Collared Cougars

[jackelope]

  When I first joined this site I remember a hilarious post containing a picture of a "bobcat" sitting on a road.  Seems like a good time to resurrect that thread   

It's only a memory at this point.  Someone took a page out of Hillary's play book and deleted it.  Not even the Federal Bureau of cover ups could resurrect it.

I still have the picture.

[Timberstalker]

  When I first joined this site I remember a hilarious post containing a picture of a "bobcat" sitting on a road.  Seems like a good time to resurrect that thread   

It's only a memory at this point.  Someone took a page out of Hillary's play book and deleted it.  Not even the Federal Bureau of cover ups could resurrect it.

I still have the picture.

Prove it!

[Woodchuck]

  When I first joined this site I remember a hilarious post containing a picture of a "bobcat" sitting on a road.  Seems like a good time to resurrect that thread   

It's only a memory at this point.  Someone took a page out of Hillary's play book and deleted it.  Not even the Federal Bureau of cover ups could resurrect it.

I still have the picture.

Prove it!

I have it to, I like to drop it on a thread every now and then. 

[Okanagan]

This is a bobcat.



FWIW on topic, some young adult cougars still have small or faint spots on the inside of upper legs long after they are on their own away from the mother.  You might notice them on a treed cat but not likely on a called one.  Anybody know how the game dept. rules on such animals?

[DOUBLELUNG]

This is a bobcat.



FWIW on topic, some young adult cougars still have small or faint spots on the inside of upper legs long after they are on their own away from the mother.  You might notice them on a treed cat but not likely on a called one.  Anybody know how the game dept. rules on such animals?

There are two elements top consider: spotted and kitten.  A kitten is significantly smaller than an adult.  The guidance in the pamphlet (usually <80lbs) is awfully conservative, as that weight overlaps with adult female weight too.  I have sealed quite a few cougars when I worked for WDFW, and there was never an issue of trying to discern faint residual spots; they are frequently present on individuals up to 2 years of age.  I have only seen one citation issued for taking a kitten (in Wyoming) - that cat was approximately 3 months old, less than 4' nose to tail, had distinct dark spots and a skull the size of a baseball.

[Okanagan]

Doublelung, thank you.  Very clear reply and fits common sense reality. 

FWIW on weights, my son killed a 6 year old healthy female in western WA that weighed 88 lbs. and a friend in Canada killed an emaciated female on Vancouver Island that weighed 60 lbs.  Not sure of its age but it was an adult with no spots. 

[Miles]

  When I first joined this site I remember a hilarious post containing a picture of a "bobcat" sitting on a road.  Seems like a good time to resurrect that thread   

It's only a memory at this point.  Someone took a page out of Hillary's play book and deleted it.  Not even the Federal Bureau of cover ups could resurrect it.

I still have the picture.

I also have it saved.  Lol. It's just not the same without the thread though...

[jackelope]

  When I first joined this site I remember a hilarious post containing a picture of a "bobcat" sitting on a road.  Seems like a good time to resurrect that thread   

It's only a memory at this point.  Someone took a page out of Hillary's play book and deleted it.  Not even the Federal Bureau of cover ups could resurrect it.

I still have the picture.

Prove it!

[MADMAX]

geez anytime they will probably be "offdahook" post too

[Timberstalker]

Now that's a bobcat!!! Awesome Jackelope!

[JDHasty]

Now that's a bobcat!!! Awesome Jackelope!

That is no more bobcat than this is a bobcat and yes I have experience w/someone who swore that there was a bobcat in his back yard (short face/bobbed tail/pointy ears/blotchy color) and it turned out the bobcat looked quite like this one: 

[DOUBLELUNG]

  When I first joined this site I remember a hilarious post containing a picture of a "bobcat" sitting on a road.  Seems like a good time to resurrect that thread   

It's only a memory at this point.  Someone took a page out of Hillary's play book and deleted it.  Not even the Federal Bureau of cover ups could resurrect it.

I still have the picture.

Prove it!

The highly coveted silver color phase

[jackelope]

Now that's a bobcat!!! Awesome Jackelope!

That is no more bobcat than this is a bobcat and yes I have experience w/someone who swore that there was a bobcat in his back yard (short face/bobbed tail/pointy ears/blotchy color) and it turned out the bobcat looked quite like this one: 

I know a bobcat when I see one.

[Miles]

There was a specialist that reviewed the pic...   Lol

[Scottystyle]

Thanks for putting up the pic !!!  That thread was awesome.