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Posted by DJ in AZ (Member # 276) on October 09, 2006, 09:22 PM:
Called a nice cat in over the week-end and was somewhat suprised at the coloring of the pelt for this early in the season. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Came out of 2500 ft so it wasn't all that high.
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Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on October 10, 2006, 06:16 AM:
Ok that does it, I've got to quit holding off and go kill a cat!
Nice Kitty!
Posted by Steve Craig (Member # 12) on October 10, 2006, 06:34 AM:
DJ and Tim.
They are very nice looking for this time of year, but still pretty flat.
Here is one from this weekend. Coyote came in first and then the cat.
Steve
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on October 10, 2006, 06:59 AM:
I saw DJ's cat at the check=in Sun nite. Beautiful markings and color. It's a lot bigger than it appears in the photo. DJ weighs about 250 and dwarfs the tom in the photo.
Steve, still trying to shoot critters with that ittybitty Hornet? lol
Pretty cat also.
Posted by rooster32 (Member # 61) on October 10, 2006, 02:03 PM:
Man...I am jealous. I want to shoot a bobcat in the worse way. Have only called in 1 and it was before the seaon.
Just bought my bobcat tags today, so hopefully this is the year!
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on October 10, 2006, 02:33 PM:
Won't be after 'cats until late December, unless one stumbles into dying after season opens.
Both are nice looking 'cats though.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 10, 2006, 08:46 PM:
Great lookin cats! hope to see some come to the call this season.just had one come in last year.
Paul
Posted by The Outdoor Tripp (Member # 619) on October 11, 2006, 06:35 PM:
Steve's photo of the coyote and cat reminded me of an interesting experience I had while calling maybe ten or twelve years ago.
We had been in a bad drought for almost ten months, and calling had gotten a bit more productive than normal as both coyotes and cats would show up wth reckless abandon due to the abnormally low rodent/rabbit population.
I made a stand at the crest of a hill with a dirt road running downhill from me and thick brush on either side. Less than 5 minutes later I had a pretty good sized south Texas dog trotting at a good clip straight for me. No caution exhibited whatsoever. Never made an attempt to wind the "dying meal."
At about 30 yards I put a .222 sized pieced of lead mid-chest, head on. Dropped in his tracks.
Kept calling another 5 minutes. Nothing else came so I got up and drug the coyote closer to me and laid him on the left side of the road not 10 yards in front of me. Sat back down, drank a Coke and then decided to call again from the same stand for a few more minutes.
Literally 10 seconds into this calling session, a nice-sized, but skinny cat trots out of the brush from the right side of the road. Again no caution, no stalking stance, no nothing.
Cat walks right up to the coyote lying there, gives him a couple good sniffs and then plops down on his hind quarters, casually looks the other way and starts to wash himself.
Watched him close to what felt like a minute (was pretty amazed at what I was watching actually) and then put a piece of .222 shrapnel into him too. He keeled over lying not six inches from the coyote.
Anyone else ever seen a cat behave like this around a freshly killed coyote?
[ October 11, 2006, 06:46 PM: Message edited by: The Outdoor Tripp ]
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