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Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: Tracker0721 on March 02, 2020, 04:24:38 pm

Title: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: Tracker0721 on March 02, 2020, 04:24:38 pm

Got this pretty kitty this morning! Pretty happy with this one. We were walking the dogs a couple weeks ago up in the mountains and I noticed fresh cat tracks on top of the crust of snow. Like just in the right sunlight they could be made out, super faint and I almost didn’t see them. So I brought a cage up and have been hiking back up there to check it and was gonna pull the trap today because there’s been nothing but it looks like it was my lucky day. Beautiful cat and should get some gas money for this one. Fingers crossed gun money haha

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: Hawkdancer on March 03, 2020, 12:13:57 pm

Looks like a nice sized cat!  Skin and tan carefully!  Should be a great pelt!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: GlisGlis on March 03, 2020, 12:35:12 pm

it should be a good eat too  -C-

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: bjrogg on March 03, 2020, 02:25:51 pm

Very nice catch. Only cats I catch here are barn or feral. They sure seem to like box traps.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: chamookman on March 04, 2020, 04:38:28 am

Nice - Great lookin' Pelt  :OK ! Bob

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: wstanley on March 04, 2020, 10:44:49 am

What does bobcat/mountain lion taste like GlisGlis?

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: GlisGlis on March 05, 2020, 01:55:02 am

Never tried in person but they say cats could be mistaken for rabbits
... and this is should be a Biiiiiig rabbit  ;D

rather than wasting I'd feed the dogs with it

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: Tracker0721 on March 05, 2020, 09:52:22 am

I let it soak in salt water for 36 hours, cubed up the meat and coated it in flour and seasonings. Fried it in a pan and as it was cooking I started getting a smell I’d put similar to the smell of bobcat urine. Started getting a little worried. Cooked em a little too long and once out of the oil that smell went away. We cautiously ate a couple nuggets and on my girlfriends 4/5th nugget she suddenly was running for the trash. Hahaha it was funny but it confirmed my thoughts. When I killed the cat it had peed on its fur. When I skinned it I was trying to find an ear and held the pelt back up and I musta rubbed that pee soaked fur all over the backstrap and hindquarter. I thought I didn’t but by that smell I definitely did. I rinsed it off and changed the water out while soaking but some of those chunks were NASTY! So. Needless to say, untainted bobcat isn’t as good as cougar but better than coyote and tainted bobcat my dog even nosed around in his bowl.

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: jeffp51 on March 11, 2020, 10:59:07 am

that is hilarious.

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: Pappy on March 12, 2020, 06:42:17 am

Very nice Cat,Beautiful also, don't see many around here and the ones I do surly aren't that big. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: WhistlingBadger on March 12, 2020, 08:43:45 am

Well, kudos for trying, Tracker.   ;D  On one of the first deer I ever killed, I grabbed it by the tarsal glands when I was dragging it, got the stink all over my hands, and cut out the backstraps and tenderloins before I realized my mistake.   The meat was...strong.   :o

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: Hawkdancer on March 12, 2020, 11:54:35 am

Moral #1 - drag deer by front legs or antlers!  Moral #2:  don't taint meat with musk, scat or urine! (lol)
Funny stories - never happened to any of the rest of us >:D (lol)
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: Bobcat in my trap
Post by: bjrogg on March 13, 2020, 06:56:45 am

Great story and I’m sure one you won’t forget. I’m liking your girlfriend and I’ve never meet her. Seems like a keeper.
I’m so happy my wife likes wild game and helps me put it up. Not sure I could get her to try bobcat though.
Bjrogg