Texas

[RonC]

May we see a picture of Sydney.....please.

 

[TexasLisa]

We have since gotten pictures on the game camera. He's/she's here all right! Seems to be coming around 7:45 and 11 pm each night. I guess he is checking. We'll have to kill him, I hate to, but it's getting too close for us, dogs and ducks!

WOW! Please be very careful. Good luck hunting!

Our bird pens/coops are metal on concrete. The only Bobcat I have seen was about sunset a year or so ago. It jumped from a tree onto the roof of the duck coop and was trying to pry up the metal roof. I shot at it and either missed or wounded it and it took off and has not been back. I have read that they will stake out a food source for days "logging" all the behavior until it learns the "safe" time to make its attack. So, it knew that our dogs never go out to the bird pens. What it did not know is that I keep a shotgun right inside the back door and the pens are only about 50 feet from the house.

Very smart, indeed!

Thank you for the picture. What a beautiful dog! I love his coloring.

 

[Kiki]

Along with the summer clothes! Summer is over and winter is here! Crazy people!

winter?

We wear shorts all year! lol

 

[TheRedHenHouse]

Texas Silverrud "Clyde"

 

[TexasLisa]

winter?

We wear shorts all year! lol

We are in short sleeves for the most part. I was just poking fun at the stores around here. They have all the summer clothes on clearance and making room for winter clothes. So sad.....

 

[bnjrob]

We are in short sleeves for the most part. I was just poking fun at the stores around here. They have all the summer clothes on clearance and making room for winter clothes. So sad.....

Yes it is. I have never understood why Texas stores do this. I lived in Florida at one time and while there were *winter* fashions, you could still get shorts and warm weather clothing year round there at just about any store. One time near Christmas it was rainy and temps were running in the 50s and I had some elderly lady try to buy me a coat. I was wearing shorts and a sweatshirt and she thought I was too poor to buy a coat. Had to thank her and tell her that I was from TX and temps in the 50s were not cold to me, just comfortable.

 

[MultipleAnimals]

We wondered as well, but after looking at all the camera shots it is a bobcat, a large one at that. We haven't seen it on the camera again, day or night. So maybe it will leave us alone! I put the ducks up at 3 pm to keep them safe, so they aren't available to it, whatever "it" is! I agree, it is frustrating what all wants to eat the ducks! I feel for them.

Hopefully it is roaming far from your place. When I first moved here I saw a print in the snow that I thought was cougar track - kind of freaked me out -- and then saw one again in the sand in the driveway when it was wet. Cougars have territory from 50 to 150 sq miles....- and it wasn't too long after that that someone on the other side of town supposedly killed a cougar. Just looked up bob cat and their territory is 25 to 30 square miles for males (but another source said 8 sq mi) and 5 sq mi for females. -- So hopefully the critter is heading 5-miles away from you. Since it didn't get those easy meals after all... Mostbob cats I've seen are not much bigger than a big tom cat -- but much more ferocious. To me they are so rare that I think I just saw one disappearing into the brush one time way out in far west TX. They seem pretty elusive -- I haven't heard of a bob cat attacking a human. (they probably are really scared of people.)
FAST FACTS
Height: 17-23 inches. Length: 25-41 inches. Weight: 16-28 lbs (males); 10-18 lbs (females). Lifespan: 12-13 years.
The ones I've seen taxidermied and the live one -- were on the small end. Your game cam shot looks like one of the larger ones... It would still freak me out to have one on the game cam....I think that they would be formidable predators to have around. Still of all the predators to me, raccoons are the very worst - and I have lost the most chickens to them.

I Wouldn't Exactly Say They're Not Afraid Of People. Last Fall My Younger Sister Got Chased By A Trio Of Bobcats, A Mom And Her Two Babies. Luckily She Was Close To A Dog Kennel That Had A Roof And There Was A Dog House Inside The Kennel, She Hid In The Kennel. That's Where We Found Her A Few Hours Later Hiding. It Was Dark And She Had Took Off And She Knew That At Certain Parts Of The Year There Is A Cougar And Other Parts Of The Year There Are Bobcats. She Was Twelve At The Time. She Is 13 Now. She is lucky. It could have been worse. Next day we went and looked around the kennel and found three sets of prints.

 

[MandyJ]

I Wouldn't Exactly Say They're Not Afraid Of People. Last Fall My Younger Sister Got Chased By A Trio Of Bobcats, A Mom And Her Two Babies. Luckily She Was Close To A Dog Kennel That Had A Roof And There Was A Dog House Inside The Kennel, She Hid In The Kennel. That's Where We Found Her A Few Hours Later Hiding. It Was Dark And She Had Took Off And She Knew That At Certain Parts Of The Year There Is A Cougar And Other Parts Of The Year There Are Bobcats. She Was Twelve At The Time. She Is 13 Now. She is lucky. It could have been worse. Next day we went and looked around the kennel and found three sets of prints.

WOW That's scary!!!

We looked at the camera, it appeared last night. I wonder if it is casing the property? It seems to appear about the same time each night. Fortunately the ducks are put up in their enclosure by 3. It is coming by around 8 and 11 pm. We are looking for a trap. If I can't find a used one, I will purchase one from Tractor Supply.

Anyone know of a cheap place to buy a trap large enough for a bobcat?

Thanks!

 

[TexasLisa]

WOW That's scary!!!

We looked at the camera, it appeared last night. I wonder if it is casing the property? It seems to appear about the same time each night. Fortunately the ducks are put up in their enclosure by 3. It is coming by around 8 and 11 pm. We are looking for a trap. If I can't find a used one, I will purchase one from Tractor Supply.

Anyone know of a cheap place to buy a trap large enough for a bobcat?

Thanks!

Have you checked with Animal Services? They might have traps you can rent.

Or call TX Parks and Wildlife and see what they recommend.

 

[RonC]

Bobcats aren't all that rare, they are very wary of people and tend to avoid us if possible. Mom was probably protecting her young ones when she chased your sister. I see them pretty often on a game camera I have setup and a few times in real life hanging around the feeders looking for small prey. Parks and Wildlife will probably set the trap for you and relocate it.