Bobcat down

[waoutdoorsman]

Story and pics to come but first im lookin for the phone # to set an appt to have it sealed

[waoutdoorsman]

So the taxidermist i took to, to ask about the pelt sealing (first cat ive ever gotten) and he told me to refridgerate or freeze the bobcat whole. so thats what ill be doing and then ill get the pics up

[rasbo]

stick a nail through the eye  down and out the upper lip,prop mouth open a little.

[waoutdoorsman]

thanks for the tip rasbo, i tried to pry the jaws open, and no deal its jaws are locked.

[cwuwildcat]

Remember to warn the significant other that it's in the freezer.  Last thing someone might want to be "surprised" by when they reach for the haggen daz.

[waoutdoorsman]

Heres a couple pics of the kitty.

[Forrestrover]

Nice! That's a pretty cat. Good job.

[hirshey]

Very pretty cat... more red than I'm used to seeing.

[Huntbear]

Nice looking cat! 

[shoot-em-dead]

Nice cat- Make some stew out of the meat and let us know how it is.

[rasbo]

good bobby

[shaneman153D]

Remember to warn the significant other that it's in the freezer.  Last thing someone might want to be "surprised" by when they reach for the haggen daz.

Oh no, I take every opportunity to scare her.  Nothing like a catsickle.

Nice cat!

[waoutdoorsman]

Thanks guys, it was quite a surprise. I was set up in a clear cut trying to call in coyotes (AKA playing with my new spitfire), i was using coyote vocalizations and the lighting jack sound, when a coyote came in at a pretty good pace, but i only just got a glimpse of him at about 75 yards and he gave me the slip without being seen again    I sat on that stand for a good hour and nothing else came in.

I sat with the spitfire silenced for 20 min before i decided to call it quits and head back towards the truck. As i was walking back to my truck i came to a bend in the road, something orange had caught my eye about 10-15 yards to my right, but i brushed it off as "orangy colored" bark on a stump, but suddenly a low growl filled the woods. i reanaylized the stump and thats when it moved and i made out the shape of a crouched bobcat. I dont know if it was mad because i wasnt the rabbit it was hoping for, or more likely i was just too close, but needless to say the shotgun reported 3 times. That cat ran off with speed that would put the flash to shame. At this point im not even sure if i hit it, i thought the T shot at that range would have flattened it on the spot. I got more discouraged when i found lots of shot holes in the surrounding branches. i got to the spot where it was when i shot, and found no hair nor blood, only tracks. I analyzed the direction it went and spied it lying beneath a fallen log no more than 10 yards from where i had shot it. and thats the story on my first predator ever.

[shoot-em-dead]

Sounds like you are the luckiest sob alive. That was your first predator hunt?

[waoutdoorsman]

oh no i have been after a stinking coyote for a couple years now, i have got them howling at me before, but they always circled down wind and the wetside being as thick as it is i have never been able to pull the trigger on them. First successful predator hunt tho