34 lbs, but I once missed the weight on a chicken by 5 lbs.

34 lbs, but I once missed the weight on a chicken by 5 lbs.

Big kitty. 43 lbs

You are not any better at judging bobcats than you are chickens it looks like.
Will post up a weight tonight.

I think the vast majority of folks that take bobcats simply hoist them and 'guess' at their weight. Many...would be surprised when a cat is put on actual scales (even fairly inaccurate digital fish scales) that they just don't weigh what they look like. Old, fat Toms will sometimes exceed 35 lbs. but an honest to goodness 30 lb. Bobcat is a big cat anywhere in the State of Texas and they LOOK every bit of it.

@stxranchman is an experienced rancher/outdoorsman and I trust whatever weight he says the cat is, but those guessing 40+ pounds I think don't understand just how big a bobcat that would have to be (in Texas). I've trapped and shot a boatload of them in 50 years of hunting and been around other folks doing the same and am still waiting to see a real (put on scales) 40 pounder. Not saying they aren't out there...but they are few and far between.

That was the number that popped into my head. I don't know why, thinking about it after that sounds heavy, but I don't think I have ever weighed a bob cat.