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Bobcat. They can get pretty big. I got one in TX last year that was big, the skin laid out flat was 46 inches long.
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Bobcats that size are really rough on fawns and yearling deer.
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Bobcats are one of those critters that people really have a hard time estimating the weight of. A good electronic scale would embarrass most guessers of bobcat weights.
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Houser52: I also opine that the picture depicts a Bobcat. Cougars of that size have NO spots. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Do you have any more pics of the same cat? Bobcats normally have a white patch on the back of their ears, but this pic doesn't really show the back of the ears. Young adult cougars often have faint juvenile spots and bars on the inside of their front legs, sometimes till they are nearly two years old. The spots on the outside of the front leg on this cat leans strongly toward bobcat. My biggest bobcat went 36 lbs. on a scale and I saw one that was bigger, with bigger tracks than the 36 lb. cat.
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Bobcats vary in color by region. As to size, I've handled a couple hundred dead Bobcats and never seen one over 30 pounds.
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Dennis, I have killed a few over 30# Bobcat can take down a mature Whitetail Buck, there's a couple of You Tube Video's of Bobcats killing adult Whitetail Bucks, the picture looks like a Bobcat to me. Rio7
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Bobcats are one of those critters that people really have a hard time estimating the weight of. A good electronic scale would embarrass most guessers of bobcat weights. Bears and coyotes also embarrass weight guessers a lot...
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That's a Bobcat, hunting is no different than fishing when it comes to the "scale telling no tales"
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We need to add pigs to this weighty discussion, I see more 160# to 200# pigs that are claimed as 300# pigs than any other critter. Rio7
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We need to add pigs to this weighty discussion, I see more 160# to 200# pigs that are claimed as 300# pigs than any other critter. Rio7 This.
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Bobcat. Up in Minnesota the biggest official recorded bobcat weight is 58 pounds and change. I would think there are bigger out there somewhere.
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I agree it's a bobcat. I just never see any that are bigger than 30#
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Heaviest Bobcat on record BOBCAT3 Heaviest Bobcat On Record BY MICHAEL BROAD · JUNE 7, 2018 The record adult male bobcat weighed 26.8 kilograms which is 59.1 pounds. The source for this information is The bobcat of North America by SP Young. The book was published in 1978 by Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. This record weight is heavier than the record as found by Google in its search results for the search term in the title. This one is 48.9 lbs https://pictures-of-cats.org/heaviest-bobcat-on-record.html
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I’m going with yearling cougar. Ears aren’t quite right for an adult bobcat.
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Those must be pets that get fed lots of kibbles
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I too will go with bobcat.. looking at the size of the 5 gallon bucket and then the cat is also closer to the camera than the bucket.. you know the hunter behind the trophy always with arm stretch to make the trophy look bigger..
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