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This could go sideways!
Quote from: Ridgeratt on December 15, 2019, 08:03:08 PM This could go sideways!Yeah, i think jasnt is trying to set me up. Then humptulips will come in and delete several pages of this thread.
I haven’t cut a bobcat track in a week! Think they’re hibernating.
So supposed to be getting 1-2ft of snow in the mountains. Aside from me personally not wanting to deal with that, im guessing it will push the bobs down lower too. Going to start focusing on lower elevation, heavily timbered creek bottoms where the snow wont be as bad. If this snow concentrates the little rascals into smaller patches of habitat, maybe i can finally get on some good tracks. Still havent called on my property yet, but i think i will at first light. Then maybe just walk down the rd to the state land and work my way up the creek calling every quarter mile or so. Im thinking calling and killing a bob might just be the biggest challenge of all of them. Just as sneaky as a lion, but even harder to spot due to their smaller size and more camod pelt. Plus not being the top of the food chain, theyll likely be even more cautious. Im thinking it could take me a few years to get one of them this way.
That area has always been infested with lions, but i also used to see lots of bobcat sign up there. My back yard has a ridiculous amount of lion traffic, and also has a regular bobcat presence. If anything id say the guy that traps the hell out of them up there has had an effect on the bob population. People say the same thing about wolves and coyotes, but everywhere ive been that has a good amount of wolf activity is also full of coyotes. Figure how big a wolf packs range is. To wipe out coyotes, theyd have to be 100% single mindedly focused on hunting yotes, to the point that they never hunt anything else, and even then i dont think they could do it. On another note, it was damn nasty out this morning, so i decided outdoor activities can wait. Tomorrow isnt looking so nice either.