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Bobcat and Rattlesnake #7218149
03/16/21 10:03 PM
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So there’s a video on fb of a bobcat killing a rattle snake taken by a trail camera. No big deal probably happens a lot. You can tell it isn’t the cats first time. What’s interesting is the cat rubs and rolls where he killed the snake. I’m assuming it’s the snake scent making him do that. Snakes put off a very distinct odor when under stress. If that scent makes cats want to rub much like castor does it might be an effective lure.

Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218167
03/16/21 10:14 PM
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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218177
03/16/21 10:19 PM
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I may be wrong but to me that resembles a lynx.


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218218
03/16/21 10:50 PM
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Don’t know if rattlesnake and lynx territories overlap much.

Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218225
03/16/21 10:54 PM
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I’ve seen them cross the roads with snakes in their mouths. Always wondered was it by happenstance or do they seek them out?

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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218236
03/16/21 11:09 PM
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I feel like I am having Déjà vu we had this same thread I believe minus the pointing out about rolling, and if I'm correct Beav chimed in or another from Wisconsin pointing out the overlap of the timber rattler and the Canadian lynx in central Wisconsin. As for why they roll in the snake smell I like Mr. Whitman's theory on it.


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7218239
03/16/21 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NorthenTrapper
I may be wrong but to me that resembles a lynx.

That is definitively a bobcat not a lynx-look at the tail.


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218242
03/16/21 11:23 PM
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Any of yall seen the Jaguar manhandle the south American gator video? A cat is the Apex Predator even if other animals have to become the cats prey to realize it.

I have always wondered how rare it is for a man to fight off a big cat and if the animal was in poor shape or made a big mistake for him to even see it comin for him. I actually hope none of us ever get the answer to that question LOL


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7218245
03/16/21 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by NorthenTrapper
I feel like I am having Déjà vu we had this same thread I believe minus the pointing out about rolling, and if I'm correct Beav chimed in or another from Wisconsin pointing out the overlap of the timber rattler and the Canadian lynx in central Wisconsin. As for why they roll in the snake smell I like Mr. Whitman's theory on it.

What was Mr Whitman’s theory?

Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218277
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That it was just evolution and that a dog just likes rolling in stinky stuff. He can explain it better than I can, it's in his thread on wolves within the last 5 pages I believe.

https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5877228/5

I believe it is on this page. I cannot do it justice.


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: Boco] #7218278
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Originally Posted by Boco
Originally Posted by NorthenTrapper
I may be wrong but to me that resembles a lynx.

That is definitively a bobcat not a lynx-look at the tail.

I saw the tail Boco but the ear tuffs and face were throwing me for a loop.


“We will visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footsteps of the Savior,”
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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218283
03/17/21 12:02 AM
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Thanks NT- that link will give me some late night / early mornin readin to catch up on. Definitely the good stuff


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218286
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I learned a lot from Mr. Whitman and hope to keep on learning from his posts and all of this site in general.


“We will visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footsteps of the Savior,”
-Lincoln
Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218296
03/17/21 12:12 AM
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He is great and I surely do NOT want to sound like I am tryin to take credit away from him. I do however, note that we have access to some seriously awesome minds in the trappin world. I should screen shot everything Gulo, Bob Jameson, Newt when he is being nice, and Cletus Richards ever post. John Graham too of course and many more.

Whatever your target is, we have great minds willin to share with us. Shout out to Airport Trapper and Boy Named Sue helpin me git up to speed on the hog pennin tech but Hess, Graham, & Sterling have me workin smarter not harder when I can keep the calves out for a spell


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218324
03/17/21 01:00 AM
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I think O’Gorman sells a rattlesnake based lure. Big Horn’s medicine maybe?

Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218409
03/17/21 06:32 AM
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I think Wayne Derrick makes one too.


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218475
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Won't be much fun putting up after rolling in snake stink.

Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218763
03/17/21 01:47 PM
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Very cool. Crazy to me that a cats reflexes are faster than a snake strike!


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Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: NorthenTrapper] #7218787
03/17/21 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by NorthenTrapper
I may be wrong but to me that resembles a lynx.


Lynx don't have the bars and spots.

Re: Bobcat and Rattlesnake [Re: OKforester] #7218864
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Interesting video. Cat knows not to get bit, it takes great care to stay away from the fangs. How does it know that? There would be no learning curve for an animal that size bit by a rattler so as to learn by it's mistakes. One dose in the pipes and the cat would be dead. The cat knows its own speed and is nonchalant in killing the snake. It has done this thing before. I wonder if there is something hardwired or buried in the DNA or brain stem of animals that they know certain things like how to kill a poisonous snake; or maybe they learn it from a parent. Maybe a mixture of both.

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