A couple critters from yesterday

[bobcat]

Checked my bait site on Friday afternoon and had 20 or so pictures of the bobcat from the previous week. Went out there again this afternoon and brought in some more bait, another leg bone from an elk and a bunch of scraps from when we cut it up. This stuff was frozen solid, and has been since last August. I tied it to the tree the best I could but when it thaws the cat will be able to pack off most everything except the leg bone which is all that is really tied in to the tree. I decided to do something that I should have thought of before, and that is I put another camera there and set it to take video. So I'm really hoping the cat shows up tonight while everything is still frozen together. That should make for some interesting video.

The camera had taken two pictures from the time I was there Friday to when I was there this afternoon. Here they are:

[bobcat]

Here's a picture with the extra bait I brought in this afternoon, just a frozen chunk of meat scraps and an entire leg bone in there that you can't really see. I'm expecting to get a lot of pictures of the cat tearing into it.

The bobcat's been there almost every night since February 1st. Not a coyote since January 30th.

[3nails]

 I think you need to get a license and put a cage there.

[bobcat]

I think you need to get a license and put a cage there.

I just had that thought myself yesterday. I will check into that. I'm not sure how difficult it is to get license but it sure would be the way to get that cat. If I don't end up shooting it before the end of the season this year (not likely) then I would like to try trapping it next year.

[Arteman]

I think you need to get a license and put a cage there.

I just had that thought myself yesterday. I will check into that. I'm not sure how difficult it is to get license but it sure would be the way to get that cat. If I don't end up shooting it before the end of the season this year (not likely) then I would like to try trapping it next year.

Just don't catch the second guy, may end up being a stinky situation.  Cool pix!   

[bobcat]

I think you need to get a license and put a cage there.

I just had that thought myself yesterday. I will check into that. I'm not sure how difficult it is to get license but it sure would be the way to get that cat. If I don't end up shooting it before the end of the season this year (not likely) then I would like to try trapping it next year.

Just don't catch the second guy, may end up being a stinky situation.  Cool pix!   

Good point! I wonder what you do if that happens?

[bearpaw]

I don't think you can hunt or trap using wild game or game fish. I know a guy who got a ticket for using grouse feathers as an attractor when bobcat trapping in Idaho. Pretty sure the law is the same here in WA.

[boneaddict]

Certainly will have to look into that.  For instance, beaver carcasses were legal at one time and one of the best baits for cougars etc.    Moose meat was great for Martin.    Then someone I know got busted for using trout he caught as bait, so yet another pile of rules to know and figure out.


Thats a nice looking cat!

[bearpaw]

Beaver is legal as trapping bait because it's not a game animal, it's a furbearer. Moose, elk, deer, trout, grouse, etc, are not legal.

I think this rule applies to bait for hunting too.

[bearpaw]

looks like you are ok to use the non-edible parts in Washington, so you are OK.....

WAC 232-12-141
 
Agency filings affecting this section

Wild animal trapping.
 
  (1) The trapping season authorizes the taking of furbearing animals for their hides and pelts only. Furbearers may not be taken from the wild and held alive for sale or personal use without a special permit pursuant to WAC 232-12-064.

      (2) Any wildlife trapped for which the season is not open shall be released unharmed. Any wildlife that cannot be released unharmed must be left in the trap, and the department of fish and wildlife must be notified immediately.

      (3) Lawfully trapped wild animals must be lethally dispatched or immediately released. A firearm may be used to dispatch trapped animals.

      (4) It is unlawful to trap for wild animals:

      (a) With body-gripping traps, EXCEPT as provided for in subsection (b).

      (b) Conibear-type traps in water, nonstrangling foot snares, and padded foot-hold traps may be used for the following purposes with a permit issued by the director:

      (i) To protect public health and safety, in consultation with the department of social and health services or the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

      (ii) To abate damages caused to private property, domestic animals, livestock or timber, that cannot be reasonably abated by nonlethal control tools. Any person requesting a damage control permit must apply in writing, stating the threat or damages, the nonlethal control methods attempted or why they cannot be applied, and agree to use the above traps for no more than thirty days under the permit granted.

      (iii) To protect threatened or endangered species, if such traps are used by department employees or agents.

      (iv) To conduct wildlife research, EXCEPT that Conibear-type traps are prohibited for this purpose.

     (c) Unless kill traps are checked and animals removed within seventy-two hours.

      (d) Unless animals captured in restraining traps (any nonkilling set) are removed within twenty-four hours of capture.

      (e) Using game birds, game fish or game animals for bait, except nonedible parts of game birds, game fish or game animals may be used as bait.

      (f) Within thirty feet of any exposed meat bait or nonedible game parts which are visible to flying raptors.

      (5) Game bird feathers may be used as an attractor.

[boneaddict]

Cool Dale.  Thanks for that info.