Well, I got my first bobcat and it was with my long bow.
I was home on leave in TN and was deer hunting. I had does under me all morning but the big 10 pt. I was after never got within shooting distance... one of those times when..dare I say.. I wish I had my gun. He was a wall hanger for sure but he kept hanging up about 50 yards away and I never got a clear shot.
Anyway, it was about 0900 and I had to go so I lowered my bow down to the ground and had just stood up and grabbed my hand climber to start down the tree. Just then my wife called on the phone and was going on and on about something.... you know how wives can do.. anyway I'm standing there listening FOREVER.. and I see movement to my left. Then I see that it is a bobcat walking down the fence row toward me. I quickly grab my rope and haul my bow back up, nock an arrow as he passes by at 10 yards but I have no shot, he then comes under the fence and stops quartering slightly away at about 22 yards. Well, my wife is still going on and on and I am not about to say a word so I grab the phone with my thumb and pinky draw back my bow and let loose with my homemade arrow tipped with a wensel woodsman, she didn't even hear the shot. I put the phone to my ear and she's still a talkin. I politely tell her I need to hang up to track my kill. He ran about 40 yards. I'm pretty stoked as this is the only cat I've ever had within shootin distance and I got it with a long bow.
Topic: 1st Bobcat (Read 1083 times)
