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[Lone Wolf '49]

Man, I hate to argue, world record is under 50lb on a bobcat (Canada). House cats are under 10lb unless you got a couch potato. 30lb bobcat stretched will be as tall as an average adult.

Whatever ....

30lb bobcat (not mine):

MoBoost, the rifle the fellow has in the picture sure looks like a Sako 85 Finnlite with a Leupold scope. Sure looks familiar.

 

[870WingBlaster]

I don't know if I can trust any grown a$$ man who wears crocs. Just kiddin', I can't wait to get my first bobcat. I've only seen one once, and the season wasn't open....bummer.

 

[Lone Wolf '49]

I don't know if I can trust any grown a$$ man who wears crocs. Just kiddin', I can't wait to get my first bobcat. I've only seen one once, and the season wasn't open....bummer.

I shot one about 8 years ago. I was coyote hunting, the cat got up on a fallen tree about thirty yards from me and started stretching its claws, but this cat looked sick, early January. Coat was nothing like the pics we have had on this thread, something was wrong with the cat, sort of sickly looking. Anyway, shot it in the gut and it made a beeline for a tree 40 yards away and made three attempts to climb the tree before bleeding out and this was in a matter of seconds. That incident there made me more fearful of them than I had ever imagined.

 

[okhunter]

Bobcats can be difficult to judge weight on. They almost always weigh less than people think they do. I keep a scale with me and weigh nearly every one I get just for my own personal record and the biggest I have ever taken weighed just under 25 pounds. There are some bigger ones out there but they are few and far between in my neck of the woods.
Congrats on getting the bobcat Bulls eye! It should make a great mount.

Here is a picture of a 24 pound tom that I shot 2 years ago that I would have guessed it weighed more.

Another one from Texas that weighed almost 19 pounds

It's difficult to guess the weight, especially from a picture.

 

[dennishoddy]

One I shot a couple of years ago. I don't weigh them. Quail are their main diet if there are any quail around.

Another that is on my wall at work:

Thats all for now.

 

[Deer Slayer]

Dennis - That looks like the picture was taken in your back yard

 

[dennishoddy]

Front yard.
Just the hero shot. Cat was shot with the 1911 the first year that .45ACP was aproved for deer hunting.
Also harvested a doe with the same gun, from the same stand the next day.

 

[okhunter]

Very nice Dennis! You sure kill lots of critters with your handguns!

 

[dennishoddy]

Very nice Dennis! You sure kill lots of critters with your handguns!

If my hunting area wasn't so open, the handgun would be the only gun I'd use.

Handgun, and bowhunting are my favorite way to take game.

 

[imhntn]

Here is a picture and story of a whopper bobcat taken in Wisconsin by hound hunters.

http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedro...-kitty-new-north-america-record-bobcat-taken/