twoheartedale
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Yep. That is what I've seen. I watched a few kittens with momma over the years, that is a sight to see!
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Yep. That is what I've seen. I watched a few kittens with momma over the years, that is a sight to see!
Luvntheoutdors
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This one came in on me while turkey calling. Them tree rats let me know something was on the other side of the saddle.C.Killmaster
Georgia Deer Biologist
It's actually coyotes, bears, and then bobcats. In all the studies I'm aware of bobcats don't kill enough fawns to matter much.
Silver Britches
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And I've seen coyotes chase a deer more times than I can remember. I have NEVER seen a bobcat chase a deer. They may catch one, a young or sick one, but I seriously doubt that happens very often. There are much easier critters for bobcats to catch and fill their bellies on.
SpearoHunter
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Hope these pics come through ok. I’m not impressed with SPYPOINT cameras. This is the second occasion I got this cat on cam. I’m guessing must be a male being this big. He is stalking that deer. Amazing he could get so close in the open like that. For perspective the deer is about 25-30ft from cam.
I certainly had that joker on my mind walking in to my box blind before daylight on the 17th.
I certainly had that joker on my mind walking in to my box blind before daylight on the 17th.
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I have only(in person) seen Coyotes chase & harass Deer. Never,ever seen a Bobcat be aggressive toward one. I’m sure they’ll snag a really young fawn...but I just don’t see a Bobcat messing with a bigger fawn,or grown deer.? Same for Foxes...I just let em be. Unless they are eatin our cheekins?
Theturtle
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Bobcats where here long before us and they didn’t eat all the deer and turkey then? He has as much right to a turkey dinner as you!?coyotes on the other hand kill em all!
Bobcat — A Florida study examined both food habits of bobcats and survival of 66 radio-collared fawns . Although they concluded that deer were not a very important component of bobcat diets based on scat analyses, bobcats killed 11 of their collared fawns. In another Florida study, bobcats killed 33 radio-collared fawns and 6 adult deer . A UGA study on Kiawah Island, South Carolina monitored survival of 134 radio-collared fawns 37. In the absence of coyotes, bobcats killed 70 of the fawns with a single adult male radio-collared bobcat likely responsible for many of those deaths. It appears that although deer are not the primary food of most bobcats, some bobcats learn to prey on deer and can be effective at killing them, especially fawns.
I guess bobcat just dont like deer.
I guess bobcat just dont like deer.
One of my favorite animals that call our woods home. I caught and released both of these last winter targeting coyotes, they are pretty gentle if you talk nice to them 
Bobcats engage in surplus killing. In other words they tend to kill more than they can eat. Now, you take my ol tom back home. He aint never been hungry. But if he sees a chipmunk he is gonna do his best to kill it. And aint gonna eat it.They used to be dead chipmunks laying all over the place til he weeded em out. Now ol tom is tame where a bobcat is wild. That is just their instinct. That is why they call em predators.
You are a smart man.
Hillbilly stalker
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Cats are thrill killers who like the game, mink and weasels and ferrets are blood thirsty killers.
Doug B.
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You must sweet talk better than I do!?
