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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: bugs n bones on December 20, 2015, 08:04:02 AM

Title: Female bobcat
Post by: bugs n bones on December 20, 2015, 08:04:02 AM: It was her lucky day, i let her go
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: jasnt on December 20, 2015, 08:21:14 AM: Do you let all the females go or just the smaller ones?
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: bugs n bones on December 20, 2015, 08:43:57 AM: All of them
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: jasnt on December 20, 2015, 09:07:04 AM: How do you tell the difference between males and females? Is it the same as cougar? Is it obvious? I have very little exp with bobcats.
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: bugs n bones on December 20, 2015, 09:12:48 AM: It's tough when there inside a cage , look for a set of testicles
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: jasnt on December 20, 2015, 09:43:40 AM: Quote from: bugs n bones on December 20, 2015, 09:12:48 AM
It's tough when there inside a cage , look for a set of testicles
thanks I wasn't sure if those would be showing or not. When I killed my first tom cougar they where not very pronounced so I wasn't sure about the bobcat. Thanks for your time
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on December 20, 2015, 10:12:35 AM: Quote from: jasnt on December 20, 2015, 09:07:04 AM
How do you tell the difference between males and females? Is it the same as cougar? Is it obvious? I have very little exp with bobcats.

Look for these..............
Title: Re: Female bobcat
Post by: jasnt on December 20, 2015, 10:23:56 AM: :tup: I can see how getting a look at those while in the trap is difficult but I'd guess after a while you can tell by just looking at a cat. With house cats I can normally tell if it's a tom or not by just looking at it, larger more blocky head. Wider chest excetra. Is this true to the bobcats aswell for you more experienced cat trappers?
My apologies for the thread jack bugs and bones.