Hungry Bobcat

[bigdave]

Here are some pics.....he looks seriously hungry.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Man, what a beautiful pelt!

[agchawk]

WOW! I have never seen pics of a Bobbie taking a deer, big or small. Very cool!

Was this here in WA?

[saylean]

knarly!

[jager]

That thing looks like an ocelot!  Awesome!

[bigdave]

They were sent to me by a friend. Tag line said it was taken in Nevada.

[bowhuntin]

Was that deer injured? It looks like the deer just gave up and died, it doesn't seem possible for a bobcat to take down a mule deer when you look at the size between the two.

[bigdave]

I thought the same thing. It is on a road it looks like anyway. Could have been injured already. I looked at the first pic, it doesn't look like any broken legs anyway.

[agchawk]

It's front left leg looks to be a little bloody while it's still standing. Could be that the bobbie did it...or I guess it could have been injured by a car.

of course, the deer is a youngen. The bobbie could have just wore the thing out. The first pic has the bobbie with a mouth full of throat already so who knows what happened prior to the first pic being taken.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I jumped a bobcat off a mule deer fawn it had just killed (I heard the scuffle over a rise) one September while archery hunting.  I guessed the fawn was about 50lbs.  The cat was just a streak.

One study in Massachusetts found that bobcats that killed deer in winter were 25lbs and larger, smaller bobcats didn't kill deer.

[509er]

Amazing Photos!  I would have to guess that the deer was injured or sick.

[wastickslinger]

Those are awesome pictures. Looking at the heavy snow in the background I'm guessing that deer had been tired out, or already injured. You can see its tongue haning out in the first picture. Kitty has to eat to right?

[Machias]

You guys are not giving those bobcats enough credit.  They regularly take down young deer that are not injured.  The reason that deer just gave up is his windpipe is closed off.  He suffocated to death.  They are pretty effeicent killers of younger deer.

[WAcoyotehunter]

I know they will try for a calf too- a friend had one try unsucessfully.  brave!!

[NW-Eric]

awesome pics