Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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We have jack rabbits out here bigger than that deer
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/10/20 10:51 AM
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A friend had this on his trail camera a number of years ago. They found the covered remains of the deer later when they went to check the camera.
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/10/20 01:17 PM
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BB here in Wis bobcats regularly take down deer in 150 range, buddy has trail cam pics or cat on deer with paw turning head. When he picked up trail cam chip after seeing picture, he went back and found the big doe dead and partially eaten.
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/10/20 07:52 PM
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danny clifton
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i dont think bobcats kill a lot of deer anyplace. its been said by biologists that an adult lion manages to kill deer about once for every four attempts. i bet the odds are lots worse for bobcats.
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/10/20 08:34 PM
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I don’t think they kill them down here as much as maybe up north where they might have too in order to survive. We have too many other easier prey to catch. As much as I’m in the woods I’ve never found anything that would resemble a bobcat killed deer. We gut a pile of spring coyotes ever year and mostly what inside of them in spring is grass. There just not that much for them to eat that time of year. One female cat I gutted this week had been eating grass also and is not the first cat I've seen that been eating grass. When blackberries and baby deer come in coyotes and cats hunting anything they can. We get to many videos sent to our trapping site of fox, coyotes and cats killing deer and turkeys.
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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They can kill as many deer as they want here. They are blamed for a massive decline (right or wrong) in our quail population.
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/11/20 03:46 AM
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My question is, who would think that a bobcat wouldn’t or couldn’t kill a deer ? In the 50’s and 60’s NY had a bounty on cats because there were so many confirmed cat, deer kills in the wintering yards. My uncle hunted them with hounds back then and regularly killed 20-30 cats annually, and he captured many of the hunts on film. X2
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/11/20 06:40 AM
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Most of the biologost studies on bobcat stomach contents I've read showed extremely high percentage of sampled cats had dined on rabbit around here. Squirrel and birds were like second and third. A fawn would be the exception. Possible yes, but not a mainstay diet item. Jim
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/11/20 08:51 AM
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Most of the biologost studies on bobcat stomach contents I've read showed extremely high percentage of sampled cats had dined on rabbit around here. Squirrel and birds were like second and third. A fawn would be the exception. Possible yes, but not a mainstay diet item. Jim Yeah, you can take biologists studies to the bank , ROFLMAO. Here in NY the lead furbearer biologist in Region 6 told me he has a hard time telling the difference between a Marten and squirrel track. They also state, coyotes and black bear do not kill many deer . I guess a whitetail fawn isn’t considered a deer ??????
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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June is the big month for deer consumption here in Texas. Makes sense. Momma raises the kittens by herself. Needs a quick, big, meal so she can return to the nest quickly. Deer are easy to stalk and kill. Bang. Stomach content studies at Texas A&M show venison as the #1 content in June. Much less so after that.
When I get a call about steady deer killing late spring, early summer, I think cat. And it's amazing how many 120 lb. does a 15-16 pound momma cat can kill as other critters come behind her and consume the carcass quick (coyotes/buzzards/hogs).
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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02/11/20 10:23 AM
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Never did answer this question.I looked into Texas regulations a bit,,and unless I missed something,it seemed season was over.
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Re: YOU THINK A BOBCAT CANT KILL A DEER!
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June is the big month for deer consumption here in Texas. Makes sense. Momma raises the kittens by herself. Needs a quick, big, meal so she can return to the nest quickly. Deer are easy to stalk and kill. Bang. Stomach content studies at Texas A&M show venison as the #1 content in June. Much less so after that.
When I get a call about steady deer killing late spring, early summer, I think cat. And it's amazing how many 120 lb. does a 15-16 pound momma cat can kill as other critters come behind her and consume the carcass quick (coyotes/buzzards/hogs).
This. When we have a decent deer population in the north here The Bobcats along with bears, coyotes, wolves and I'm sure the golden eagles in the spring key primarily on the deer fawns. Our deer do get a second hit from cats in the winters like this with deep snow as the deer are bunched up tight in low thick cedar and spruce bogs. Prime hunting country for a patient stalker. Osky
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