Fan in San Diego Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 And got it's prey. Very impressive animal and stealthy beyond belief. These squirrels are skittish and this one didn't know what hit it. I have been hiking the canyons for many years and this is only the second time I've ever seen a bobcat. I feel very lucky to have witnessed that hunt and catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Note that this is posted only 25 minutes before the earthquake struck. Perhaps the bobcat knew he needed extra food today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Note that this is posted only 25 minutes before the earthquake struck. Perhaps the bobcat knew he needed extra food today. Ya beat me to it! I think the squirrel was preoccupied with the oncoming tremors and now he's bobcat chow. So much for animal awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I've only got one thing to say about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 That Bobcat better watch it's back. Fools should know not to mess with squirrels they'll git ya!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Texas doesn't get Earthquakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Texas doesn't get Earthquakes. How's Dolly feeling today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 How's Dolly feeling today? Who is Dolly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Who is Dolly? You said Texas doesnt get Earthquakes. I was refering to Hurricane Dolly that just strolled through part of Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 You said Texas doesnt get Earthquakes. I was refering to Hurricane Dolly that just strolled through part of Texas. Oh, you mean Texico! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD Jarhead Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 And got it's prey. Very impressive animal and stealthy beyond belief. These squirrels are skittish and this one didn't know what hit it. I have been hiking the canyons for many years and this is only the second time I've ever seen a bobcat. I feel very lucky to have witnessed that hunt and catch. It is awesome to see wild cats like that. Last year while my son and I were deer hunting aboard Camp Pendleton we had two mountain lion sightings in one day! In nearly twenty-one years of Marine Corps Time with much of it served on Camp Pendleton, I had never seen one. And then in one day we have a dual sighting...go figure. It is probable that we saw the same lion in different areas that day, but it was awesome none-the-less. The first time we saw it my son and I were glassing three does from above and I was blowing a fawn distress call to try to bring them into shooting range for the boy (I had already shot mine). We were in a shotgun only area so we needed them to be within 100 meters or so. Anyway, we were up above them on a hill laying prone while I was blowing the call and they actually started moving up toward us on the other side of a draw. The came up about 40 meters and stopped, looking back where they came from. The boy was getting all excited. Well, I waited a few minutes and blew the call again. Shortly after I blew it the deer ran up the hill away from us. I thought, oh well, and started glassing to my right when the boy tapps me on the shoulder and says "Dad-what is that? It doesn't look like a coyote". I look over in time to see a big azz lion chasing right toward where the deer had run to. It must've had a 4-5 ft tail which made it look even bigger. That was in the morning hunt and the boy had some homework to accomplish, so we left and had lunch and he finished his HW. We went back to our area for the evening and I set him up in an area where I know the deer usually come to feed oin the evening. The plan we for me to scope out the area while he posted up the road a bit. Like clockwork the deer were where we expected them to be. I radioed the boy and had him set up. When he told me he was in position, I pushed the deerr out of the field an in his direction. They ended up running by him but he couldn't get a clean shot so he didn't fire (good training!) and let the deer pass. He then called me and told me what happened. I told him not to worry and to double time down the road to my position because there was a buck in the field directly behind me that I noticed when I drove in. He boogies over to where I am and we're losing light fast, so I give him the binos and show him the deer in the field about 150 meters from us. I tell him to quickly proceed dwon the road and hedge row to get positioning for a shot. As he steps away, I notice another body in the field off to the rightmost edge, so i stop him and glass the animal. Sure enough, it's a lion and he's in a crouch position behind some mustard grass. The reason the buck I saw (which I drove right past when I came in) didn't move is that he must've known he was being stalked by the lion. To make a long story short (or vice versa), the boy didn't want to go down the road to shoot the deer anymore. He was spooked about the lion. I told him that as soon as he shoots, the lion will run, but he didn't want to do it. at this point I'm getting upset and raise my voice a bit telling him to hurry up since we were losing daylight very quickly. The deer suddenly runs away and disappears into a hedgerow at the back of the field, but the lion continues to sit in the field in a crouched position. Now I'm interested why he's still sitting there when it clearly could see us moving and knew we were there. I tell the boy to follow me and have the gun ready just in case, and started moving toward the lion. Believe it or not, it didn't move! It just sat there as we closed the distance between it and us! We got to about 40 meters from it and with it being nearly dark now I told the boy we'd better back off and leave it alone, so we went back to the truck and left. Driving out that night, we nearly got hit by two fawns crossing from one field into the one where the lion was sitting. Now we know why the lion wouldn't move-it knew it had a prime hunting spot! Anyway, this past February we were out camping in the desert riding motorcycles with some friends who work as civilians on the base and I told them this story. My friend tells me that just a week or two earlier a woman hit and disemboweled a 200 lb. lion about 1/2 mile from where I was hunting! Of course, I'm not sure it was the same one, but the one we saw was plenty big. Long story about a really cool experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffaloed in Pa Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 yeah its really cool to see one .I have seen four here in clfd. county Pa. There have been numerous mountain lion sighting here also. The Pa. game commission says there are none. They also claimed there wasn`t any coyotes. Now they are everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 The Pa. game commission says there are none. Well the Commissioner didn't see any on his way into work in Harrisburg so there must not be any. His vigorous study of his office supplies didn't reveal an overpopulation of deer in suburban Philadelphia either. He did find a couple bear to export to Pike County though... I bet you we could get them to do a Liger census if we went through the right channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Well the Commissioner didn't see any on his way into work in Harrisburg so there must not be any. His vigorous study of his office supplies didn't reveal an overpopulation of deer in suburban Philadelphia either. He did find a couple bear to export to Pike County though... I bet you we could get them to do a Liger census if we went through the right channels. Same here... Once the cougars start making a comeback... Especially, in these parts... Watch the mass hysteria begin... Literally there are herds of white tail over-populating this part of Illinois and Indiana... Just imagine what that could sustain over the milelage area of a healthy big cat... IMO...It is just a matter of time folks... Before reintroduction of these cats... What I don't understand is why they don't cull the white tail population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Saw a coyote while getting in my walk in the neighborhood (C'bus OH) last night. Had to look twice to make sure that I was seeing the right thing. Sure wish he come by and smell up the yard to keep the deer out of my garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 This says something about cougars and what is going on or may go on should they expand their range: From Wiki (I know, I know... Just lazy): There have been 108 confirmed attacks on humans with twenty fatalities in North America since 1890, fifty of the incidents having occurred since 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWVaBeach Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Now I'm interested why he's still sitting there when it clearly could see us moving and knew we were there. I tell the boy to follow me and have the gun ready just in case, and started moving toward the lion. Believe it or not, it didn't move! It just sat there as we closed the distance between it and us! We got to about 40 meters from it and with it being nearly dark now I told the boy we'd better back off and leave it alone, so we went back to the truck and left. This is why I put you guys in the LCAC's or LCU's and sent you to the beach while I sat in the Chief's Mess on the ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD Jarhead Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 That was the spooky part. Normally they will quickly leave the area once they see humans. This one apparently was determined to hold its ground. The crazy thing is that is that Marines regularly run the trails back there since it was only about 1/2 mile from one of the camps. It had to be used to seeing people. Regarding EII's stat's above, there have been quite a few cases of lions eating people in So Cal. the past few years. It seems to have dropped off since the fires in the East County. I haven't heard of anyone becoming a Scooby snack recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Bobcat Goldthwait eats squirrels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I live about 10-15 inland from SF bay (Dublin, CA) We have coyotes across the street in the empty land there. One year there was an injured mountain lion at the main gate of Lawrence Livermore National Lab about 10 miles away- they have a subdivision right across the street. A mountain lion was found dead on the side of the interstate only two miles from me. In the town south of me, they had to shoot one that ws right downtown in broad daylight. They spot one at least once a year behind in the reserve base behind the county jail which is about 2-3 miles east of me. Then usually a few weeks later, someone spots one in the hills 2-3 miles west of me. Probably the same cat. They have also had to shoot ones right in downtown Palo Alto and in San Jose (1 M people). They have been seen on the Stanford golf course (where Tiger Woods went to college) and only three miles from the San Jose City Hall ( along a river that runs from the mountains nearby right through the city). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Coyotes are now becoming common in suburban Cleveland. We also have a big deer problem here. And a black bear was recently spotted in one of the far eastern suburbs. I think it's a part of the continuing urban-ification of America. All the rural land is being built up, and there are less places for wild animals to inhabit than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Coyotes are now becoming common in suburban Cleveland. We also have a big deer problem here. And a black bear was recently spotted in one of the far eastern suburbs. I think it's a part of the continuing urban-ification of America. All the rural land is being built up, and there are less places for wild animals to inhabit than before. I think that is part of the problem... But, black bear and say cougars in some of the areas mentioned was unthinkable a generation before... Even in the rural areas of a said area. Like the area here, it is fine seeing bald eagles re-inhabitate the area... But, black bear... Cougars...?? It shouldn't happen, there is a reason they were irradicated. Too much protection is what I think is happening AND ALSO MISGUIDED OTHER effects. Look at what the ban on open dumps have created in some areas. Years ago, the open dumps would be a site for some of this wildlife... Now with transfer stations and what not... Some of these animals are being unknowingly forced into the towns themselves and creating problems... Problems that never happened before. See what I am saying?... Sometimes we go off half-cocked with sh*t... Especially enviro sh*t... With this, the other end of the spectrum comes into play. Collateral damage due to our "too good" enviro stewardship. We will surely see what happens in future when we start re-interacting with the more "dangerous" species. Again... For now, you would think that they would manage the deer population better. There has got to be balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 I think that is part of the problem... But, black bear and say cougars in some of the areas mentioned was unthinkable a generation before... Even in the rural areas of a said area. Like the area here, it is fine seeing bald eagles re-inhabitate the area... But, black bear... Cougars...?? It shouldn't happen, there is a reason they were irradicated. Too much protection is what I think is happening AND ALSO MISGUIDED OTHER effects. Look at what the ban on open dumps have created in some areas. Years ago, the open dumps would be a site for some of this wildlife... Now with transfer stations and what not... Some of these animals are being unknowingly forced into the towns themselves and creating problems... Problems that never happened before. See what I am saying?... Sometimes we go off half-cocked with sh*t... Especially enviro sh*t... With this, the other end of the spectrum comes into play. Collateral damage due to our "too good" enviro stewardship. We will surely see what happens in future when we start re-interacting with the more "dangerous" species. Again... For now, you would think that they would manage the deer population better. There has got to be balance. I think better managment is needed, but there are too many damn people as well. We need to reduce the herd of people in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Coyotes are now becoming common in suburban Cleveland. We also have a big deer problem here. And a black bear was recently spotted in one of the far eastern suburbs. I think it's a part of the continuing urban-ification of America. All the rural land is being built up, and there are less places for wild animals to inhabit than before. You city folk. A black bear was recently spotted ON MY DECK, taking a drink from the swimming pool. Mmmm, Baquacil. Hope the f^$&er ended up with a tummyache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I saw a pair of Fisher Cats a couple weeks ago. Pretty cool looking animal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I killed two squirrels over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I live about 10-15 inland from SF bay (Dublin, CA) We have coyotes across the street in the empty land there. One year there was an injured mountain lion at the main gate of Lawrence Livermore National Lab about 10 miles away- they have a subdivision right across the street. A mountain lion was found dead on the side of the interstate only two miles from me. In the town south of me, they had to shoot one that ws right downtown in broad daylight. They spot one at least once a year behind in the reserve base behind the county jail which is about 2-3 miles east of me. Then usually a few weeks later, someone spots one in the hills 2-3 miles west of me. Probably the same cat. They have also had to shoot ones right in downtown Palo Alto and in San Jose (1 M people). They have been seen on the Stanford golf course (where Tiger Woods went to college) and only three miles from the San Jose City Hall ( along a river that runs from the mountains nearby right through the city). Californians really screwed the pooch when they passed Proposition 117 way back in the early 90s. This is a prime example of the myopic viewpoints these blue state douchebags take with them to the ballot box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerjamhead Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I killed two squirrels over the weekend. Tough guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 And got it's prey. Very impressive animal and stealthy beyond belief. These squirrels are skittish and this one didn't know what hit it. I have been hiking the canyons for many years and this is only the second time I've ever seen a bobcat. I feel very lucky to have witnessed that hunt and catch. "I've heard a lot of euphemisms for masturbating in my time, but this is without a doubt the most elaborate." - Gringo Starr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 You city folk. A black bear was recently spotted ON MY DECK, taking a drink from the swimming pool. Mmmm, Baquacil. Hope the f^$&er ended up with a tummyache. More likely diarrhea. Maybe you'll hear about a bear breaking into pharmacy and stealing some Pepto-Bismol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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