Kentucky bobcat season ends in two weeks. I haven't been able to get out much this year but I decided to go out this afternoon and give it a try. I went to a place where I called a big bobcat in 2008 after the season had closed. I set out the e-caller and hung my woodpecker decoy in a small tree. I climbed a ladder stand about twenty-five yards away that is left there by the guys that deer hunt the place. I waited about fifteen minutes and then played a flicker sound on low volume for about five minutes. Nothing showed so I waited about ten minutes in silence and started the flicker again. About two minutes in she showed up. She came in with the wind directly on her tail and stopped about five yards from the decoy. I put the dot on her head and gave her a load of T-shot and down she went DRT. This is my first bobcat and what a thrill.
The view from my stand.
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The Foxpro is at the base of the tree and the woodpecker decoy is hanging in it. The bobcat is laying in the center of the picture.
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There she is with the Mossberg.
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Hero shot with my first bobcat.
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Another hero shot.
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A few pellets hit this small pine tree that partially obstructed her.
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It was good to get out this afternoon.
Pat
WAY TO GO PAT !!! :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: That's a beautiful looking cat. :yoyo: :yoyo:
Yes! WTG and then some. I'm a little envious: I've never killed a bobcat that pretty with spots and rosettes up the sides like that. Man, you didn't mess around. You got a BEAUTY for a first one! :congrats: :congrats:
:yoyo: :yoyo: Very nice Pat !! Congratulations ! :highclap: :highclap:
I'm sure you're pumped ! I'd love to get one someday.
Looks like one heck of a day :yoyo: Congrats
Congratulations Pat!! That is a dandy cat for sure!! It's all marked up nicely. :yoyo: :yoyo:
Beautiful cat !!!!
Outstanding, Pat!!! Nice looking cat! Congratulations! :congrats:
Way to go PAT, a good looking bobcat :yoyo: Steve
Congrats Pat, nice looking cat.
John
Pat,
Congratulations! That would be so neat to have a cat coming in to a call. Won't happen around here for years and maybe never, so I will just live off of pictures like these.
Jerry
:yoyo: Congrats Pat!!! That is one pretty cat there bud!
The cats have to be the cream of the crop in all this predator hunting. :yoyo:
Congrats on a job well done.
Question :confused: How did you do your hero shots? I was always looking around for a stump or a log.
Quote from: FinsnFur on January 17, 2011, 10:32:53 PM
Question :confused: How did you do your hero shots? I was always looking around for a stump or a log.
Jim, I have a couple of small tripods and I always have one or the other in my backpack.
One has rigid telescoping legs and the other has flexible legs.
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I have to get on my hands and knees to set up the shot, set the timer mode, hit the shutter button, and then jump in front of the camera to pose for the hero shot. Then I review the picture to see if it turned out okay, if not I try again.
Pat
Quote from: coyote101 on January 17, 2011, 11:20:30 PM
I have to get on my hands and knees to set up the shot, set the timer mode, hit the shutter button, and then jump in front of the camera to pose for the hero shot. Then I review the picture to see if it turned out okay, if not I try again.
Pat
Hey and we appreciate it Pat :yoyo:
I forgot about the flexi-pod. Seen those a while back. I like that. Thanks for enlightening me :wink:
Congrats Pat, Thats a NICE one. :highclap: :highclap:
VERY nice Pat! Good lookin cat!
:congrats: :congrats: Way to go Pat the Cats sure give you a rush and I have had better luck in an elevated stand so its something to consider when calling Cats. :yoyo: cc
What the [L] is a "flicker" sound :shrug: only flicker around here is them green thingy's that come from a nasal passage that get flickered and they are pretty silent :laf: :laf: that is until Ma catch's the boys :noway:.
Great job Pat and will it be taking up residence on your wall?
Thats a beautiful Cat. Congrats :congrats:
Here you go Barry. :eyebrow:
http://www.google.com/images?q=flicker+bird&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=wbI1Te6CBcKC8gad8tX1CA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CD4QsAQwAg&biw=1259&bih=816
Thanks Glen :bowingsmilie:. When I googled flicker I got some freaking talk to me site that looked like facebook and then I really thought Pat was nuts :innocentwhistle:.
I can't say I've ever seen a bobcat w/ more spots! :congrats:
Looking forward to see what you get done w/ it. :biggrin:
nice cat :highclap:
Congrats on the Yote, that's Awesome!!! :yoyo:
Just woke up I mean congrats on the Bobcat. That just shows love this website so much that it's one of the first things I do when I wake up and evidently wasnt awake and thinking good when I posted the above post. Congrats again on the Bobcat!!! :biggrin:
Pat,
Wow! Nice bobcat. I have never called one in?? Way to go and congrats! Nice story and pictures too!
Jim
Thanks guys, I feel pretty lucky that my first bobcat was fairly large and so beautifully marked. It weighed in at twenty pounds and and eight ounces. I took it to the taxidermist today and am anxious to see how it turns out. It will be several months before I get it back. I just hope it doesn't come back with some goofy cross-eyed look on its face.
Pat