Heh. I recall that pic. Somebody "corrected" you and tried to tell you that it wasn't a picture of a bobcat.
Art, was that kitty shot with that old super-full-choked M12, though? That tends to make a 25 yard pattern from a HighBrass load plenty dense.
I used to put down big (18+ lb) stray tomcats that were terrorizing my housecats with old #4 birdshot highbrass loads at about 20 yards, and got mixed results (excellent, and pretty good-- never a loss). As they were old goose loads designed to drop birds of just about the same weight, it was hardly surprising that they would work. I was just impressed that ANYTHING could run a few feet (and at least one did) after taking that brutal ounce and a half from 20 yards.
Highbrass #6 loads or even #5 loads with a modified choke are a a mighty convenient "get anything" load. Kitties at moderate distance, quail at any distance, turkey up close (aimed for the head), even dove on the wing. Crows, of course, rabbits, squirrels, waterfowl if nontoxic, coyote up close, etc.