Bobcats

[hps1]

We often see family groups of bobcats during deer season here in Alabama. They are quite common. We have a 4 month trapping season when they may be trapped as furbearers with no bag limit. There is no closed season or bag limit for hunting them. Cats with spots and white bellies such as pictured by hps1 above are quite valuable on the fur market. One lot of 10 such pelts sold at the February NAFA (North American Fur Auction) in Ontario sold for $35,000 that's $3,500 per pelt.

Wow! guess I live at the wrong end of the world. Fur doesn't get prime down here.

Regards,
hm

 

[Bull Nutria]

I have seen bobcats in the wild in Louisiana on several occasions. I have never had the desire to kill one. they are to me one of the coolest predators. I have watched them sit motionless for a longtime from a deer stand. I have also seen they sit around under an overhead light in barnyard at night. I assumed they were eating large moths that were attracted to the light or were eating other larger animals attracted to the insects under the light???

Bull

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Wow! guess I live at the wrong end of the world. Fur doesn't get prime down here.

Really? How far south do you live? I am in Central Alabama and our fur primes by the end of November (except for coon that's more like mid December). My otters and muskrats often grade select at auction.

 

[hps1]

Really? How far south do you live? I am in Central Alabama and our fur primes by the end of November (except for coon that's more like mid December). My otters and muskrats often grade select at auction.

As far south as you can get in the US. Tip of Texas. IDK, never tried to sell any, the fur isn't very thick. Some winters are on a Thursday and Friday, but most are Thursday only. No fur buyers anywhere near, might be able to ship somewhere???

Regards,
hps

 

[Ed4032]

I've seen them in my backyard and I live in Plano Texas. Definitely the city. Saw a momma and three babies once too.

 

[Patocazador]

Big snake.

I don't think I've seen a pasture that bare. From overgrazing?

 

[Patocazador]

I've seen a lot of bobcats over the years and shot several. I mounted 3 of them. One I snuck up on in Alabama while it was on a log looking down into a beaver run. I think he was fishing so I had him mounted like that. I shot another with my bow and tanned him. He weighed 26 lbs. on the hunt club's scale.
I snuck up on one in a blackberry thicket at noon when the wind was blowing about 20 mph in my favor. I got within 8 feet of him. When I said "Hello", he jumped and allowed me to see how fast one could really run.

 

[hps1]

Big snake.

I don't think I've seen a pasture that bare. From overgrazing?

No, Duckhunter, this particular spot is near a small pond, which is surrounded by this salty type soil, based on its appearance. It is the type soil found around salt flats near the coast. I'm no soil expert, but I'm sure you are familiar with the type soil, being from FL. I suspect the salt results from oil/gas production in years past. Whatever the source, nothing grows in this soil.

Regards,
hps

 

[Hanshi]

I lived in rattlesnake country down in Georgia. We had canebrakes, pygmy and timber rattlers farther up in the highlands. Copperheads all over the place, too. The canebrake rattlers were all over our backyard and I saw them constantly. They would even come up on the porch. Farther south were the diamondbacks and coral snakes; had experience with both.

I do not kill any snake, including venomous ones. They are a valuable part of the ecosystem and are protected in some jurisdictions. When seeing one in the road - a continual occurrence - I would normally stop and get them off the road. Far too many people want to kill them just because they're snakes. Way back in the mid 1960s I did kill a diamondback and a canebrake; but they were for food.

 

[hps1]

I lived in rattlesnake country down in Georgia. We had canebrakes, pygmy and timber rattlers farther up in the highlands. Copperheads all over the place, too. The canebrake rattlers were all over our backyard and I saw them constantly. They would even come up on the porch. Farther south were the diamondbacks and coral snakes; had experience with both.

I do not kill any snake, including venomous ones. They are a valuable part of the ecosystem and are protected in some jurisdictions. When seeing one in the road - a continual occurrence - I would normally stop and get them off the road. Far too many people want to kill them just because they're snakes. Way back in the mid 1960s I did kill a diamondback and a canebrake; but they were for food.

Sorry, I fall in the "far too many" category above......I don't like (poisonous) snakes. I do give a pass to the non-poisonous types. The blue indigo definitely definitely get a pass......they eat rattlesnakes.




Then ya got a third category when it comes to snakes:

‘I’m going to kiss it in the mouth’: Man bitten on tongue while trying to kiss rattlesnake
Posted 7:49 am, May 18, 2017, by Web Staff

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man trying to kiss a rattlesnake was bitten on his tongue Tuesday.

Charles Goff said he found the snake Monday night and since he knows how to handle them, put it in a tank, according to WJAX.

On Tuesday, he woke up and people were trying to play with the venomous reptile.”The next morning before I got up, they were playing with the snake,” Goff told the station. “One boy said, ‘I’m going to kiss it in the mouth,’ and the snake bit him in the face.”

“The next morning before I got up, they were playing with the snake,” Goff told the station. “One boy said, ‘I’m going to kiss it in the mouth,’ and the snake bit him in the face.”

Ron Reinold was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Family says he was doing much better on Wednesday and is expected to survive.

“Ron was just acting silly, you know?” Goff said. “I guess he said he could kiss the devil and get away with it, but evidently he didn’t.”

It is believed the snake was let go after Reinold was bitten.

Regards,
hps

 

[wankerjake]

Hey guys, I think those are actually lions that have had their tails chewed off by hounds. Dogsoldier, back me up on this one?

 

[Dog Soldier]

The only constants in hunting are surprises. No one can predict the out come of any taking of game ducks or bears? A 12 year old with a one eyed hound and a single shot rifle learns that early.
Packs of hounds are hard to control an the out come of a pursuits often ends in badly mangled appendages on hounds and lions. The only questions are from the inexperienced. No one can convince or over come that.

 

[Walkalong]

I catch one on the game camera here and there. Some people here trap them, and others will shoot them for fear they are impacting the turkey population. I have no desire to shoot one. Populations of the various critters here ebb and flow. Not much wild quail anymore. Coyotes are the problem here, killing a large percentage of fawns. They are generally killed on sight.

 

[Kleanbore]

The only questions are from the inexperienced. No one can convince or over come that.

What on earth does that mean?