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Big Bobber

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:42 pm
by bearcrazy06
I've not done much cat hunting, but I've seent alot that other people have trapped, shot and a few that we killed while rabbit hunting(i've got a beagle that would run a cat till it treed or he couldnt walk). The other day a pic of a local trapper showed him with a huge cat. Everyone said that it weighed in at 62lbs. I was just wondering if anyone had ever heard of a bobcat that big.

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:05 pm
by Mike Leonard
I just did hear of it but I sure have never seen one. Half of that is a dang big cat!

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:14 pm
by bearcrazy06
The biggest i've ever seen was 42lbs and that thing was HUGE. If I can get a pic I'll post it, even if its not that big.

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:38 pm
by Tim Pittman
The record in Maine is 71lbs.Can you imagine?
Tim

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:06 am
by pegleg
71 lbs of bobcat could sure be a bundle of fight

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:54 am
by fields english
my buddy caught on in his trap that wieghed in at 52lbs. it is a pretty good size cat. wv grows em big. lol

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:55 pm
by Charlie83541
This one was trapped on the Owahee (Nevada/Idaho border).
Don't know the actual weight, but it's a bruiser for sure.
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Another Nevada Cat.
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This one's from New Mexico.
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And a monster from Texas.
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To put things in perspective,, this Cat was trapped last year by a young friend of mine in Northern Nevada. It weighed a little over thirty five pounds.
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I don't doubt that there have been 60-70 pounders taken, but they're definatly few and far between if they do indeed exist.

Re: Big Bobber

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:57 am
by Kevin D
The biggest I've ever taken was 43 lbs. I've been at it a long time and it's a rare cat that breaks 40 lbs, the average mature tom around here might weigh in just over 30 lbs.