biggest bobcat?

[roscosrokons]

Preston, I didn't know that a bobcat could be that big and still be that pretty. That is a beautiful cat. The biggest cat I've ever caught with dogs weighed 32lb's. A friend of mine caught one that weighed almost 38 lb's in the Black Hills here, thats big for this area. I had a guy tell me one time that the reason them cats will drag like that means that they just got a big belly full of meat and they are too fat and lazy to lift their legs up. Could be true could be bs. Ross

[BigGameHunter]

Biggest one I ever caught started out as about 30 lbs half way back to the truck it was about 60 lbs and at the truck 2 miles later through 3 ft. snow it turned out to be 86.5 lbs. No kiddin! And that was only a few months ago.

Funny how the longer you walk the heavier they get!

I actually don't know how heavy they are. I guess I need to get me a scale! Would be sort of interesting.

[cecil j.]

The largest I've taken is on the tailgate, 40 pounds 10 oz. on a Rapala digital scale. Nice size, poor spots. The other is the largest I've seen, I'm in the pic, my best friend still owns the hide, never seen anything else close to him.

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The cat ya showd with you 2 guyes stande be hind is a north american lynxx cat I honestly believe a a fine pelted one and good sized too. I`m not callen noone anything both cats are nice, but that cat on the tailgate don`t (too my poor ol eyes) look nothenlike the other one your showen/ if ther the same cat I didn`t catch it by ya, but I judge the cat on the tail gate is a bobcat and an old one with battle looken head on him .
If I`m wrong well thats ok shoot Ive messed up befor.!?

jack Pepper

[liontracker]

What's the difference between a lynxcat and a bobcat ?

[Curby]

does anybody know why a bobcat will drag his feet on just a skiff of snow ?

- ive only seen it a few times- first time i saw it ,i thought he was hurt or tottaly wore out
-- i know one thing for sure they can walk farther than i can when they are dragging feet

I've seen it a few times, seemed like it was always big toms shuffleing around breeding season in just a skiff of snow. If I had to guess its just them conserving energy while making their marathon walks looking for females and rival toms.

Took this pic years ago.. drove past the track thinking it was a coyote shuffling, when i came back a few hours later i looked again.. d@mn .
Not a great pic but u can kinda see how the top cat was shuffling along.



Biggest cat I got was 43#, 5 of that was probably venison.

[onalimb]

I've seen a lot of color and spot variation in cats, we've called them all Bobs, even though I've seen and heard them called lynxcats in some cases, supposedly different than a Lynx. The best pelt we've gotten have almost always come from way up high, caught a few nice ones down low, but seem to find less spots, more orange color too. These two we caught the same day a long time ago, both up high, but the one on the right had thick fine fur, the one on the left had a coarse slicker coat. I've never really paid much attention to the way they walk, as I've seen them change stride in a short distance. So it might depend on if they're tired, full, hunting, chasing tail, or just mood.

[onalimb]

I love following the dogs through the mountains, but I'll agree with the sled being used, the good old days are gone, better to have one handy and get in close A.S.A.P. IMO

[cecil j.]

i don't know for sure but a cat hunter that sometimes hunts with me that has cat hunted close to forty years always says it means its a tom for sure kinda like a buck dragging his feet even in a skiff of snow like i said I'm not sure all i know is never caught a female that was dragging her feet

Yep the dominate bull of the woods does certainly skiff snow with his feet, some time crow hopps jumpen too pouncen around like ole tigger ! cource I only vired that twice befor by day time and he just happened to come bounceing along like a poggo stick/ he had an expression on his face like this is fun ! maybe cause I had 2 14 month old walkers runnen him and they hadendt see him yet. He was real long legged fairly long bdyed but defently no toad/ my 2 53 lb walkers pups was yard & woods raized loose and me back off in the hills by the wild life refuage andI`d only seen a cat do thatbefor once.

[Yaak attack]

Here is a 38 pounder from last Dec.

[Yaak attack]

Here is another 30 pound plus. 34 to be exact.

[thomas]

who's the dude in the top pic any idea yaak

[Yaak attack]

It is my wifes boy and hunting pardner. Between us we got a pack.

[bearcat]

I have seen a few cats drag their feet and they all have been big toms, why I don't know. But if that is how they are walking that is usually the way they always walk. Found one big tom that dragged his feet, in an area I only hunted a couple times a year, I cut his track 3 or 4 times over 2 years before I cut when the dogs could take it and treed him, he was scuffing his feet every time I seen his track.

[Yaak attack]

This would be 51 pound Wampus Cat

[onalimb]

Awesome picture, that's one hell of a beast.