Checked my game cam this afternoon and found these on one of them. If that is a bobcat, then it is really big. I went back and measured that tree in the first photo and it was 2.5 feet on that tree where it's ears are. I don't know, I have seen bobcats back there but no wheres near this size. They say there are cougars in our area but I have never seen one.

What say you?

Looks like a bobcat to me. Especially the first picture.

bobcat......short tail is definitive...it’s a bobcat

Seems the white on the ears is also common on bobs.

Bobcat it is then. I guess the body in the middle photo is what was making me scratch my head.

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
Bobcat it is then. I guess the body in the middle photo is what was making me scratch my head.

Look at the fur patern on the inside of the front leg... Bobcat.

Cute little fella... Go pet it

I've seen many a bobcat in the wild, and that ain't one. Cougar is what I'd call it.

Tough to tell with those pics though as a long tail would be pretty definitive and I don't see one. Goofy looking bobcat if it is.

Shoot it and take some post-portem pics. Then we'd know for sure.

Cougars dont have bobbed tails and spotted legs. It's a bobcat.

I dunno that I know the real difference between a bobcat and a lynx. Have seen a lot of bobcats and a half dozen lions (or the same one a half dozen times, can’t be sure) here on the ranch. When we first bought the place there was a big bobcat (same size as our then 50# Aussie Shepherd). Would see him every day out squirreling. Most of the bobcats we’d see were smaller, maybe 25-35# at a guess.

The easiest way to tell them apart at a distance was how they behaved. A bobcat would flatten himselves on the ground, then if it was clear that didn’t fool you, he’d take off like a shot. The lions would just quietly watch and then stroll off like they really didn’t give a rip.

Hi kitty.

I have one mounted I killed many years ago and it looks like that

Chupacabra

That’s a bobcat alright

The consensus is still bobcat.

When I went back to measure that tree I had my dog stand next to that tree and he hit it in just about the same spot. Sam weighs about 55 pounds.

Would I shoot it if I saw it next month? Nah, probably not. I've mellowed out a lot in my old age.

Thanks again folks for your input.