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Any Big Cat Advice
#6690999
12/12/19 11:35 AM
12/12/19 11:35 AM
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Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 15 Texas
Panhandlepuncher
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trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 15
Texas
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I’d consider myself a novice trapper at best. Have experience with bobcats and yotes. I have the opportunity to attempt to trap a mountain lion. Not many around here but this one is confirmed by a reliable source. Anyone in here that can offer advice. Trap? Type of set? Bait? Lure?
Last edited by Panhandlepuncher; 12/12/19 11:44 AM.
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Panhandlepuncher]
#6691022
12/12/19 12:04 PM
12/12/19 12:04 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100 Southern Nevada
cat_trapper_nv
"Cat Master"
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"Cat Master"
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100
Southern Nevada
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Same sets as a bobcat will catch a lion. Espesially a walkthrough set. I am bias to an exposed trap, but a buried trap would work just as good. We catch them indecently almost every year in them
If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: cat_trapper_nv]
#6691061
12/12/19 12:57 PM
12/12/19 12:57 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,698 Nevadafornia
Lazarus
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Nevadafornia
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We catch them indecently almost every year in them Well, that's not very decent of you! This brings up all sorts of mental images . . . . . :-)
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Panhandlepuncher]
#6691205
12/12/19 03:19 PM
12/12/19 03:19 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 34 NW Colorado
COMuleman
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I agree with treating then like a bobcat. I’ve never trapped one but I run them with hounds and they have a lot of the same habits as bobcat. I have had them come Check out my bobcat cages but I ageee with cat_trapper_nv on using the walk through set. Most that I chase don’t come to bait, they prefer to eat a kill for a few days then go kill something fresh.
When the time comes for a man to look his maker in the eye, where a better place for a meeting to be held than in the wilderness? - Dick Proenneke
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Panhandlepuncher]
#6691305
12/12/19 06:00 PM
12/12/19 06:00 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,351 The Hill Country of Texas
Leftlane
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"HOSS"
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The Hill Country of Texas
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A good hand posted a picture of a big cats paw beside his own and it made me think you should consider using the biggest and sturdiest gear you can get your hooks in.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Panhandlepuncher]
#6691312
12/12/19 06:09 PM
12/12/19 06:09 PM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.
pcr2
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"Twerker"
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always check sets with someone way slower than you in case of trap failure or pull out at the last minute.
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Lazarus]
#6691619
12/12/19 10:33 PM
12/12/19 10:33 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100 Southern Nevada
cat_trapper_nv
"Cat Master"
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"Cat Master"
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,100
Southern Nevada
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We catch them indecently almost every year in them Well, that's not very decent of you! This brings up all sorts of mental images . . . . . :-) Hahaha. Yes it does. I should have added that everyone of them was released unharmed, and very lively.
If traps work like the Antis say......I would have no fingers.
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Artrapper16]
#6711719
12/31/19 10:31 AM
12/31/19 10:31 AM
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Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 104 Ark.
wzroberts
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I had one absolutely DESTROY. A Duke 1.75 it took maybe ten minutes but it was on a very short chain and was actually just a scent post for a coon Now remember, we don't have any big cats in Arkansas. Just a couple of bobcats and maybe a stray Siamese or two. :-)
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Re: Any Big Cat Advice
[Re: Artrapper16]
#6712724
01/01/20 02:18 AM
01/01/20 02:18 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,824 N.W. Iowa
Tactical.20
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I had one absolutely DESTROY. A Duke 1.75 it took maybe ten minutes but it was on a very short chain and was actually just a scent post for a coon Lol
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