Bobcat strolling by.....

[cmom]

I'm sure a bobcat can jump like most cats, but if your run/pen is covered they are less likely to jump up. I have seen bobcats on my game cameras but not had a loss from them in many years. I don't have an apron around my pens but do have electric wire around my pens, concrete under the gates and the heavy duty netting over all of my pens.

This is how big the trees were when I first put up the netting several years ago.

 

[cholland]

Preditors dig and climb. They will likely come up to a fence and smell inspect before attempting to jump over. If electric fence wires are near the ground they will likely touch and learn their lesson. If there are a couple of electric wires. It can prevent climbers from even getting onto the fence.
Also a 6 foot jump is going to require something solid to land on. My fence is 6 foot high and kind loose at the top. no top rail.

 

[My1stChickens]

I'm sure a bobcat can jump like most cats, but if your run/pen is covered they are less likely to jump up. I have seen bobcats on my game cameras but not had a loss from them in many years. I don't have an apron around my pens but do have electric wire around my pens, concrete under the gates and the heavy duty netting over all of my pens.
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This is how big the trees were when I first put up the netting several years ago.
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Great to know the netting has worked so well for you over the years. My netting is pretty sturdy- not the stuff you can tear easily

 

[Grits&Eggs]

Here is a video of a coyote by my grow-out coop and pen

scary!

 

[cmom]

This is the netting I use.

 

[cmom]

Preditors dig and climb. They will likely come up to a fence and smell inspect before attempting to jump over. If electric fence wires are near the ground they will likely touch and learn their lesson. If there are a couple of electric wires. It can prevent climbers from even getting onto the fence.
Also a 6 foot jump is going to require something solid to land on. My fence is 6 foot high and kind loose at the top. no top rail.

My fencing is the same. The netting does hang over it a little bit.

 

[My1stChickens]

This is the netting I use.
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I think that's the same netting I have-- looks the same. Got it from Amazon. It's pretty sturdy, which I appreciate. I placed a reorder, of the same item-- and what they sent was not nearly as strong. I returned it.

I was just on Amazon searching for it again, and found some that's much more expensive-- but has a weight rating of 85#! One reviewer said a coyote jumped on it and it did not break. Now THAT'S good netting! It's pricey. Seller is Pinion Hatch Farms. They say it will last 8-10 years.

 

[cmom]

I got it on eBay. I put in a max bid and got it for a really good price $125. for 50 feet by 200 feet. Most places want around $400./$500.for the same netting. My pens are 200 ft. x 60 ft. so I bought some deer netting for the extra 10 ft. I needed.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Canadian lynx are good jumpers, also somewhat bigger than bobcats, with oversized paws like little snowshoes... cute little killers! And I’ve met many dogs smaller than their usual prey here... Rabbits are big! I can see them taking out a chicken or chihuahua easy.

I’ve watched plenty of birds perch on electric fences with no ill effects, my father in law is trying to start an alfalfa patch, the wires haven’t helped with the ravens, or the deer! Kept the horses out though...

Perhaps you Father-in-Law needs to take a short class on how electricity works.

Without intending to hijack this thread I am posting this list of fetal Puma, Cougar, Mountain Lion attacks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America

The bottom line is to look out for your children and don't jog, bike, hike, run, or ride horse back in lion country. But if you do keep a sharp eye out on your 6:00 O'clock.

 

[Kris5902]

Perhaps you Father-in-Law needs to take a short class on how electricity works.

Without intending to hijack this thread I am posting this list of fetal Puma, Cougar, Mountain Lion attacks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America

The bottom line is to look out for your children and don't jog, bike, hike, run, or ride horse back in lion country. But if you do keep a sharp eye out on your 6:00 O'clock.

LOL, yes he does...you should see his solar set up for his cabin! but the hot wire did keep out the horses, birds can land on them with impunity and the deer just jumped right over it, no grounding=no zapping!

And bobcats, as I was also corrected on, are a type of Lynx... much smaller than cougars, and probably no threat to humans. Then again... I’ve run into some pretty big raccoons that I backed down from too!