We have jack rabbits out here bigger than that deer

A friend had this on his trail camera a number of years ago. They found the covered remains of the deer later when they went to check the camera.

BB here in Wis bobcats regularly take down deer in 150 range, buddy has trail cam pics or cat on deer with paw turning head. When he picked up trail cam chip after seeing picture, he went back and found the big doe dead and partially eaten.

Tom the one who shot the cat told me today them pictures of that cat and deer he first posted on Down South Trappers has now been share over 3200 times in two days mostly to deer hunting pages. This could only help trapping now days seeing how folks are into deer hunting so much.

My question is, who would think that a bobcat wouldn’t or couldn’t kill a deer ? In the 50’s and 60’s NY had a bounty on cats because there were so many confirmed cat, deer kills in the wintering yards.
My uncle hunted them with hounds back then and regularly killed 20-30 cats annually, and he captured many of the hunts on film.

I don’t think they kill them down here as much as maybe up north where they might have too in order to survive. We have too many other easier prey to catch. As much as I’m in the woods I’ve never found anything that would resemble a bobcat killed deer.

Good lookin' Cat!

i dont think bobcats kill a lot of deer anyplace. its been said by biologists that an adult lion manages to kill deer about once for every four attempts. i bet the odds are lots worse for bobcats.

We gut a pile of spring coyotes ever year and mostly what inside of them in spring is grass. There just not that much for them to eat that time of year. One female cat I gutted this week had been eating grass also and is not the first cat I've seen that been eating grass. When blackberries and baby deer come in coyotes and cats hunting anything they can. We get to many videos sent to our trapping site of fox, coyotes and cats killing deer and turkeys.

They can kill as many deer as they want here. They are blamed for a massive decline (right or wrong) in our quail population.

Cats are pure death on fowl. Turkeys, quail, even ducks. I wish they would hit the deer more than the others. I believe when it comes to newborn fawns, everything from boar coons to raptors will take an easy meal if stumbled across one.

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Most of the biologost studies on bobcat stomach contents I've read showed extremely high percentage of sampled cats had dined on rabbit around here. Squirrel and birds were like second and third. A fawn would be the exception. Possible yes, but not a mainstay diet item.
Jim

Yeah, you can take biologists studies to the bank , ROFLMAO. Here in NY the lead furbearer biologist in Region 6 told me he has a hard time telling the difference between a Marten and squirrel track.

They also state, coyotes and black bear do not kill many deer . I guess a whitetail fawn isn’t considered a deer ??????

June is the big month for deer consumption here in Texas. Makes sense. Momma raises the kittens by herself. Needs a quick, big, meal so she can return to the nest quickly. Deer are easy to stalk and kill. Bang. Stomach content studies at Texas A&M show venison as the #1 content in June. Much less so after that.

When I get a call about steady deer killing late spring, early summer, I think cat. And it's amazing how many 120 lb. does a 15-16 pound momma cat can kill as other critters come behind her and consume the carcass quick (coyotes/buzzards/hogs).

Never did answer this question.I looked into Texas regulations a bit,,and unless I missed something,it seemed season was over.

This. When we have a decent deer population in the north here The Bobcats along with bears, coyotes, wolves and I'm sure the golden eagles in the spring key primarily on the deer fawns.
Our deer do get a second hit from cats in the winters like this with deep snow as the deer are bunched up tight in low thick cedar and spruce bogs. Prime hunting country for a patient stalker.

Osky

There was a study done in Florida, reported in an outdoor magazine about 25 years ago. I want to say from what I remember they estimated over 18 percent of the fawn crop were removed by Bobcat in the test area. I think it was Sports Afield. I'm not sure.