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Topic: How big, would you say?
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DAA
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posted November 19, 2006 12:38 PM
I don't call, or kill too many bobcats. Just never target them, and all my calling is daytime calling. Last one I got was year before last. Forgot to even put in for tags this year. So I had to let this one go last weekend. Here is a short video clip of it.
Looked pretty big to me. But, like I said, I really don't get to see that many, and have only weighed just a few. Last one I got was 31 pounds, and this one looks bigger to me. But I'm wondering what you more experienced fellas would guess him at?
- DAA
Edited to make sense. I used to know how to spell...
[ November 19, 2006, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: DAA ]
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Lonny
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posted November 19, 2006 06:34 PM
Nice piece of video Dave!
I'm no expert on Bobcats, but that cat looked bigger than the last bobcat I saw crack the 30 lb. mark. Deep chested and long, looked like a dandy.
I don't want to sound like a law breaker, but that had to be tough watching that guy walk.
It was hard to tell from the video, how far were you from the cat. 100-150 yards?
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Leonard
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posted November 19, 2006 07:12 PM
I don't know? As Jack O'Conner used to say, the big ones look big.
That's a nice cat, but he does not look like he would go more than 31, 32 or possibly 33 pounds; which is a hell of a nice cat. I have never taken one much larger than that, that I was able to weigh, at least? When you start getting to 35/36 pounds, that's a real monster, in my neighborhood.
Good hunting. LB
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DAA
Utah/Promoted WESTERN REGIONAL Hunt Director
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posted November 20, 2006 08:14 AM
Lonny, I was sitting about 100 yards or so from it.
The clip is only about 90 seconds, but he sat out there like that for 12 minutes. I cranked my Zeiss up to 14x and got a real good look at him. Looked like some excellent belly fur, thick and clear with nice spots. Definitely hurt to have to let him walk...
- DAA
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Rocky Mountain Varmint Hunter
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rooster32
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posted November 20, 2006 11:01 AM
DAA,
I would love to help you find out how much that bobcat weights! I know someone who has a couple tags ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
I haven't called a cat in (that I saw) in a few years. Same deal...didn't have tags that year. Since then, I've had tags and haven't seen once since...typical.
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J_hun
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posted November 20, 2006 03:24 PM
Looked pretty big to me. My dog was trying to get into the screen real bad. Great video. He was dead asleep until the E-caller came on.
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Cal Taylor
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posted November 20, 2006 04:42 PM
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted November 21, 2006 08:51 PM
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Brad Norman
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posted November 28, 2006 11:14 AM
Damn Dave,
That looks like one of Cal's cats!
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