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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: billythekidrock on November 27, 2010, 10:47:35 PM

Title: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: billythekidrock on November 27, 2010, 10:47:35 PM: In late Sept I placed a camera next to a gut pile from an archery-killed deer. While tracking the deer we found some recent bobcat crap as well as some coyote tracks and I was hoping to get pics of one or the other, or even both.

It only took a couple days and I had pics of both. But neither one stuck around.

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The camera and gutpile were only about 5 yards off the road so I decided to move the camera a hundred yards away to the spot where I found old and fresh bobcat sign. I took a couple of buckets of scraps from BLKBEARKLR and set up next to a root wad from a blow down.

After a week I had about 6 pics of a coyote. Then the rains came and I got no pictures after another week so I pulled the camera.

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Fast forward to mid November. Bob and I set up a camera in-between the two spots mentioned above. I had some deer scraps, hide, a bucket of buffalo scraps from Michelle and a couple crows I shot the week before.

It only took 4 hours for this bobcat to come check out the goodies. It came in 5 of the last 6 days and I got over 1,100 pictures of him/her.

Most of the photos were at night and the time is off by 12 hours and also 1 hour for Daylight Savings.

Hide Swinging.
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Eatin’ Crow.
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Stare Down.
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Stretching.
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Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: bobcat on November 27, 2010, 10:51:36 PM: Wow, those last two actually turned out pretty good.
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Post by: stumprat on November 27, 2010, 10:53:10 PM: That is a heck of a cat. Time do do some calling for sure!!!!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 27, 2010, 10:54:36 PM: that is a very nice cat! very sharp pics!
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Post by: boneaddict on November 27, 2010, 10:55:36 PM: ah, the days of footholds
Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: billythekidrock on November 27, 2010, 11:01:54 PM: Quote from: bobcat on November 27, 2010, 10:51:36 PM
Wow, those last two actually turned out pretty good.

They didn't come out of the camera that way. :bash: It took some photoshop processing to clean them up a bit.

Here is one of the originals.

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Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: bobcat on November 27, 2010, 11:03:28 PM: OK, yeah that's more what I was expecting since you were saying how they all came out dark. Good thing for Photoshop!
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Post by: saylean on November 27, 2010, 11:08:24 PM: Man Billy, that one where he is watching the camera is awesome. Great find, good luck!
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Post by: Kain on November 28, 2010, 05:49:42 AM: I dont know what it is but cat pictures are always my favorite. Great pics.
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Post by: rasbo on November 28, 2010, 06:03:25 AM: sweet love them putty cats
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Post by: ICEMAN on November 28, 2010, 07:04:08 AM: Nice!
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Post by: MADMAX on November 28, 2010, 07:09:51 AM: I really like the pics in the daytime, good job
I want a bobcat bad
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Post by: one more on November 28, 2010, 04:48:42 PM: Great pictures! Beautiful cat!
Are you going to try calling? Or do you want help trapping the cat?
Diane
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Post by: Lightning_Rider on November 28, 2010, 05:08:16 PM: nice pics. get out the traps
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Post by: Huntbear on November 28, 2010, 05:26:48 PM: Pretty putty tat. Go get em!!!!!
Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: TradMan on December 11, 2010, 11:11:00 PM: Quote from: billythekidrock on November 27, 2010, 11:01:54 PM
Quote from: bobcat on November 27, 2010, 10:51:36 PM
Wow, those last two actually turned out pretty good.

They didn't come out of the camera that way. :bash: It took some photoshop processing to clean them up a bit.

Here is one of the originals.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2FwebPICT0888a.jpg&hash=fac58c2620b390e4dfe54e8fb674dfd2adcf2575)

Billy, I have a photo of my bear this year thats really bright and hard to make out. Would you mind taking a look at it?
Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: billythekidrock on December 12, 2010, 06:22:23 AM: Often when they are bright or blown out by flash there is not much you can do, but if you post a link to it I will take a look.
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Post by: Titan-1 on December 17, 2010, 07:59:38 PM: Nice pic's :tup:
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Post by: ser300wsm on December 17, 2010, 08:28:50 PM: Love the pics of the kitty... :tup:
Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: billythekidrock on December 18, 2010, 05:47:08 AM: He was gone for 20+ days, but came back a few nights ago. I got over 16 minutes of trailcam video of him.
Title: Re: Bobcat - 1,150+ pics in 5 days.
Post by: billythekidrock on December 19, 2010, 12:01:11 PM: He came back Friday night and I got another couple minutes of trail cam footage.
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Post by: Kain on December 20, 2010, 09:06:02 AM: That awesome. Are you trying to trap him or hunt him or just get pics?

I found some bobcat crap in the road yesterday. Now that I know how to identify it I think I might start having more luck.