,



Jack's Photo Phriday Pics



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 ~~~


Print Thread
Hop To
Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats #8228534
10/04/24 07:32 AM
10/04/24 07:32 AM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,942
Idaho, Lemhi County
G
Gulo Offline OP
"On The Other Hand"
Gulo  Offline OP
"On The Other Hand"
G

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,942
Idaho, Lemhi County
I've not trapped bobcats hard since the early 1970s. Because pelt prices have remained high, I think they are getting too much pressure here in Idaho. I still harvest a few every season that are invariably caught in my coyote snares. They are a pretty neat addition to the fur collection.


This is an old, big tom caught in a coyote snare. I usually liked very much to eat them, but find the older tom's are decidedly musky and not good for the cook pot.
[Linked Image]


This bobcat was in a wolf trap in northern Idaho. Nice markings on his back.
[Linked Image]


This one is more typical of north Idaho, with a blah, tawny-colored back. Not like the "lynx cats" from eastern Oregon and western Idaho.
[Linked Image]


This is a pretty good colored cat from north Idaho; not "red" colored like most.
[Linked Image]


Another typical-colored cat from north Idaho.
[Linked Image]


Jack


Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228536
10/04/24 07:33 AM
10/04/24 07:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 11,379
MT
S
snowy Offline
trapper
snowy  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 11,379
MT
Great pictures!


Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228648
10/04/24 11:24 AM
10/04/24 11:24 AM
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 12,061
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon Offline
"American Honey"
Sharon  Offline
"American Honey"

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 12,061
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Jack, those are beautiful detailed photos. There are some very pretty cats out there. I wonder if markings trend more or less in certain areas...I would think it is hereditary. My guess, anyway.

[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228659
10/04/24 11:35 AM
10/04/24 11:35 AM
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,697
PA
P
PAskinner Offline
trapper
PAskinner  Offline
trapper
P

Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 4,697
PA
[Linked Image]

I'm in a part of PA with no bobcat season, but they are starting to show up here.
They certainly are a cool animal.


Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228661
10/04/24 11:37 AM
10/04/24 11:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2022
Posts: 244
OKLAHOMA
C
Cattrapper77 Offline
trapper
Cattrapper77  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Jan 2022
Posts: 244
OKLAHOMA
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
A couple from the line last season and a rare event for South East Oklahoma, a cat track in the snow.

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228757
10/04/24 03:47 PM
10/04/24 03:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,923
Oregon
beaverpeeler Offline
trapper
beaverpeeler  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,923
Oregon
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

What western Oregon cats (coastal) look like after peeled and dried.


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228760
10/04/24 03:57 PM
10/04/24 03:57 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,784
Nevadafornia
L
Lazarus Offline
trapper
Lazarus  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,784
Nevadafornia
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228761
10/04/24 03:58 PM
10/04/24 03:58 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,784
Nevadafornia
L
Lazarus Offline
trapper
Lazarus  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,784
Nevadafornia
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228762
10/04/24 03:59 PM
10/04/24 03:59 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,784
Nevadafornia
L
Lazarus Offline
trapper
Lazarus  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,784
Nevadafornia
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228770
10/04/24 04:15 PM
10/04/24 04:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 576
Vernal, Utah, USA
Dan Barnhurst Online content
trapper
Dan Barnhurst  Online Content
trapper

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 576
Vernal, Utah, USA
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]
I love bobcats and cat trapping!


United we stand.
Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228773
10/04/24 04:22 PM
10/04/24 04:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 2,279
Iowa
C
CTRAPS Offline
trapper
CTRAPS  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 2,279
Iowa
Great photos, Dan. Thanks!


Life Member: ITA, IBA & NRA. Member of SA, MTA, FTA & NTA
Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228782
10/04/24 05:05 PM
10/04/24 05:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,945
West Central MN
20scout Offline
trapper
20scout  Offline
trapper

Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,945
West Central MN
Not as pretty as others posted here but they are a thrill to catch!

[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]


Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8228925
10/04/24 09:26 PM
10/04/24 09:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 479
Wyoming
T
ttzt Offline
trapper
ttzt  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 479
Wyoming
A couple of my favorite pics.

[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8229017
10/04/24 11:14 PM
10/04/24 11:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,649
Moved to Fbks, Ak.
M
martentrapper Offline
trapper
martentrapper  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,649
Moved to Fbks, Ak.
What evidence do you have they are getting too much pressure? Awful lot of different habitat in Idaho. Not all of it produces high dollar cats.

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8229027
10/04/24 11:45 PM
10/04/24 11:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 66,166
Minnesota
330-Trapper Online content
trapper
330-Trapper  Online Content
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 66,166
Minnesota
Wonderful Thread
.......Beautiful


NRA and NTA Life Member
www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com




Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: martentrapper] #8229096
10/05/24 06:17 AM
10/05/24 06:17 AM
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,942
Idaho, Lemhi County
G
Gulo Offline OP
"On The Other Hand"
Gulo  Offline OP
"On The Other Hand"
G

Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,942
Idaho, Lemhi County
Originally Posted by martentrapper
What evidence do you have they are getting too much pressure? Awful lot of different habitat in Idaho. Not all of it produces high dollar cats.



Just my feelings and personal observations. Nothing scientific. Have been seeing much less sign of them in good habitat then I saw in the 1970s and 1980s. Talking with long-term trappers who've said their catches are down (by as much as 90%) from three or four decades ago.

Jack


Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8229102
10/05/24 06:33 AM
10/05/24 06:33 AM
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,748
Idaho
B
bearcat2 Offline
trapper
bearcat2  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,748
Idaho
Depends on where you are at, some areas of southern Idaho desert that I used to go and hunt and were absolutely infested with them, now have almost none. Other areas, especially forested areas that get heavy snowfall, seem to have as many as ever. Locally there seem to be as many now as there was twenty years ago. Which is just a fraction of what there was in the Owhyees twenty years ago, but much more than there is there now. Not sure that it is the pressure, seems to be more hunting and trapping pressure up here than I seen down there. But on the other hand trappers rack up higher numbers down there (I assume due to more favorable conditions and easier to get around) but hunters tend to take a lot more up here. I seen a real dip in the cat sign in this country about ten years ago, but then it bounced back and I could never determine what caused either the dip or the rebound.

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8229106
10/05/24 06:38 AM
10/05/24 06:38 AM
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,748
Idaho
B
bearcat2 Offline
trapper
bearcat2  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,748
Idaho
[Linked Image]
Here is one after being released from a wolf trap.

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8229161
10/05/24 08:25 AM
10/05/24 08:25 AM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 142
Central PA
H
hipp2412 Offline
trapper
hipp2412  Offline
trapper
H

Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 142
Central PA
[Linked Image]

Re: Photo Phriday 153 - Bobcats [Re: Gulo] #8229205
10/05/24 10:00 AM
10/05/24 10:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 21,940
The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane Offline
"HOSS"
Leftlane  Offline
"HOSS"

Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 21,940
The Hill Country of Texas
[Linked Image]


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


Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Moderated by  Gulo