Bigred BBQ
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Me and the neighbors have had this big guy in the area and we need to get rid of him. We’ve never hunted bobcats. Any tips on best practices?
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Hillbilly stalker
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Their pretty neat to have in an area. Why not let him be ? They eat mostly mice, birds and squirrels, work on snakes too.
specialk
Senior Member
Predator calls or traps....there is a season on them, unlike yotes ..
canine933
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Nothing till December 1st.
The Original Rooster
Mayor of Spring Hill
I love bobcats. That big tom I first saw as a kitten is still hanging around here for all these years. He must be at least 6-7 now.
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Bigred BBQ
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Just don’t want it to snack on fawns, turkeys, and quails.
The season starts Dec 1st. I let them + Red Foxes go…but remove EVERY Coyote I possibly can. A Coyote is just on a whole different level, when it comes to being a nuisance, and a predator of domestic pets, livestock, anything it can catch.. even other predators, to kill + eat them.
If it’s in an area you can trap I’d say that’s the best way to get him . I do a little trapping myself and release everyone I catch . They are just some cool predators that I really enjoy seeing, and I think they do more good than bad but I bet they do work on some quail . Good luck getting rid of it , they aren’t hard to catch .
Pretty amazing right here if y’all didn’t see it . https://gon.com/hunting/bobcat-kills-fawn-on-drone-footage
furtaker
Senior Member
I let cats and foxes go as well. Bobcats are one of the coolest creatures in the woods to me and I like foxes as well, particularly red foxes, and there isn't too many left in these parts that I can tell. Coyotes are the dominant predator and they have pushed foxes out in many areas.
sportsman94
Senior Member
Anecdotally, we are seeing an uptick in red populations around me. When I first started trapping here I almost never caught them. Then a few years I would catch one or two. Last year I caught more than a handful. Caught a pup red fox (in a section I have never caught or seen one) today so I know at least one litter was fairly successful in this area. Keep up the good fight and maybe we’ll see a little rebound in the reds
furtaker
Senior Member
It seems like it goes in cycles. I haven't caught a fox in several years. And then I might have a year where I catch several. I had a trail camera picture of a grey many months back but I haven't seen any sign of one since.
It will also snack on a lot more of other things that snack harder on turkeys and quails. Bobcats, deer, turkeys, and quail have been living here together for many thousands of years.
Your land will be better off if you let that tom live. Predators are needed to help keep a well balanced ecosystem.
