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Solid bobcat catch #7009718 12/24/17 02:24 PM
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I dont run traps very often (mostly for coons) but, I had been seeing a quite a bit of sign on a trail I take to get to my tree stand and just had to give it a run. I made a basic dirt hole set with a couple stepping sticks a couple feet off to the side of the trail and the very next morning I had my first trapped bobcat! Shes not the biggest or most spotted cat but, its one less fawn killer out there and I feel like I accomplished something by trapping my first predator




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Re: Solid bobcat catch [Re: mreed] #7009921 12/24/17 04:43 PM
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Beautiful animal. Good work!

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Great job ! I've been trying for weeks to catch 2 I caught on game cam.


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Re: Solid bobcat catch [Re: mreed] #7010565 12/25/17 02:54 AM
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awesome , good job . love hunting and trapping them, it gives me a rush like a 150inch wt

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Be proud of that! Congrats!


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Big enough and great color, congrats


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Re: Solid bobcat catch [Re: mreed] #7012453 12/26/17 11:10 PM
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Ive killed a truck load of them with a fox pro at night...always wanted to try trapping


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Re: Solid bobcat catch [Re: mreed] #7012620 12/27/17 01:45 AM
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Nice kitty!!!

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Re: Solid bobcat catch [Re: mreed] #7013260 12/27/17 05:26 PM
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Congrats! my first catch was a younger bobcat as well. Finally managed to catch a coyote. There is a lot more to it than what meets the eye and I still have a lot to learn I'm sure.


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Re: Solid bobcat catch [Re: redchevy] #7013294 12/27/17 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted By: redchevy
Congrats! my first catch was a younger bobcat as well. Finally managed to catch a coyote. There is a lot more to it than what meets the eye and I still have a lot to learn I'm sure.


I have no problem snaring yotes but, I havent even come close to catching one.


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Good job, and congratulations on your "first!"

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Good job, and congratulations on your "first!"

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Originally Posted By: mreed
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Congrats! my first catch was a younger bobcat as well. Finally managed to catch a coyote. There is a lot more to it than what meets the eye and I still have a lot to learn I'm sure.


I have no problem snaring yotes but, I havent even come close to catching one.


Its been a humbling experience for us.


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Nicely done!

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Beautiful animal. Good work!

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Originally Posted By: mreed
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Congrats! my first catch was a younger bobcat as well. Finally managed to catch a coyote. There is a lot more to it than what meets the eye and I still have a lot to learn I'm sure.


I have no problem snaring yotes but, I havent even come close to catching one.


That's a dandy bobcat, right there, congrats! And are you saying you CAN snare them, but not catch them in a steel leg hold trap?


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Nice cat good work. And you caught her way up on the leg that is unusual that I've caught mine. Usually by one or two toes and that's using #3 jump trap. Good job.

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Congrats! my first catch was a younger bobcat as well. Finally managed to catch a coyote. There is a lot more to it than what meets the eye and I still have a lot to learn I'm sure.


I have no problem snaring yotes but, I havent even come close to catching one.


That's a dandy bobcat, right there, congrats! And are you saying you CAN snare them, but not catch them in a steel leg hold trap?


I CAN snare coyotes fairly consistently by setting snares on the trails they use to cross under fences but I havent had a single bit of luck trying to catch them in a leg hold trap


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Nice cat good work. And you caught her way up on the leg that is unusual that I've caught mine. Usually by one or two toes and that's using #3 jump trap. Good job.


Im no expert by any means but, from what I have read and understand if you are getting toe catches you need to increase your pan tension so that the animal will be able to put more of its weight on the trap before the trap goes off


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Could be. I always had the mind to set the pan tension as light as humanly possible.

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Very nice. When I was a kid you could make really good money doing that. Life was so good. Trapping and making really good money. The place I sold my furs was the same place we ordered guns and bought trapping supplies. How cool it was to pick up a fat check and not have any bills to worry about and go buy whatever you thought you needed.

I set a trap once and a while just for good old time sake but the pelts not worth much. Its still fun. That cat is a trophy. Congrats

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Originally Posted By: mreed
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Congrats! my first catch was a younger bobcat as well. Finally managed to catch a coyote. There is a lot more to it than what meets the eye and I still have a lot to learn I'm sure.


I have no problem snaring yotes but, I havent even come close to catching one.


That's a dandy bobcat, right there, congrats! And are you saying you CAN snare them, but not catch them in a steel leg hold trap?


I CAN snare coyotes fairly consistently by setting snares on the trails they use to cross under fences but I havent had a single bit of luck trying to catch them in a leg hold trap



Try cutting a foot off a femal and setting it right on top of your pan...pads up. First thing they do is step right on it...weirdest thing but it works like a charm.

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Great catch! This years fur is beautiful and thick on the ones I've seen.


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