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Community => Trail Cameras => Topic started by: NOCK NOCK on September 04, 2022, 04:36:39 PM

Title: Bobcat
Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 04, 2022, 04:36:39 PM: Have only ever seen a couple, and quick glimpses. Do they normally have that long of a tail? Always thought their tails were really short, like an inch or two.
Title: Re: Bobcat
Post by: Okanagan on September 04, 2022, 04:53:27 PM: Yep, normal bobcat tail. It is longer than I used to think, quite a bit longer than a lynx tail, but still a "short" tail.

Your query prompted me to go measure the length of the tail on an extra large tom bobcat hide: almost exactly six inches long on the tanned hide, including tip hair rather than just leather.
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 04, 2022, 05:12:22 PM: TY
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on September 04, 2022, 08:54:11 PM: I think some can be short and some long..This guy is probably a "normal" size
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Post by: nwalpineguide on September 16, 2022, 08:29:20 AM: The tail on this one is probably average as well.
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 20, 2022, 02:04:16 PM: #1 on my predator bucket list........someday
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Post by: jrebel on September 20, 2022, 02:51:33 PM: We have quite a few we catch on trail camera. Matter of fact, that is the sole reason I got my trappers license. I really want to trap on in the middle of winter then their hair is prime. I'll post a few pics of ones we have gotten on trail cam over the years.
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Post by: jrebel on September 20, 2022, 02:55:23 PM: Second pic has a longer tail.
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Post by: JakeLand on September 21, 2022, 10:15:29 AM: Good pics Jreb ! 1st cat in the snow is a stud Tom !! Great color on him too
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Post by: hunter399 on September 21, 2022, 10:21:08 AM: Quote from: jrebel on September 20, 2022, 02:51:33 PM
We have quite a few we catch on trail camera. Matter of fact, that is the sole reason I got my trappers license. I really want to trap on in the middle of winter then their hair is prime. I'll post a few pics of ones we have gotten on trail cam over the years.
I've also thinking of buying my trappers licence this year.
I took the coarse and all that.
I only have one trap or live cage ,it is a bigger one that will fit a bobcat or small coyote.
I got a spot or two I think I can pull a cat out of.
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Post by: Ridgeratt on September 21, 2022, 11:19:57 AM: For what it's worth I set just a single trap last year and caught a cat 🐈