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Offline hillbill

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herds of bobcats!
« on: December 16, 2012, 10:45:09 AM »
yesterday a buddy i was deer hunting with on my place saw a pack of 4 bobcats. today i watched them thru the binocs at about 125 yrds. 2 or 3 appeared full grown with one smaller one.they looked like they were hunting across a brushy hill side. has anyone seen this many cats running together this time of the year?maybe hunting together?
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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2012, 10:58:46 AM »
We have what I consider a lot of bobcats at our deer lease. I have shot 3 in the last couple of years.
Have never seen more than one at a time.
Wiki or some other reference I read said they are loners, about one per square mile.
They breed in November; maybe the bunch you saw were out on a double date.
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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2012, 05:32:17 PM »
Although bobcats aren't supposed to be all that plentiful around here, I've seen more than the average resident.  Like PowPow said they seem to be a solitary critter since I have never seen more than one at a time and most were at night.  Now that being said, I don't put much stock in Wiki or any other source of info.  The DNR in this state claims there to be only a handful in the state and I know that to be a crock just from the numbers I've seen myself.  They also claim a bobcat can't or won't breed with a house cat.  BS.  Neighbor had a house cat who had a litter of cross breeds that was confirmed by a state university yet it is still denied by DNR.  BTW they weren't cuddly little critters either.


Would bobcats run in packs?  Since you saw them, evidently they will but I would sure like to know why because that would seem to be strange behavior, especially if it was daylight since they seem to be more nocturnal. 
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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2012, 12:46:06 AM »
What OS said that about his DNR reminded me where I read it. Here it is:
http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/what/Mammals/Carnivores/b.cfm
Might have been a momma with kittens with a case of "failure to launch".

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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2012, 02:15:20 AM »
You don't often see them together, but the tracks tell the story. When I first got back to Florida I would see the tracks of a moma cat & her kittens in the sand road I walked each morning.  ;) weather you see them or not they are there. Just like mountain lions, bears, and when I lived in the southwest jaguars would occasionally travel through.

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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2012, 12:05:49 PM »
over the last few years ive seen many of them on my property in the daylight.i think maybe next month when it gets good and cold i may do a little calling and see if i cant cure their overabundance. the coyotes will get the "cure" also if i get the chance.
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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2012, 02:56:25 PM »
Unusual behavior to me anyway.   They are territorial and usually only together to mate.   Not time of year for breeding... late winter is more normal... but I guess it could have been larger males and a smaller female thinking about it.    They can have ranges that overlap, and they seem to be pretty tolerant if another does cross into their range.    Maybe a carcass they are all feeding on?
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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2012, 03:45:52 PM »
no carcass that i know of been all over the range.but a good point.
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Re: herds of bobcats!
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2012, 06:25:21 PM »
my buddy had 4 kittens about the size of big house cats, walk past him the other day. i would say that its mating season and the young ones had to go
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