collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Cat on trail cam  (Read 2396 times)

Offline ChefWoodrough

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Tracker
  • **
  • Join Date: Mar 2022
  • Posts: 29
  • Location: Whatcom County
    • Jeffrey Woodruff
Cat on trail cam
« on: November 07, 2022, 07:15:13 AM »
I've got a couple cams set up in prep for late black tail.  I've seen this doe coming down this trail everyday for almost two weeks.  Then Saturday night this guy showed up.

1.  This is definitely a cougar, correct?
2.  What are the chances he pushed any deer out of this area totally?
3.  Are cats moving a lot, or how possible would it be to run in to him?

Offline KFhunter

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Legend
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2011
  • Posts: 34512
  • Location: NE Corner
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2022, 07:27:55 AM »
I think you got a bobby there, the patches on the inside of the leg and no tail.   I can see where you might think the tail is tucked right down alongside the leg there, but typically they don't hold them that way.   The leg is also the wrong shape

So I'm calling it a bobby with pretty good certainty

Offline Ridgeratt

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+11)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2008
  • Posts: 5912
  • IBEW 73 (Retired) Burden on the working class.
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2022, 07:33:07 AM »
I'm going with a bobcat also body isn't long enough to be a cougar. As KF said it does have some spotting on the inside of its legs.

Offline ChefWoodrough

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Tracker
  • **
  • Join Date: Mar 2022
  • Posts: 29
  • Location: Whatcom County
    • Jeffrey Woodruff
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2022, 07:44:47 AM »
Heres a doe from same cam a couple hours earlier for size comparison. 

Online CP

  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Mar 2008
  • Posts: 7083
  • Location: Mukilteo
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2022, 07:48:57 AM »
Looks to be too small for a cougar.  Bobby or house cat would be my guess.

Offline ChefWoodrough

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Tracker
  • **
  • Join Date: Mar 2022
  • Posts: 29
  • Location: Whatcom County
    • Jeffrey Woodruff
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2022, 08:07:48 AM »
no shot thats a house cat.

Offline JakeLand

  • WA State Trappers Association
  • Trade Count: (+35)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 4524
  • Location: Wet side
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2022, 08:23:18 AM »
Bobcat 100%

Offline flyguide

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Mar 2008
  • Posts: 229
  • Location: Ellensburg, Washington
    • https://www.facebook.com/redshunting
    • Red's Fly Shop and Hunting
Re: Cat on trail cam
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2022, 02:52:34 PM »
Sure looks like a cougar with the long tail visible in the first pic to me. I thought it was pretty obvious but maybe I’m crazy.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Dream, Plan, Fish, Hunt.

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Any Rec Tec users here ? by Twispriver
[Today at 02:47:04 PM]


AUCTION: Custom knife by Alden Cole by Dan-o
[Today at 01:33:48 PM]


Opening morning by Goshawk
[Today at 12:28:19 PM]


Get out the Band-Aids and streri strips by HUNTIN4SIX
[Today at 12:10:03 PM]


KODIAK06 2025 trail cam and personal pics thread by Dan-o
[Today at 11:04:45 AM]


Willapa Hills 1 Bear by catdog
[Today at 10:30:44 AM]


Best 20 degree and under sleeping bags? by Ricochet
[Today at 08:24:08 AM]


Montana general deer by andrew_in_idaho
[Today at 08:01:26 AM]


Happy opening day! by Bearhunter308
[Yesterday at 10:43:37 PM]


Bowfishing on the Snake River by Machias
[Yesterday at 09:11:19 PM]


Mamma's and babies by Brute
[Yesterday at 08:38:48 PM]


Pinks! by Stein
[Yesterday at 08:20:08 PM]


Rats in RV roof by Ghost Hunter
[Yesterday at 07:37:01 PM]


Muckleshoot/white river forest hunting permits by bigtex
[Yesterday at 05:21:47 PM]


Looks like it may get wet by ghosthunter
[Yesterday at 04:46:17 PM]


Bait punishment? by hdshot
[Yesterday at 04:35:54 PM]


small bears by Threewolves
[Yesterday at 02:59:35 PM]


Montana Antelope Draw by Jimmy33
[Yesterday at 02:41:41 PM]


Pork belly street tacos….. by jrebel
[Yesterday at 10:03:22 AM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal