Bagged another Bob Cat.

[Ryan S Albright]

The weather down here in So Cal has been almost to nice for winter my sinuses have been killing me. I had got a chance to go out scouting saturday and sunday and had located an area where a bob cat and a coyote both were working along with a racoon. So I took a nap and went out sunday night at midnight. After about five minutes of calling my hand was getting cold from holding the light so I put a glove on. Then deciced to look for a water bottle on the floor board when I turned around I had a bob cat setting about 80yrds out looking right at me. As I sat the light down the sand bag fell of the window so I went free hand on the shot. I saw the cat flip around as I shot. I went to jack another round in the rifle and it jammed. I lost sight of the cat and had to go out and scour the brush after about 20 minutes of looking and following the trails I crossed over the road and looked in the brush I could here a coughing noise. After ten more minutes of poking around I found the cat. It was still alive I had shot low taking a front leg off and gutting the cat. I felt bad about the bad shot but it happens.This is about the most sanitary picture I can post. It was a nice night out. I had used a John Stewart cotton tail tape in a walkman played real light and nothing else. It pays to do your home work and scout an area out to locate your prey.

[Song Dog]

NICCCCEE!

In Christ,

Song Dog

[steve]

Another cat good job! I second the sinuse problems maybe if temps yould go below 70 and start raining they would get better.

[Rich V]

Nice going, wished we had bob cats here. Fluffy gone wild is the closest thing we have.

[Verminator2]

Man, still looking for my first cat. Called in 3 in a week over here and everybody else that I was hunting with shot them all Good job though.

[Ryan S Albright]

You will most likely have to go on your own. I have one tag left my self. Do you hunt the pine forest or the desert for your cats? When I lived in your area I had no Idea there where bobcats around until I picked up a hitch hiker who told me he had been night hunting for bobcats using dogs. After questioning him he told me that there where lots of them around. I had no idea that you could hunt at night at that time. Have you tried night hunting for them I checked the regulations and know it is legal there.

[Verminator2]

Yeah, the only problem is that I can't drive yet We usually hunt draws with some trees and a rimrock. I've also hunted over along side of the desert that has rimrocks going around it. Called in one there and my cousin shot it. I know there are cats in there just haven't called any in yet. Went up in the forest with a guy that runs dogs but we didn't cut a single track. Yeah it's legal, but we tried it one night and it didn't turn out good, haven't tried it since. I heard that you can drive down a rim calling and then turn around and come back with a light and they will poke their heads over or out of the rimrock and you can see their eyes. Do you do that or do you call in one spot?