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Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? #8072767
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What do you guys think this is?

Female 19lbs 9oz

Caught where Bobcats and Lynx frequent.

Snow was wet and melting, Cat was wet.

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Bobcat?

Lynx?

Cross between Bobcat/Lynx?


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072769
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Looks like a bobcat

Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072771
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I'd say cross

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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072799
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J.P. - I think you nailed it. Looks to me like a hybrid.

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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072813
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I'm not familiar with lynx but looks more bob to me, maybe not a first generation hybrid?


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072814
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I say cross.looks like some bobcat genetics present there.
What colour was the meat-white like lynx or dark like bobcat.


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072815
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Its a big ol female lynx.

Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072864
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I'd guess 95% lynx with a tail that didn't get dipped all the way!

Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Boco] #8072891
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Originally Posted by Boco
I say cross.looks like some bobcat genetics present there.
What colour was the meat-white like lynx or dark like bobcat.


Very light. When I skinned it I looked at the carcass and understood why people would want to eat it. It looked good!


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072896
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As soon as I saw the Cat I thought Lynx. Then seconds later I was like nope it’s a bobcat. Every time I looked at it I would change my mind and kept going back and forth.

When I got home I looked at it closer and think it’s a cross between the two. Hybrid.

The paws and tail are what I clued into.

No pads showing on the paws and the tail looks exactly the same as a hybrid shows that I found on google.

The paws are smaller than Lynx I’ve caught before, but larger than bobcat.


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072924
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Unless you have small hands, that paw is awful big for a bobcat and I agree there are several reasons it could be a lynx. That being said, I see a lot of bobcat traits too so the hybrid theory might explain everything.


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072927
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Down here, any bobcat under about 20 pounds, the paw will fit inside of a Copenhagen can. When I spot a bigger track, I know it's likely a big tom trying to "serve" as many as he can about this time of yr.


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072928
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I wish they were all spotted up as nice as this one was.

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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8072937
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Cross.

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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8073008
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Now, do I want it to sell as a Bobcat or a Lynx at the auction?

I’m sure they don’t have a ‘hybrid’ section.


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Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8073019
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When you take it in Darcy at FHA will tell you.
the GFW buyer handles most of the cat sales so you will get a fair price.

Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: Jurassic Park] #8073130
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Face looks like lynx on a bobcat body

Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Or Cross? [Re: jalstat] #8073141
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Originally Posted by jalstat
Face looks like lynx on a bobcat body


Funny you say that. I think the opposite.


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