Always a joy to catch and put up, bobcats seem to occur 'bout anywhere in North America, except where snow is deep. They're sometimes in pretty low abundance, but it seems there's a few in all types of habitat. It seems to me that the more moisture a place gets, the more red comes out in the pelt. Usually, the silvery ones, thus the best prices, seem to come from dry, desert environs.

This fairly pale male tom was snared in fairly dry country.



This reddish-colored cat was taken in deep timber from northern Idaho, where rain is pretty common.



This Tom, with a fairly blah-colored back, was trapped in north Idaho.



This bobcat was trapped in the deep timber of north Idaho. Notice the red tones.



This young cat was taken in a drier area than the red ones, and was thus a better marked cat,


Jack

Beautiful pictures. Interesting observation on the markings.

Nice pictures.Thanks for sharing

Location is everything
Bobcat on my front porch
Best Bait - Fresh Beaver

Awesome Pictures

Cool cats. Good insight on color trends.

I like this picture

great pics!

Love their deep, throaty growl when they're miffed.

Great shots, everyone.

As Sharon's second picture indicates, bobcats (and mink) seem to love beaver dams and lodges and make great places for sets.

Jack

purty cats

Great pictures nice to see different cats from other areas,thanks for the share Jack and others.

Mr Gulo, every critter that I trap for likes beaver activity, dams lodges and castor piles. You can set a lot of good sets at the dam cross overs, both ways land to land and water to water. Always a good location.....jk

Kansas kitties

Minnesota kitty

Nice cats and country.
Reminds me of when I trapped Milford Reservoir and Tuttle Creek.

great place to call home