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stupid bobcat!
« on: November 16, 2013, 08:33:26 PM »
So my morning started out at leaving the house at 330am to make sure I get my spot...there's been a lot more traffic in my area with the weyco permits for Vail and pe ell...thanks weyco  :tup: well about an hour and a half after sun up some jack wagon decides to come stroll through the middle of the clear cut I've been watching....I stand up to alert him of my presence but him and his buddy doesn't give a crap and keeps on truckin....I said a few words and walked back up to my truck...yesterday I had a guy on a RAZR drive in on this spot....its a walk in only  :bash: not a good way to start my day...anyways fast forward to 3:30....a doe comes out with a spike on chase and he runs her around without stopping right back into the timber  :bash: about 5 min later and 200 yds farther in the cut a nice fork horn steps out and is on a mission looking for does...nose down and only stops once through the cut....I ranged it and it was 635yds to far for me so I just watched....he wandered off and the spike eventually came back out and would not present a clear shot...he stopped behind a little pine And bedded down  :bash: I have 45 min till dark so I make my move and close the distance....I get about 200 yds closer and a doe is staring at me so I just freeze....she kept looking at her back trail  and I figured a bigger buck was on his way out to steal her away from the spike....nope wrong...a bobcat decides to sneak up to the bedded spike...jump up on a log and have a stare down with this spike at no more than 10ft away  :yike: and you think I have a small game lisence  :bash: I've only seen once cat in the wild...so now I can't see the spike clear enough for a shot and cant shoot the bobcat...well the spike and doe had enough of the cat and ran up the timberline...the doe stops and the spike mounts her  :chuckle:..(as if the bobcat encounter wasn't enough)....the doe wasn't in the mood and bucked him off and she smacked him with her head and off she went and he followed not giving me another shot.....there's always tomorrow so hopefully one of them will be back
« Last Edit: November 16, 2013, 08:44:40 PM by deerhunter_98520 »
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2013, 08:50:14 PM »
Still sounds like a decent dayn in the woods. Good luck tomorrow.

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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2013, 09:41:01 PM »
Sounds like a sweet wild life encounter to me .  Good luck if you head out on sunday

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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2013, 09:46:47 PM »
There's another thread on here where a guy and his friend were hunting a clear cut and some jack wagon jumped up and ruined it. Nice post though.

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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2013, 03:24:18 AM »
It ended up being a pretty good day....that's the last thing I wanna do is screw up someone's hunt....if I was them and when I walked out and seen someone glassin this hole I would have turned around...not walk through the middle and screw it up...this has been the worst season as far as other hunters respect I have ever seen
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2013, 04:41:39 AM »
Sorry about the headache! Very cool about the bobcat! Hopefully the deer come out today for you.


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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2013, 10:44:10 AM »
it doesn't bother me if someone walks thru a clearcut that I am sitting and watching.  They may push a buck/doe out to me.  As long as I can see them so I know which direction to not shoot.
That was cool, seeing a bobcat!

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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2013, 11:07:10 AM »
I get a kick out of all the pumpkins in the clear-cut cursing one another  :chuckle:



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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2013, 12:48:17 PM »
dude you could have shot the bobcat, you have a huntin license to hunt deer so it also alows you to kill bobcats and coyotes and stuff  :tup:
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2013, 12:51:10 PM »
dude you could have shot the bobcat, you have a huntin license to hunt deer so it also alows you to kill bobcats and coyotes and stuff  :tup:

not true, Bobbies require small game licsence!  :tup:

2013 Washington State Big Game Hunting Pamphlet
A small game license is required for hunting all small game, except forest grouse and coyotes,
which can be hunted with a big game or small game license.
Small Game and Other Wildlife Seasons
Night Hunting and Hound Hunting
During Deer and Elk Hunting Seasons
Small Game and Other Wildlife Seasons
Small Game Species Daily
Bag Limit Season Dates Notes and Exceptions
Bobcat None Statewide: Sept. 1, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Sealing of pelt required. Bobcat may not be hunted with dogs.
Pelt Sealing Requirements:
Successful hunters/trappers must contact a WDFW office within 20 days of the
close of the hunting or trapping season to schedule a hide sealing appointment.
The bobcat hide must not be frozen so a seal may be attached. No one may possess
an open WDFW bobcat seal unless it has been cut by a licensed taxidermist or fur
dealer who has received and invoiced the pelt for processing.
Fox None Statewide: Sept. 1, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 CLOSED within the exterior boundaries of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Okanogan,
Wenatchee, and Gifford Pinchot National Forests and GMUs 407 and 410.
Raccoon None Statewide: Sept. 1, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 CLOSED on Long Island within Willapa National Wildlife Refuge.
Cottontail Rabbit and Snowshoe Hare 5/day, see
notes
Statewide: Sept. 1, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Possession limit: 15 straight or mixed bag
Forest Grouse 4/day, see
notes
Statewide: Sept. 1 - Dec. 31 Possession limit: 12 straight or mixed bag
Crow None Statewide: Sept. 1-Dec. 31 Crows in the act of depredation may be taken at any time.
Coyote None Year round. Coyote may not be hunted with dogs. A small game or big game hunting license
is required.
Lynx, Pygmy Rabbit, Jackrabbit,
Ptarmigan, Sage Grouse, and Sharp-tailed
Grouse
Closed statewide, year-round
Beaver, Badger, Weasels, Marten, Mink,
Muskrat, and River Otter
Cannot be hunted; see trapping regulations
Hunting at night:
• Bobcat and raccoon may be hunted
at night during established bobcat
and raccoon seasons, EXCEPT it is
unlawful to hunt bobcat and raccoon
at night during the months of
September, October, or November
in any area open to a modern
firearm deer or elk season.
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or November in any area open to a
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Hound hunting:
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round.
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September, October, or November
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firearm deer or elk season.
Be sure of identification
if you are hunting coyotes.
Wolves are back in Washington.
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2013, 12:56:36 PM »
 :yeah:


dude you could have shot the bobcat, you have a huntin license to hunt deer so it also alows you to kill bobcats and coyotes and stuff  :tup:

It was that way at one time, during deer & elk seasons, bobcats could be taken on a big game lic., but that changed several years ago.
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2013, 01:01:23 PM »
sounds like a good wildlife day!  No sense in wasting a bobber with a deer rifle anyway.  Come back with your small cal rifle and get him.

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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2013, 01:03:10 PM »
 :yeah:  They really are too pretty a trophy!!
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2013, 01:04:40 PM »
well thats good to know cause i had all intent on blastn one of those fuzzy critters if i saw one.... wow one more way for wdfw to squezze more money out of us sorry saps...... SWEEEET....  :bash: now i gotta buy a small game license to use my Ecaller
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Re: stupid bobcat!
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2013, 01:13:17 PM »
The small game license will cost twice as much if you didn't buy it when you bought your big game licenses. It's about $18 if you get the combo deal, around $36 if you buy it later.

I didn't get the small game license one time because I didn't have the money and didn't know if I was going to need it anyway. Later my neighbor asked me to go goose hunting with him. I went online to buy the small game license and it was going to be almost $40.

I refused to pay that much so didn't get to go goose hunting.   :bash:

 


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