Three Lynx

[MtnMuley]

Been a lynx study up there for years.

[jackmaster]

The cat rut should be starting soon, wonder if those smaller ones are females being courted by a tom. 

doesn't it start in December and run through mid febuary? Sweet pics, it definitely is a rare thing to get a pic of a lynx let alone 3 in one pic, that is so awesome, it would be awesome if they recovered in this state...

[villageidiot]

The lynx have never declined in the Methow. There have always been a good population in the higher country.  The goat creek area these were seen in was an old clear cut where the snow shoe hare has flourished.  Unfortunately the clear cut is filling in and the food source of the snowshoe is dwindling.  The green groups appeal any logging in the lynx areas which is really detrimental to their cause. The old growth and choked forests are poor habitat for snow shoes.  Some severe thinning of these sub alpine forests are essential for the snow shoe and the lynx.  Either harvest it or wait for a wildfire.  Wildfires are unpredictable but commercial thinning has a predictable and guaranteed result.
  Canada logs heavily in lynx habitat and has no shortage of lynx. They even hunt lynx in Canada.

[fastdam]

I had one walk right up to me up morse creek in little naches 10 years ago while bowhunting early season.  In just a few hops it appeared in the trail and saw me at about 12 feet. Then it spun around in one fluid motion and jumped a few times then disappeard off to the right down the  hill.

[quadrafire]

That is cool Mulehunter. Good reason right there to keep a camera handy. They're not afraid of snow machines??

[Machias]

Nice!!!

[Pinetar]

Sweet pic! Thanks for sharing.

[bearpaw]

awesome pics

[Birdguy]

Cool pictures! How nice a better camera was there as well. Multiple pics of multiple Lynx from multiple cameras.... amazing! Thanks for sharing and thank your buddy as well  .

[gunnarnewt]

Would love the opportunity to see those in the wild! Cool pics. 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

The green groups appeal any logging in the lynx areas which is really detrimental to their cause. The old growth and choked forests are poor habitat for snow shoes.  Some severe thinning of these sub alpine forests are essential for the snow shoe and the lynx.  Either harvest it or wait for a wildfire.  Wildfires are unpredictable but commercial thinning has a predictable and guaranteed result.

Pretty common for "green groups" to not have a clue about biodiversity, or anything they did not learn from Disney...

[wildweeds]

I've seen one in the wild at an undisclosed private 20k acre ranch near tonasket 30 years ago,and yup as previously mentioned there were snowshoes all over that place.I was sneaking along in the timber deer hunting and spotted Larry the lynx eyeing me up from 50 yards or so away.Really cool to see.Great pictures for sure.

Would love the opportunity to see those in the wild! Cool pics. 

[Okanagan]

Great pics and info!

About 15 years ago I came on fresh lynx tracks in an inch of fresh snow in the far western Paysayten, at timberline in the early buck season.  I thought it was interesting enough to wander down to the Game office in Mill Creek, near my home at the time, and tell a biologist.

The woman briefly tolerated my tale and told me abruptly that there are no lynx that far west.  I turned to leave and as I reached her door she asked if I was familiar with lynx tracks.  "I've trapped and called them in Canada," I said, and kept walking.

[fastdam]

They didnt believe me either. Oh well.

[Firedogg]

Now that's pretty cool to not only see one, but three together and get pictures. I keep looking for them up at the bro-in-law's cabin since there are plenty of hares around. Some day I will get some pics in the wild.