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Offline foxpro51

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Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« on: January 16, 2010, 07:58:58 PM »







Taken in South Texas. Called in with a Sceery hand call.
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 08:04:08 PM »
Holy Cow.  That thing is huge.  Nice color to it also.  I'm going to say 52 pounds.
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2010, 08:11:39 PM »
Yea Old Buckwheat got a nice cat also. We called in 5 cats in four hours one night. Buckwheat's rifle rest worked perfect.

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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 08:22:59 PM »
FP51 , dont ask they wont believe If you tell.

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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 08:49:10 PM »
Nice one FP51..
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2010, 10:34:13 PM »
I'm going to say push 40lbs FP51. 
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2010, 11:19:19 PM »
39 lbs

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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2010, 08:38:27 AM »
43lbs 4oz.
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2010, 08:47:37 AM »
Looks like you're about to bust a few vein's holding that cat so I will go with 186.6 pounds. I think I'm probably the closest guess.
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2010, 09:13:51 AM »
Nice looking cat FP51. Congratulations. Wish Pa. cats had spots like that.
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2010, 11:44:48 AM »
Story. -----It was my turn to get up in the high rack. Buckwheat was in the back seat of the truck with the window down. We drove up to a large patch of castus and decided to call it. After letting out 3 sets of screams with the Sceery open reed call we say eyes comming in at about 150 yards. Buckwheat started to squeek in the cat from there. Closer and closer the bobcat came. The cat was within 100 yards now and it stopped so i fired with my 204 encore. Holy smokes i missed. Cat took off to the left. Now we moved the red light to the right. ANOTHER CAT and another set of eyes. I watched his eyes for ten minutes but could not get a shot. We now moved the red lens back to were the orginal cat was. I continued to call with the Sceery call. Guess what the first cat came back and was sitting there less than 50 yards away. Games up i got that cat.

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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2010, 01:46:28 PM »
So how heavy?
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2010, 04:06:43 PM »
 This female cat weighted 26 1/2 pounds. ( Amazing what a photo will do.)  If Big ben had taken the right picture his 30lb bobcat would have looked like it weight 200 lbs.    LOL.

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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2010, 02:58:52 PM »
Correct Earl! I learned to always play the camera. I always get the person taking the pic to get a little lower that the bucks head to make the rack look bigger.  ;) Very nice cat and I'm glad you posted the pic.
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Re: Guess the weight of this Bobcat ?
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2010, 03:19:40 PM »
that is a very pretty cat earl.  allmost looks like an ocelot.  thats a pretty big female isn't it?
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