Looked like a bobcat bit the dust

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I'm not one that Hope's these cats are purged from area.

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Bobcats are a native predator and good for the ecosystem. Odds are you'll never even see one alive, there are never a whole whole bunch of them.

Predators are something that can stir up arguments with hunters. Some hate anything competing with them for game, others think the system should stay as unaltered as possible.

I saw one get hit by a car once, and he fell on the side of the road and was laying there. It was a big one. I found a place to turn around to go back and get him. I thought it would be a good skin to have. Took me less than a couple of minutes to get back, but he was gone. I guess he was just knocked out for a minute. I'm glad he woke up before I got back there. It might have turned out bad for me.

I did kill one at my Mom's house a few years ago, she had seen it several times in the edge of the woods behind her house, and was sure it was trying to get her little dog.

You hate to see it

Last one I saw was in a snare.

During bow season, I had a Bobcat attack and kill a squirrel about 15 yards from my stand in some heavy brush. I only saw it as it walked off with the squirrel in its mouth. That bobcat has hung around that area all year. I heard it about 5 hunts this year. Another time my son was in the stand and he saw it while I couldn't. Pretty neat to see.

Spent many a day in the woods hunting. And many more plant collecting and researching. I have never fricking seen one.