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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: Gearhead1940 on March 09, 2009, 02:30:11 PM

Title: Office bobcat season...still open?
Post by: Gearhead1940 on March 09, 2009, 02:30:11 PM: Thought you guys might like to see this - one of our customers brought his bobcat into the office this past summer.....

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:bdid: Not really an animal that liked lots of attention or an office environment....
Title: Re: Office bobcat season...still open?
Post by: saylean on March 09, 2009, 02:38:41 PM: Pretty cat. Not sure I would be petting him much. I would probably sit there and do calls, trying to find out which he liked better.
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Post by: Gutpile on March 09, 2009, 02:39:18 PM: It sure would make a nice rug. Here kitty kitty.
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Post by: 509er on March 09, 2009, 02:43:19 PM: cool cat!
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Post by: mossback91 on March 09, 2009, 03:02:20 PM: I think itd be awesome to have a cat like that!! could kill the neighbors poodles and such!! and you could raise rabbits and let them loose in its pen and watch him kill them!!
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Post by: 7mag. on March 09, 2009, 04:01:54 PM: I don't think a bobcat is a wise choice for a pet. Wild animals belong in the wild....or the freezer. :)
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Post by: whacker1 on March 09, 2009, 04:03:11 PM: beautiful animal, but :bdid:
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 09, 2009, 04:14:00 PM: the people that used to keep their boat by my parents at the lake had a bob cat, man that thing was cool. i was young like 14 or 15 but you could pet that thing and play with it and pick it up. it was huge!! much bigger than the one i shot the other year! it had a harness that it wore. it would ride around on the dash of the boat.
Title: Re: Office bobcat season...still open?
Post by: 7mag. on March 09, 2009, 04:46:02 PM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on March 09, 2009, 04:14:00 PM
the people that used to keep their boat by my parents at the lake had a bob cat, man that thing was cool. i was young like 14 or 15 but you could pet that thing and play with it and pick it up. it was huge!! much bigger than the one i shot the other year! it had a harness that it wore. it would ride around on the dash of the boat.

That is the first time I have heard of a pet bobcat that would allow people to handle it. I wonder how they got it to stay so calm.
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Post by: catwithboost on March 09, 2009, 05:18:37 PM: I knew a guy a few yrs ago that had 2 cougars and the would try and sleep on the bed with them. When they would get kicked off the bed the cats would go sleep in there kids room. :)
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Post by: bowhunterforever on March 09, 2009, 07:39:52 PM: That would be awsome having a pet bobcat, I want a pet racoon!
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Post by: littlebuf on March 09, 2009, 08:08:58 PM: and i want a pet velociraptor im sure that wouldn't be asking for trouble, do your self a favor and stick to shooting the wild animals you'll have far less problems
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Post by: trailtreker on March 09, 2009, 10:23:33 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: firecrotch on March 09, 2009, 10:31:50 PM: a guy here had a pet bobcat in town and it ended up chewing off the leash that he had him on for a short period climbed up and out of his yard and ended up killing the neighbors dog. the cat didnt live long after that, not sure if the vet put him down or what.
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Post by: shane04 on March 10, 2009, 01:45:51 AM: there is a breed of cats called pixie bobs,they are bred to look like a bobcat(not a big) but have the temperment of a regular house cat.Mine sleeps with me every night.
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Post by: 7mag. on March 10, 2009, 02:36:57 AM: Is that similar to a Manx?
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Post by: tony04 on March 12, 2009, 09:08:06 PM: theres a guy that lives up in the hills above my parents house that had 2 cougars, 2 bears, some weird austrailian zebra cat, and i think a bobcat. last i heard the bears tunneled out. not sure if he found them or not. this was back in highschool. i know when i was younger his cougars kept gettin out. he also had a siberian tiger he was holding for some guy in portland