donnersurvivor
I wonder pound for pound which Cat species kills the largest prey regularly. Lions kill monstrous cape buffalo, Cougars solo kill Elk, Jaguars kill Cattle, Bobcats kill deer.



This pride of 30 lions regularly kills elephants, some of pretty decent size. There are other videos of the same pride.



Keith

Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6765042
02/10/20 07:57 AM
02/10/20 07:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,750
williamsburg ks
D
danny clifton Online content
"Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton  Online Content
"Grumpy Old Man"
D

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,750
williamsburg ks
Quote
IDTrapman

I had read long ago that following a bobcat's #1 food source, which if course is rabbit, their #2 food source is deer.



IMO another important food source is packrats. You don't hear that much but I am convinced its true. I believe it is what they are hunting when they get caught in that rimrock everybody likes to set. Here in KS you find a hedge row with multiple rat nests it is as likely a spot as that thick overgrown patch of rabbit habitat. Old farm machinery, old shed, anyplace you see packrat nests can be a good place to catch one.


Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6765089
02/10/20 09:02 AM
02/10/20 09:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 1,099
New York
N
nyhuntfish Offline
trapper
nyhuntfish  Offline
trapper
N

Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 1,099
New York
Thanks for sharing. That's very interesting.


Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6765106
02/10/20 09:19 AM
02/10/20 09:19 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,297
Western Michigan
Animals Only Offline
trapper
Animals Only  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,297
Western Michigan
Isn't it early for fawns?


AKA: Rusty Shackleford
Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER! [Re: bulletbox] #6765111
02/10/20 09:22 AM
02/10/20 09:22 AM
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 9,914
Arkansas
J
J Staton Offline
trapper
J Staton  Offline
trapper
J

Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 9,914
Arkansas
Those aren't spots y'all are seeing.


James 1: 19-20
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread