# Spotted bobcat spotted **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 20, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591 "2008-08-20T18:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/1 "2008-08-20T18:54:20Z")
So the building inspector is talking to my wife and he casually says, “Oh and you have a bobcat.” She says, uh wut?" He says, “I saw it in your driveway on the way in.” She tells me and I say “Yeah, right, whatever.” Fast forward a few days. Sunday morning I am walking out to the shed and there is something looking under the shed. I am thinking it is too big to be a cat but it doesn’t look like a dog. At this point I am aboot 10-15 feet away. It turns it’s head right at me and runs about 10 feet then turns around to look at me again. We are both frozen for about 30 seconds. I was plenty close enough to see his ringed bob tail and his spots! He ran around the log pile and I ran around the other end and he took off. My wife is always nervous when I let our 2 year old walk around because we live in a forest and we know we have coyotes. Bears have even been sighted very nearby too. I used to tell her not to worry but after that encounter I am a little nervous.:uhh: All I can think is that he was “sizing me up” and decided I was about 10 times his size. My daughter however is not much bigger than he. So I did some research and found our property is pretty much perfectly ideal for bobcats.:ohnoes: I keep thinking of all the times I let her wonder around the corner to the backyard without worry. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/2 "2008-08-20T18:58:42Z")
pics aren’t loading :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/3 "2008-08-20T19:00:45Z")
Weird, I can’t see them either. Maybe just an example of an old man’s dementia? ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/4 "2008-08-20T19:00:59Z")
Was this the stare he gave you? ![http://static.flickr.com/18/69782934_85ba14677f_m.jpg](http://static.flickr.com/18/69782934_85ba14677f_m.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/5 "2008-08-20T19:01:57Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > pics aren’t loading :gotme: I have sooooo much video of bucks, does, foxes, turkeys, racoons, but I have none of coyotes or bobcats or bears. BELEIVE ME I want to get some vids of predators!!!:eekdance: ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/6 "2008-08-20T19:03:19Z")
> [@Pass McGrass](#): > > Was this the stare he gave you? > > ![http://static.flickr.com/18/69782934_85ba14677f_m.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/2/b2b6258e34c64dc04ffc06ad2ee219165ad0be4c.jpeg) I can’t tell you because of hippa. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/7 "2008-08-20T19:04:53Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#): > > I can’t tell you because of hippa. +karma ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/8 "2008-08-20T19:34:04Z")
Very cool. My parents house in Hornell has had bear cubs in the summer every year for the past 5 years or so. I have tons of pictures but I don’t want to thread jack, never seen a bobcat though. ---
**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/9 "2008-08-20T20:40:48Z")
your thingy says you live in East Aurora? Where the hell did you find a bobcat there? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/10 "2008-08-20T21:36:02Z")
pave it ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/11 "2008-08-20T21:46:59Z")
Believe it or not, East Aurora is not limited to the smug village you see in vidlers 5&dime commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/12 "2008-08-20T21:52:45Z")
burn down the surrounding 10 acres and you’ll be good. ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/13 "2008-08-20T22:16:01Z")
get a gun ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/14 "2008-08-21T04:19:00Z")
no shit .set up more game cameras… what do you do about that … i was told by people in my area that we have coyotes ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/15 "2008-08-21T04:22:02Z")
Clearly you suck at the internets > **[Hunting](https://goneoutdoors.com/hunting/)** > > Gone Outdoors is your top source for all your hunting-related questions – from information about hog hunting in Florida to the hunting rules in Michigan and more. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/16 "2008-08-21T04:24:44Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Clearly you suck at the internets > > [ehow | ehow](http://www.ehow.com/how_2067998_trap-bobcat.html) lol > Step3 > Look for signs of bobcats by searching the ground for large cat prints (a bobcat is two to three times larger than a common house cat). Because bobcats are territorial, except during mating season, the travel patterns of the bobcat are very specific within a territory. > > Step5 > Choose the trap style you wish to use to trap a bobcat: either a long-spring trap or a coil trap, or a homesteader or **rear door trap** which is designed to capture the bobcat without injuring it. You may find coil and spring traps at hunting supply stores or online at such sites as [Bugspray.com](http://Bugspray.com). The homesteader trap would also be found at hunting supply stores or online at [Cooperseeds.com](http://Cooperseeds.com) or other online vendors. this is a rear door trap ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/17 "2008-08-21T04:27:57Z")
> [@mechanicalmadness](#): > > your thingy says you live in East Aurora? Where the hell did you find a bobcat there? About 20 feet from my house. I actually live in the town of Aurora which is more “rural” than the village. I am on the south edge near Emery park, Holland, Colden. Yeah, we have bears, bobcats and coyotes. Infact I hear coyotes pretty much every night. It was a little creepy when I was clearing the land for the house. I would burn trees at night and hear all sorts of noises in the forest surrounding me.:ohnoes: Chainsaw was my weapon of choice for defense. > [@Penfold](#): > > Believe it or not, East Aurora is not limited to the smug village you see in vidlers 5&dime commercials. Yeah, the cool people live in the town not the village.😛 > [@justa4door](#): > > no shit .set up more game cameras… what do you do about that … i was told by people in my area that we have coyotes I am definately looking at those new digtal wildlife cameras that can take like 500 pictures. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/18 "2008-08-21T04:30:09Z")
is there digtal ones that can do like 15sec movies also?? or do i not know what im talking about here ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/19 "2008-08-21T04:31:36Z")
I believe that is true. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591/20 "2008-08-21T05:50:36Z")
If I were in your shoes I would already be setting up traps, or at least letting DEC or someone know that a bobcat is prowling near residences [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spotted-bobcat-spotted/53591.md?page=2)