Post by: Mackerson on November 23, 2013, 01:41:48 PM
P.S. I never did need those leaves that I was looking for. :tup:
Brent
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Post by: ANDERWAGON on November 23, 2013, 03:03:27 PM
Congrats!
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Post by: Hawgdawg on November 23, 2013, 07:28:30 PM
A great hunter once told me that sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. On this particular day luck was on my side. Tired from a week of elk hunting I decided to leave my pack in the truck and travel light. About a half hour down the skid road that I was walking, my body started to remind me why I keep mountain money (TP) in my pack. You got to be kidding me, the one day I leave my pack in the truck I REALLY need it. At this point I’m prairie doggin bad so I stop walking to look for some leaves or something. As I am standing there I notice something walking around the corner of the road towards me. With the early morning sun behind the animal and in the shadows of the trees it looked dark grey, almost black, and very ghostly. As it walked it looked back over its shoulder a couple times and then I spotted the points on its ears. Bobcat! It still had not noticed me standing in the road. I clicked the safety off on my rifle and I swung up on the cat. It froze at 35 yards facing almost directly at me. As soon as my crosshairs rested on its chest I squeezed the trigger. As the rifle recoiled I saw hair fly off the far side of the cat and then all was still. I got it. It lay in the road motionless as I chambered another round. I walked to within ten feet of the cat and stopped. After a couple minutes of staring at it I walked around behind it and poked it in the butt with my rifle and was very relieved when it didn’t jump up and rip my face off. Still not satisfied, I poked it in the face too. Even then, I was scared to reach down and touch it. I can’t imagine what it’s like to walk up to a big kitty. After some pictures I grabbed my trophy of a lifetime and carried it back to the truck to show it off and take some more pictures. I was very happy that my 7mm mag didn’t do too much damage to it. The exit wound was no bigger than a quarter. The bobcat is a female and it probably weighed around 30 pounds or so. I am having a full body mount done on it by Micheal at Nature’s Way Taxidermy.
P.S. I never did need those leaves that I was looking for. :tup:
Brent
I tepidly don't hunt bob cats while I'm doing my business in the woods but if I was I would use the exit fur as as Charmin!
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Post by: Swannytheswan on November 25, 2013, 12:33:42 AM
http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f48/lets-see-your-bobcat-mounts-109652/ (http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f48/lets-see-your-bobcat-mounts-109652/)
Post by: longstevo on November 25, 2013, 02:19:30 AM
I missed an opportunity at a bobcat this year while elk hunting too! Poor shooting on my part.
Congrats
Post by: RadSav on November 25, 2013, 03:59:21 AM
just make sure it doesn't turn out like some of these mounts :chuckle: :chuckle:
That's funny! Reminds me of reading Patrick McManus telling about his taxidermy work and Rancid Crabtree asking why they all had that chit eating grin on their face.
Nice job on the kitty Mack :tup: I don't remember seeing that much orange on an eastside cat before. Pretty cool!
Call of nature must not have been too bad as my first thought was "Nice warm kitty fur would feel a lot nicer than frozen leaves!"
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 02, 2013, 06:00:47 PM
Campmeat, it is an east side cat. I shot her in the Taneum unit and could see I-90 from the skid road I was walking.
Cool. All the bobcats I've shot around home were really light colored and had beautiful spots. Seems like the westside cat are always brownish in color with bland spots.
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