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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Bowhunter74201 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:46 am

ah.. that's a possibility too ed. had a fair amount of them on cam too.


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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby SamPotter » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:55 am

Bobcat. A friend of mine found a dead deer hidden in the same manner, put a trail camera on it, and voila! Bobcat.
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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:05 am

Figured I'd mention this is NH.

Bobcats are extremely rare...

Although lakes region North does have the "bigger" populations. Total state population of maybe 1,000.
Typically most are found above the notch...

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Unread postby SamPotter » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:37 am

Edcyclopedia wrote:Figured I'd mention this is NH.

Bobcats are extremely rare...

Although lakes region North does have the "bigger" populations. Total state population of maybe 1,000.
Typically most are found above the notch...

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Are you being serious Ed? There are pretty good populations in CT, MA, and NY.

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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Horizontal Hunter » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:56 am

Bowhunter74201 wrote:
Horizontal Hunter wrote:Why is the a deer handle around its neck?

Makes me think poacher who hid his deer too well.

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because i used the deer handle to pull it out of the brush pile. this was in my backyard, and i was out there past last light and was back out first thing the next morning. definitely my deer, entry wound in the liver/guts, right where i hit her.


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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby hunter_mike » Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:58 am

Very interesting

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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby NIGEL01 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:34 pm

Had the same thing happen to a few years ago. I've got pictures of bobcats, bears and fishers. Seems like a bear would have it tore up more?

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Unread postby SamPotter » Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:42 pm

Cats are the only ones that pull the hair off like that and then hide the carcass.

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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:06 pm

Here you go Sam.
NH a small State...
http://m.wmur.com/escape-outside/with-p ... h/30843876

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Unread postby SamPotter » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:26 pm

Edcyclopedia wrote:Here you go Sam.
NH a small State...
http://m.wmur.com/escape-outside/with-p ... h/30843876

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Geez, I thought your state would be crawling with 'cats. Were you one of the mountain men responsible for their near-demise in the '80s Ed?

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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby darenative » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:31 am

I'd say it was a bobcat. I had one do that to a doe I shot 8-9 years back
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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:34 am

SamPotter wrote:
Edcyclopedia wrote:Here you go Sam.
NH a small State...
http://m.wmur.com/escape-outside/with-p ... h/30843876

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Geez, I thought your state would be crawling with 'cats. Were you one of the mountain men responsible for their near-demise in the '80s Ed?

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LOL!
Would love to mount a Bobcat beside my Fisher...

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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Bowhunter74201 » Tue Dec 01, 2015 6:41 am

i saw another bobcat a couple nights ago, hunting another spot about 10 min from the house. little one came cruising by just before dark.
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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby rutnbuck » Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:12 am

Cat... bobcat most likely.

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Re: Ever seen this before?

Unread postby Bayshorebuck8 » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:58 am

Cat.

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