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What a cool experience! Thanks for sharing, and I'm glad only your drawers took a beating!
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VERY cool...you say you encounter them often.
In all my life in the woods, I only ever saw 2 and it was the same day...here in Central PA and they were sooty grey...looked like they crawled through a dirty stove pipe!
Female first...then a long-legged male came by... amazing to see for this ole hoss! No personal encounter of your ilk though...just never saw any that were sooty grey like that!
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Here in our part of IL the population is growing rapidily. The DNR thinks there are at least 2300 bobcats in our part of the state. Deer hunting here you either hunt the field edge cover, funnels which include waterways and mini-thickets, or the little swampy areas between giant crop fields. These areas IMO are where the cats thrive: lots of escape cover and plenty of food nearby. I have seen maybe 20 in 20 years of bowhunting KY, TN, and here, but I bet I have seen 15 of those here in IL the last 10 years. Pretty neat animals so long as they are not offering to unzip your femoral artery for messin' with her youngins'
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Ha. This is funnier for those of us who know you!! Good stuff brother. I saw two last year, but havent seen any this year. She is colored much like the one I saw early last year. Be glad when they are legal game!
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Great story! I had one land atop a stone wall I was braced against on the morning of a spring turkey opener a few years back. I had called to some far-off toms a couple of times. Wind was apparently blowing at the cat's back as it approached. My leg stayed dry 'cuz i didn't figure out what exactly was going on until it left ......
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