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passifloracaerulea



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bobcat sighting!
#19829017 - 04/11/14 03:45 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I was hiking with a friend and my dog today when we saw a bobcat cross the trail ahead of us up a hillside. when we got up to where it had crossed, we saw it taking down a squirrel in a big oak tree about 10-15 feet away. there was this crazy thrashing of orange/white fur with the squirrel bitching about the whole ordeal. it was over in about 2 seconds but was one of the most awesome wildlife experiences ever. pretty exciting for my dog too. she loves chasing squirrels. it seemed like the bobcat was using us as a decoy since the squirrel was likely watching us and my dog as we climbed the hill.
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Very cool, that would be quite the experience.
Me and a buddy saw one last summer dart into the woods as we were driving in the middle of no where, but only caught a glipse of it for a couple seconds.
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passifloracaerulea



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Re: bobcat sighting! [Re: dodgem]
#19829056 - 04/11/14 03:57 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah usually it's a glimpse of one running away. this was definitely special. another time me and my ex saw one crossing on a log across a coastal wilderness creek. it didn't notice us until it was almost across, and changed it's entire way of walking. it had a very fluid magical energy before it saw us. this was the same log that I had been charged by a red weasel a few year before. it ended up running right through my legs to the other side.
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the cat was probably showing your dog how it's done. haha. they truly are cool animals. i would really like to catch a glimpse of a mountain lion someday.
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Re: bobcat sighting! [Re: mycology]
#19895799 - 04/24/14 10:25 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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I have seen tons of bobcats while deer hunting in the south. The coolest time is when a pack of bobcat kittens came through. They saw me first and were hissing. I'm not sure where their mom was. She may have been off getting them some food. I've seen some really cool wildlife interactions and such while deer hunting.
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Re: bobcat sighting! [Re: Sundrop]
#19926396 - 05/01/14 11:55 AM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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That's kind of scary, glad he didn't come after you.
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Re: bobcat sighting! [Re: Atreyu]
#19928827 - 05/01/14 08:34 PM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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bobcats are cute not scary haha!
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2 days before Christmas I looked out my window and heard a cat crying, I looked down and there was a bobcat kitten laying under a window leaned against my house crying purfusely. I left her there for 2 more nights without disturbing her or going anywhere near her and she cryed louder and louder every night. I waited 2 days for mama to come back but she never did and there was no tracks from her in the yard or surrounding area so I took her in. she fit in the palm of my hand at the time, she weighed ten and a half pounds 2 weeks ago and gets bigger every day. ohh and I named her lucy
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that's awesome, although I wouldn't have been able to stand the kitten crying for a couple days. read up on the care for bobcats and don't tell anyone unless you get a permit. I want one someday.
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whitelights
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right now im just telling people shes a stray cat I found and they just exclaim how pretty she is, I have the means to care for her. plenty big house to stretch her legs in, an outdoor fenced in enclosure she cant get out of and she puts a harness on and goes on walks with me no problem. she actually acts more like a dog than my moms chiuaua/pinkingnese/toy poodle does. I am going to work on getting a permit for her as soon as I have the cash for the process.
-------------------- its that bitter-sweet-sour, electric-smooth-twang. everything you ever have, are. or will feel along with every emotion, joy, hate, love, fear or aspiration burning down your nerves and into the fabric of your place in this existence at ten thousand degrees above and below zero will you find yourself wondering if you've been dead or alive this whole time. being born over and over only to die over and over hoping the wheel stops in the same place it started when you spun it, and when it finally does and you can step back and take a nice deep breath you realize how beautiful life is, remember, wake up to the most beautiful day of your life every single day, its just the way.
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jealous!
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Pictures!
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Re: bobcat sighting! [Re: Sundrop]
#20012504 - 05/19/14 11:25 PM (10 years, 7 months ago) |
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My neighbor about 300 yards away just told me he saw a bobcat run after a rabbit in his backyard one morning a few weeks ago. He rents this super cool property that is surrounded by 3 separate ponds that I wanted to rent, but the landlord doesn't allow dogs.. Anywho, I am keeping my eye out for this guy, although the dogs by our place probably keep it at large.
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Re: bobcat sighting! [Re: dodgem]
#20013718 - 05/20/14 07:56 AM (10 years, 7 months ago) |
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I will post pics very soon. bobcats in the wild are crazy, twice while deer hunting as another member mentioned above. twice have I had a bob cat pace me about 20 yards behind and about 30 or forty yards off to the left then hed slink behind me and be the same distance but off to the right and keep switching back for over five minutes, I thought it was really cool but after you don't see them anymore is when it gets scary
scariest thing for me deer hunting is having pheasants flush literally a foot in front of you, I love pheasant hunting but when im not expecting a bird to flush its scary. after it happening about 8 times one week I walked around a tree deer hunting and saw something get up and move quickly and prepared myself for another pheasant, it eneded up being a bobcat coming out of its den and my foot half blocked the opening so he climbed halfway up my leg then trough my legs and screwed in the other direction.
-------------------- its that bitter-sweet-sour, electric-smooth-twang. everything you ever have, are. or will feel along with every emotion, joy, hate, love, fear or aspiration burning down your nerves and into the fabric of your place in this existence at ten thousand degrees above and below zero will you find yourself wondering if you've been dead or alive this whole time. being born over and over only to die over and over hoping the wheel stops in the same place it started when you spun it, and when it finally does and you can step back and take a nice deep breath you realize how beautiful life is, remember, wake up to the most beautiful day of your life every single day, its just the way.
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Thats awesome Whitelight!
One night a couple friends and I were having a fire. My buddy tells me the night before two bobcats were in his front yard the night before making loud meowing kinda sounds. So the dumb asses we are made the same calls. Then a few min later a pair of large green eye appeared from the side of a large bush just outside the circle of light. There was a soccer ball by me feet so I kicked the ball at it. It hissed and swatted the ball back at us. We all yelled and ran inside like a bunch of weenies
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whitelights
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yeah man wild animals are no joke, even if its only forty pounds it will still do some damage, if not kill if it had a mind to.
-------------------- its that bitter-sweet-sour, electric-smooth-twang. everything you ever have, are. or will feel along with every emotion, joy, hate, love, fear or aspiration burning down your nerves and into the fabric of your place in this existence at ten thousand degrees above and below zero will you find yourself wondering if you've been dead or alive this whole time. being born over and over only to die over and over hoping the wheel stops in the same place it started when you spun it, and when it finally does and you can step back and take a nice deep breath you realize how beautiful life is, remember, wake up to the most beautiful day of your life every single day, its just the way.
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Repertoire89
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Shit if I had a bobcat kitten, would definitely aim to keep it
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whitelights
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yeah no way I was passing up this oppurtuniy. shes absoltley fine around people and just wants to cuddle and rub her head on your leg. if I didn't have the means to care for her I would have brought her somewhere that would have taken care but I couldn't let it go. like a Christmas gift from the universe.
-------------------- its that bitter-sweet-sour, electric-smooth-twang. everything you ever have, are. or will feel along with every emotion, joy, hate, love, fear or aspiration burning down your nerves and into the fabric of your place in this existence at ten thousand degrees above and below zero will you find yourself wondering if you've been dead or alive this whole time. being born over and over only to die over and over hoping the wheel stops in the same place it started when you spun it, and when it finally does and you can step back and take a nice deep breath you realize how beautiful life is, remember, wake up to the most beautiful day of your life every single day, its just the way.
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There's lynxes out here, would love to have one around
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whitelights
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im not sure if we have lynx in thenorth east, if so theyre deffinatley far and few between at least in my area. they are absolutely gorgeous.
-------------------- its that bitter-sweet-sour, electric-smooth-twang. everything you ever have, are. or will feel along with every emotion, joy, hate, love, fear or aspiration burning down your nerves and into the fabric of your place in this existence at ten thousand degrees above and below zero will you find yourself wondering if you've been dead or alive this whole time. being born over and over only to die over and over hoping the wheel stops in the same place it started when you spun it, and when it finally does and you can step back and take a nice deep breath you realize how beautiful life is, remember, wake up to the most beautiful day of your life every single day, its just the way.
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