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Bobcat and Coyote at Ranch, October 9th, 2016
Gun Watch ^ | 24 October, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 10/29/2016 5:15:12 AM PDT by marktwain


That is a good sized bobcat and a small coyote.  The confrontation took place at my ranch at 0918 on October 9th, 2016, according to the game camera.


This shows the coyote 12 minutes earlier.  I suspect she sensed the bobcat at that time, but it did not show up on the camera.

I keep the water running to attract wildlife.  The water hole is about 10 yards from the pistol range backstop.

Deserts do not support a tremendous biomass, so wildlife is much less common than in many other areas.  I do not have livestock, and have no desire to shoot coyotes or bobcats at the ranch.


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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: az; bobcat; coyote; waterhole
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To: marktwain

My money’s on the cat.
A few decades ago, I watched my mom’s 7 pound cat kill a 2 year old doberman when the dog cornered the cat and the cat had no escape.


21 posted on 10/29/2016 7:22:41 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Own a rifle. Be an American.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Sounds like a very nasty mess to clean up.


22 posted on 10/29/2016 7:38:47 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

marktwain,
It was a mess. The dog’s owner sued. The judge ruled the cat was exercising self defense and the case was dismissed.


23 posted on 10/29/2016 7:44:26 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Own a rifle. Be an American.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well, that begs the question, which is your daughter and which one is you? I’ve been in exactly the same situation.


24 posted on 10/29/2016 7:47:33 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (NoHellary)
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To: mad_as_he$$

That’s rassssssis ya know .


25 posted on 10/29/2016 7:51:14 AM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: snooter55

You caught me!


26 posted on 10/29/2016 7:54:23 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse prior to the Battle of Little Big Horn)
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To: marktwain

We have a tacit agreement to not discuss politics, so that keeps the peace. She is still upset that I don’t listen to or respect her positions. I told her there is no room for compromise between liberty and tyranny and she’s chosen tyranny.

She doesn’t get it because she went to government run schools which I consider my biggest failure — to not understand at the time how government indoctrination was destroying our youth. I still remember the first time she said “I hate business” and realized how bad things were.


27 posted on 10/29/2016 8:04:43 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I hear you. I worked pretty hard to tell my son that the schools were lying to him about man made global warming, but he bought into it. The level of indoctrination is very high.


28 posted on 10/29/2016 8:11:16 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I just read that we now have coyotes living in Queens, NY. That worries me, as I don’t want local stray cats and dogs to become coyote snacks, nor the numerous small children to be attacked. I would just as soon see the coyotes extirpated.


29 posted on 10/29/2016 5:43:54 PM PDT by EinNYC
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