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Dec. 31, 2011 4:23 p.m. Woody SuperDork

Well, not exactly, but still pretty cool.

This morning, I was in the garage/driveway doing what I do best, which is checking the tire pressures in the fleet. Suddenly, my daughter rushes out screaming that there's something in the backyard. While it wasn't a tiger as she feared, it was, in fact, a pretty large bobcat.

I got a very good, very long look at it about thirty feet from me, hanging out in the middle of the empty yard, looking all bobcatty, with its stubby tail and pointy ears . By the time my daughter came back with the camera, it had started making its way toward the brush, so the photos don't do it justice.

But it was big. And it was a bobcat. This may explain why the coyote hasn't been back...

That post is a 4x4 that sticks out 42 inches from the ground.
Dec. 31, 2011 6:41 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork

Here kitty, kitty!
Dec. 31, 2011 6:52 p.m. petegossett SuperDork

That is cool!

I saw an ad ~10 years ago for someone selling bobcat kittens as pets, and thinking
Dec. 31, 2011 7:13 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

I want one!
Dec. 31, 2011 7:16 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

Oh no you don't. Them's some mean critters!
Dec. 31, 2011 8:28 p.m. Hasbro Dork

^ That,
Dec. 31, 2011 8:37 p.m. MG Bryan HalfDork

I'm sure they're always that cute and cuddly...
Dec. 31, 2011 8:50 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

It's still pwetty kitteh!!!! WANT!!!
Dec. 31, 2011 9:04 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

Curmudgeon wrote:

Oh no you don't. Them's some mean critters!

For truth. You'd probably be safer owning a rabid dog.
Dec. 31, 2011 9:07 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:

It's still pwetty kitteh!!!! WANT!!!

Hope the bedroom door is nice and strong with a good latch. And that pwetteh kitteh is both well fed and not wanting OUT because is horneh.
Dec. 31, 2011 9:29 p.m. Lesley SuperDork

Wow, cool pic!
Dec. 31, 2011 9:33 p.m. mndsm SuperDork

Curmudgeon wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:

It's still pwetty kitteh!!!! WANT!!!

Hope the bedroom door is nice and strong with a good latch. And that pwetteh kitteh is both well fed and not wanting OUT because is horneh.

We have to remember who we're dealing with here. Mr. Halftrac is not known for bouts of sanity on a regular basis.
Dec. 31, 2011 9:52 p.m. Hasbro Dork

A lot of the ones around here will nap in the outdoor furniture in the back yard under the patios. But you still don't mess with them! You'd have better luck taming a coyote.
Dec. 31, 2011 9:55 p.m. MG Bryan HalfDork

Hasbro wrote:

taming a coyote.

I've removed all of the words that preceded this awesome idea you just had.
Jan. 1, 2012 12:54 a.m. curtis73 SuperDork

This one has been deemed as fake, then true, then fake.... but it still is an eerie thought. A guy shot his game, then set up his camera on a timer to capture it and got this: (have no idea if its real or not)
Jan. 1, 2012 1:03 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork

mndsm wrote:

Curmudgeon wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:

It's still pwetty kitteh!!!! WANT!!!

Hope the bedroom door is nice and strong with a good latch. And that pwetteh kitteh is both well fed and not wanting OUT because is horneh.

We have to remember who we're dealing with here. Mr. Halftrac is a GRMer

FTFY
Jan. 1, 2012 10:06 a.m. wearymicrobe HalfDork

Curmudgeon wrote:

Oh no you don't. Them's some mean critters!

Hand raised bobcat's are actually pretty friendly, I know a couple that has 3 of them. The first they found as a kitten on the driveway, thought it was just a little bit older bigger normal kitten.

Turned out to be a 4 week old bobcat. The big one can mess up your life if you piss him off though.
Jan. 1, 2012 11:56 a.m. novaderrik Dork

MG Bryan wrote:

Hasbro wrote:

taming a coyote.

I've removed all of the words that preceded this awesome idea you just had.

coyotes are only good for target practice.
Jan. 1, 2012 12:09 p.m. MG Bryan HalfDork

novaderrik wrote:

MG Bryan wrote:

Hasbro wrote:

taming a coyote.

I've removed all of the words that preceded this awesome idea you just had.

coyotes are only good for target practice.

I'm pretty sure a coyote living in my back yard would keep the damn kids off my damn lawn.
Jan. 1, 2012 12:25 p.m. Gearheadotaku SuperDork

Yeah, Bobcats can tear E36M3 up, but they are handy to have around. I'd like one.
Jan. 1, 2012 12:33 p.m. sachilles Dork

You likely won't have any sort of a squirrel/rodent problem in the near future.
Jan. 1, 2012 12:37 p.m. fasted58 SuperDork

Gearheadotaku wrote:

Yeah, Bobcats can tear E36M3 up, but they are handy to have around. I'd like one.

^ this is one bad critter

me want
Jan. 1, 2012 2:35 p.m. Hasbro Dork

Hand raised bobcat's are actually pretty friendly, I know a couple that has 3 of them. The first they found as a kitten on the driveway, thought it was just a little bit older bigger normal kitten.
.

How old are they now, do you have any updates? Breeders don't even bother trying anymore. Too bad, what a fantastic animal.
Jan. 1, 2012 2:40 p.m. Hasbro Dork

novaderrik wrote:

MG Bryan wrote:

Hasbro wrote:

taming a coyote.

I've removed all of the words that preceded this awesome idea you just had.

coyotes are only good for target practice.

It seems that wolves are better for crossbreeding but there are some "pet" coyotes and crossbreds here in Tucson. But even here the wolf crosses are more popular.

^Comments from a guy that grew up here, not mine.
Jan. 2, 2012 7:43 p.m. slantvaliant Dork

My aunt and uncle had a bobcat/cat hybrid of some sort. It looked like an interesting kitty, but that growl ... wow!

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