I saw a show on Public TV the other day on Texas ocelot. What a pretty little thing. Hope they come back. only 100-150 around.

Good luck with that. Shrinking habitat, and it’s only found in certain areas of South Texas. SpaceX displaced a few due to their large presence in some prime Ocelot territory.

I've been wanting to watch it. The guy that did our wedding photos back in the day helped with some of the filming and editing on that project.

Thread is 3 hrs old and no anti-Ocelots in Texas folks yet? Boring.

A friend back in the 70’s thought he could domesticate one. He came home one day and it looked like a large bomb went off in his house, I’m talking all curtains and drapes, furniture knocked over and even got to the paintings on the walls. They’re pretty but don’t try to make one a house cat.

My bobcat didn’t work out very well either….

I'm not anti-Ocelot but I am anti-public TV. PBS? Hard pass.

I was told if you see one you didn't see it.

Been told that myself, and neighbors have also about
different things

Mostly by folks that read whatever in a book or saw
whatever on a website or in college
I don't argue with em anymore.

Maybe somebody will shoot one and post a pic?

Lol!

Had the Texas ocelot plates for a few years, been thinking about getting them again.

Yeah, on the TV show they got one in a cage trap and when they got close that thing bounced around so fast you couldn't keep up. BTW, if any of you ever trapped, getting a cat into a cage trap isn't that easy. The guy in the show had a second compartment with a live bird in it.
As a Yote shooter- what's the legal thing? Can you stake a live chicken to attract yotes?

I used to build live traps that sold all over the US. I designed them with a compartment for a live bird or two with feeder and water and I had a clear Lexan plate separating the front from the back. The predator thought that it was easy pickins' when they saw no wall there. Actually started out with plexiglass but they would come in so hard that they would break the plexi so upgraded to Lexan after customer complaints. I would actually give away 2 pigeons or quail with purchase to boost sales. I just made an oversized version a couple weeks ago that will catch small hogs as well.

Thanks.. Does the live trap have to be longer for the bird?

Definitely need to account for the extra space needed for a larger cat or coyote etc if that is what you are targeting. Raccoons will come charging in and knock themselves out but some critters are more cautious so they need enough room to feel comfortable going in.

Cage traps are expensive- I haven't really got into them much. Some folks use buckets for coon.