The first Bobcat I shot was laying in green grass outside of Alpine Texas. This cat was seemingly solid orange sleeping out in the grass. I unlimbered my early 788 223 and drilled him at 175 yards with a Remington 55 gr. factory load. All went well enough that I sold him to a taxidermist for $100. which back in 1973 seemed like a fortune. Still wish I had gone back to look at the mounted specimen. I would guess it weighed just a bit over 30 pounds.

Dog I rescued in January

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