Fitzwho
WKR
Just got back from a quick trip setting out some trail camera’s in NM for my deer hunt. Only one of the 4 spots I got cameras to had another camera, so that was refreshing. I was certain that we would run into rattlesnakes at some point. It was 105F by noon, so figured I’d find them hanging around water right where I would be looking.
Well, flash forward to the last setup before heading home, my wife and daughter were done, so they stayed in the truck, I’m walking through knee high sage brush and grass burs, get through that with no issue, push into an open spot and start entering the China Berry thicket I was shooting for, take a couple steps and all but step on the largest BOBCAT I have ever laid eyes on. He bolted from a spot no more than 3 steps in front of me. There was a second smaller cat as well that slunk off the opposite direction. I have seen and killed a handful of bobcats over the years, the biggest of which went 28 pounds, if memory serves me right. This one looked like my pointer trotting in front of me. I’d guess this one to be an honest 35-40lbs.
Well, flash forward to the last setup before heading home, my wife and daughter were done, so they stayed in the truck, I’m walking through knee high sage brush and grass burs, get through that with no issue, push into an open spot and start entering the China Berry thicket I was shooting for, take a couple steps and all but step on the largest BOBCAT I have ever laid eyes on. He bolted from a spot no more than 3 steps in front of me. There was a second smaller cat as well that slunk off the opposite direction. I have seen and killed a handful of bobcats over the years, the biggest of which went 28 pounds, if memory serves me right. This one looked like my pointer trotting in front of me. I’d guess this one to be an honest 35-40lbs.