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Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on 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 ]
Posted by Lonny (Member # 19) on 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?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on 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
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on 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
Posted by rooster32 (Member # 61) on 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.
[ November 20, 2006, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: rooster32 ]
Posted by J_hun (Member # 872) on 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.
Posted by Cal Taylor (Member # 199) on November 20, 2006, 04:42 PM:
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Posted by Brad Norman (Member # 234) on November 28, 2006, 11:14 AM:
Damn Dave,
That looks like one of Cal's cats!
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