Category: Personal Reflections and Diary

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—“The adult bobcat is 18.7 to 49.2 in long from the head to the base of the tail, averaging 32.6 in; the stubby tail adds 3.5 to 7.9 in and its “bobbed” appearance gives the species its name.

An adult stands about 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in) at the shoulders. Adult males can range in weight from 14 to 40 lb, with an average of 21 lb; females at 8.8 to 33.7 lb, with an average of 15 lb.

The largest bobcat accurately measured on record weighed 49 lb, although unverified reports have them reaching 60 lb. Furthermore, a June 20, 2012 report of a New Hampshire roadkill specimen listed the animal’s weight at 60 lb. The largest-bodied bobcats are of the subspecies L. r. gigas and range from eastern Canada and northern New England.

The bobcat is muscular, and its hind legs are longer than its front legs, giving it a bobbing gait. At birth, it weighs 0.6 to 0.75 lb and is about 10 in in length. By its first birthday, it weighs about 10 lb.”—Jack RiänBobcats are pretty scary, but I’ve never had a more nerve-wracking experience than being leaned up against a tree during a turkey hunt and seeing a mountain lion looking directly at me from a stone’s throw distance, unsure of whether or not I’m actually there.Dec 22, 2018, 2:24 PMCurt Doolittleyeah. I hear you. Mountain lion sitting on fallen tree, watching me, max, and my two year old. Never let him outside alone after that again.

( Bears scare me more actually. )Dec 22, 2018, 2:31 PMJack RiänSurviving a bear attack is only half the battle.

The other half is antibiotics so you don’t die of sepsis. LolDec 22, 2018, 2:42 PMJean LeonardHow lucky you are.Dec 22, 2018, 2:47 PMCurt DoolittleMomma and baby or two… they’re beautiful animals.Dec 22, 2018, 2:49 PMJean LeonardWhen I was a little girl, we had Florida Pumas in the neighborhood. They took some of my chickens until our mama cat took them over and protected them. They all grew up thinking they were cats. Roosters who crowed at 10 am. I kid you not.Dec 22, 2018, 2:50 PMMark A. CavanaughHere’s mine at the taxidermist getting finished.Dec 22, 2018, 3:35 PMJean LeonardDoes this make you feel manly?Dec 22, 2018, 3:38 PMMark A. CavanaughNo, but the pepperoni sticks I made from it do.Dec 22, 2018, 3:39 PMMark A. CavanaughDid the Puma who killed your chickens feel manly? We’re all predators, we just happen to be at the apex.Dec 22, 2018, 3:40 PMCurt DoolittleAPPARENTLY THEY’RE PROTECTED HERE

https://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=597164&deepNav_GID=1655Dec 22, 2018, 3:43 PMJean LeonardMark A. Cavanaugh We ate the chickens not the puma.,,nor the cat who protected the chickens (our food). You appear to be lonely there in the dark.Dec 22, 2018, 3:45 PMJean LeonardGood.Dec 22, 2018, 3:47 PMMark A. CavanaughJean Leonard – why? It’s legal to harvest bobcat in my state as a method of conservation and population control. The quotas are set and controlled by wildlife biologists that protect the best interest of the species. I’m not sorry that you’re offended by the legal harvest of an animal that was consumed and cherished by the hunter.Dec 22, 2018, 3:50 PMBrady Alan KingreyPredators must be controlled just like populations of deer, birds, etc. They destroy livestock as well as the populations of other native species and domestic pets. And it’s not as if this was a trophy kill-he used the meat provided and kept the pelt!Dec 22, 2018, 3:54 PMBill JoslinNICE!!!!Dec 22, 2018, 4:02 PMJean LeonardMark A. Cavanaugh I am offended by you treating them as prizes. You are no more important for displaying a dead cat on your wall than displaying a dead child. Or do you do that too?Dec 22, 2018, 4:07 PMMark A. CavanaughJean Leonard – have a great Christmas and New Years, Jean. I can’t have an intelligent conversation with someone that only relies on emotion as the basis for their argument.Dec 22, 2018, 4:11 PMJean LeonardMark A. Cavanaugh Nor can I.Dec 22, 2018, 4:30 PMMark A. CavanaughDec 22, 2018, 4:33 PMPatrick NagleTheir voice is actually really funny.

https://youtu.be/eaXmIPHrHmYDec 22, 2018, 4:43 PMMichael ChurchillThat’s awesome. I heard from people I used to play tennis with that there were bobcats in the woods right outside the beltway in Virginia. Makes sense but I never saw them.Dec 22, 2018, 5:49 PMChip SillsA pre-conflict face-off. House cats do it all the time, and sound similar. BTW Lynx are not Bobcats–they are larger and colored differently.Dec 23, 2018, 7:57 AMNEW NEIGHBOR …

—“The adult bobcat is 18.7 to 49.2 in long from the head to the base of the tail, averaging 32.6 in; the stubby tail adds 3.5 to 7.9 in and its “bobbed” appearance gives the species its name.

An adult stands about 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in) at the shoulders. Adult males can range in weight from 14 to 40 lb, with an average of 21 lb; females at 8.8 to 33.7 lb, with an average of 15 lb.

The largest bobcat accurately measured on record weighed 49 lb, although unverified reports have them reaching 60 lb. Furthermore, a June 20, 2012 report of a New Hampshire roadkill specimen listed the animal’s weight at 60 lb. The largest-bodied bobcats are of the subspecies L. r. gigas and range from eastern Canada and northern New England.

The bobcat is muscular, and its hind legs are longer than its front legs, giving it a bobbing gait. At birth, it weighs 0.6 to 0.75 lb and is about 10 in in length. By its first birthday, it weighs about 10 lb.”—