If it were rabid things could’ve gotten ugly.
They’re out here, along with coyotes, bears, mexican grey wolves, mountain lions, and the occasional badger.
I faced off against a bobcat once, but I lost and they laid the cable. Something about having an ‘easement’, or something like that.
Powerful rascals for their size.
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I stayed at a B&B just outside of Santa Fe NM that was called the Bobcat Inn. It had numerous stuffed bobcats in the common area. The well-known green chile cheeseburger joint, the Bobcat Bite, was just down the hill from the place. The restaurant moved to town and is now known as the Santa Fe Bite.
I’d prefer to have a bobcat visit to my yard compared to the armadillo that meandered around my place last night, leaving little excavations where he found food.
“and leave it alone”
gee, i thought maybe you were supposed to poke things like that with short sticks ...
About 20 years ago, on the first day of big game season, I came across a Lynx and her two young. I hadn’t see her behind a bush and when I passed by, she hissed at me and startled the bejeezus out of me, but then trotted off with her family in tow.
It looks HUNGRY. Surely it was on the prowl for something to solve that problem.
Around here, they like small dogs. They tend to leave the cats for the coyotes.
12 GUAGE double loaded with 3” No.4 buckshot.
.........uh, next question?