Pull trail camera cards last night and just started going through them and found this 10 pictures in. I have seen tracks before but never capture on on camera or seen one in person
Yep, my wife saw one early one morning when she walked out on our back porch. We forgot about it, then a couple months later one of our two cats disappeared. Could be anything, no need jumping to conclusions. Then just last week, our remaining cat didn't show up for breakfast. I went looking for it, and found it in the top of a walnut right off the front porch. Something put it up there, but again, no telling what it was.
I will say this however...he's terrified of something, and I understand his concern. A few days before the tree incident, I mentioned to my wife that something was here. I haven't seen it, or discovered any trace of it, but it's here nonetheless. As crazy as it sounds, it's just different now. The woods will go dead quiet at times, which is very unnatural. I was raised in the woods, and I'm very comfortable in the woods, and I can feel that something different is here. It's hard to explain. It hasn't got me worried or afraid, just extremely curious.
Very cool shot lassig! Always wanted to catch one on film.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
They're making a comeback here in IL as well...to the point that there was a bill on the governor's desk a week or two ago to re-establish a hunting season on them.
I've rarely seen them in the wild, but have enjoyed it when I have.
Dale
"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water." - anonymous
Tony, when I lived in Ca., outdoor cats would disappear on a regular basis due to the coyotes in the area.
Either the bobcat is telling your outdoor cat that "this is my area now" or it's a coyote that put it up the tree. If the bobcat wanted to kill your cat, they can climb trees too.......
I figured a coyote for the most likely suspect, but I'm just not entirely convinced. Something's not right. I need to get the cameras set up.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
News flash: Our one remaining cat just came tearing into the shop, throwing gravel and with his fur standing on end. He never comes in here, as the smells and sounds are not to his liking. He's staring across the drive into the woods, and will not leave. I will have to carry him to the house, and then take a look around. Weird.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
Here is an in depth, fascinating read on how birds in particular respond to disturbances, great or small. "What the Robin Knows How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World" by Jon Young. Young grew up studying with Tom Brown. Probably like you, I was raised in the woods, worked nearly my whole life in the woods, recreate in the woods, get my spiritual regeneration in the woods. I appreciate the profound wisdom Jon Young is sharing with those who will listen. You, too, may get a deeper appreciation for those alarm calls and those periods of unexplained silence. Enjoy!
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
I am having problems with unwanted visitors myself Arkansas has protected the black bear for as long as I can remember, and for the most part I have never even seen one until last 2 years. They are constantly tearing down anything that might have food in it to the point I am considering building a floating dock just to feed fish off of.
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Coyotes love cats. They will clean them up in the country side fast.
That is a very cool picture. Your very lucky.
The bob cat makes a sound that is the creepiest sound I have ever heard. I would describe it as a lamb being killed slowly. They spout out like this when locating a mate. They love fish that wash to shore and your fish cleanings.
We have a large pack of yotes here that howl all night. They party like crazy when they make a kill. Deer are disappearing. Brought my 30-30 back from Indiana this weekend. I will have a surprise for the first yote I see.
Here is an in depth, fascinating read on how birds in particular respond to disturbances, great or small. "What the Robin Knows How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World" by Jon Young. Young grew up studying with Tom Brown. ...
Thanks 4corners! I read all the Tom Brown books and enjoyed them, so I'll pick up a copy of Young's book also.
The bob cat makes a sound that is the creepiest sound I have ever heard. I would describe it as a lamb being killed slowly. They spout out like this when locating a mate.
Holy cow do I second the above...first time I heard that sound I was up a tree about 5 AM - pitch black out - and I literally almost jumped.
Scared the crap out of me.
Dale
"When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water." - anonymous
a couple months later one of our two cats disappeared. Then just last week, our remaining cat didn't show up for breakfast. I went looking for it, and found it in the top of a walnut right off the front porch. Something put it up there, but again, no telling what it was.I will say this however...he's terrified of something, and I understand his concern. A few days before the tree incident, I mentioned to my wife that something was here. I haven't seen it, or discovered any trace of it, but it's here nonetheless. As crazy as it sounds, it's just different now. The woods will go dead quiet at times, which is very unnatural.I can feel that something different is here. It's hard to explain.
Dang Sparkie....almost sounds like you're narrating a Friday The 13th movie!
Two different situations I happened across on my place in the last two yrs in E Texas. 1st one was when returning from a morning bow hunt, walking back to the barn, I came across a cat that was stalking a squirrel. I was 20 feet from it at his back and he did not know I was there. At first I thought he was a Farrell cat, and I watched him attack and kill this squirrel in one split second by attacking the neck of the squirrel. As the cat turned and faced me, I saw he was not a Farrell cat but not a bobcat either. His ears were pointy and his fur was grayish blue and I would guess him to weigh about 20 lbs, about the size of a big house cat. I had never seen a cat like him before, so when I got to the house I looked up on the internet and I swear it was a lynx. Not known to be in E Texas. Bobcats are a lynx cat but this was not a Bobcat. There is a 9,000 acre wildlife refuge across the road from me and a 27,000 acre of the largest cypress tree forest in N America also. 2nd was walking a wildlife food plot and seeing these large tracks I was not familiar with, so I took a picture of the tracks and again looked them up on the internet. To my surprise, the tracks were Mountain lion. I started caring my pistol with me on the bow hunts from then on.
Tracy
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TGW1....a good friend of mine said he was walking around at night on a deer lease a few years ago and stopped at a pond..it was partly cloudy, but the moon was out bright and he could see some large cat eyes in the grass across the pond. He said there are a lot of large mountain lion around Muenster, Texas and mountain lions generally will kill a deer at least every 10-14 days.
It's hard to explain. I'm not a transplant to the rural lifestyle, I was raised in the woods and have spent my whole life hunting, fishing, and gathering. I'm as comfortable in the woods at any hour, day or night, as many are inside their living rooms. I don't say this to brag, it's just how I was raised. I don't know how I know, but I'm sure nonetheless.
There's something making the rounds through here that wasn't always here, or at least didn't make its presence known before now. I'm going to try and discover what it is. I really figure it to be a coyote, which are common as can be. But I think this one must be getting nervy, and that peaks my curiosity.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
I am having problems with unwanted visitors myself Arkansas has protected the black bear for as long as I can remember, and for the most part I have never even seen one until last 2 years. They are constantly tearing down anything that might have food in it to the point I am considering building a floating dock just to feed fish off of.
Ozark,
They have a hunting season for bears there in Arkansas. If you don't hunt I bet you could find someone that would like to get a bear.
Two different situations I happened across on my place in the last two yrs in E Texas. 1st one was when returning from a morning bow hunt, walking back to the barn, I came across a cat that was stalking a squirrel. I was 20 feet from it at his back and he did not know I was there. At first I thought he was a Farrell cat, and I watched him attack and kill this squirrel in one split second by attacking the neck of the squirrel. As the cat turned and faced me, I saw he was not a Farrell cat but not a bobcat either. His ears were pointy and his fur was grayish blue and I would guess him to weigh about 20 lbs, about the size of a big house cat. I had never seen a cat like him before, so when I got to the house I looked up on the internet and I swear it was a lynx. Not known to be in E Texas. Bobcats are a lynx cat but this was not a Bobcat. There is a 9,000 acre wildlife refuge across the road from me and a 27,000 acre of the largest cypress tree forest in N America also. 2nd was walking a wildlife food plot and seeing these large tracks I was not familiar with, so I took a picture of the tracks and again looked them up on the internet. To my surprise, the tracks were Mountain lion. I started caring my pistol with me on the bow hunts from then on.
Tracy
Tracy,
We had a family friend see a Mountain lion on our place up in Red River County and bears have been seen within 15-20 miles.
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