What Do You Think???

[tj5]

I talked to a lady that wants me to hunt her place. The place borders the grasslands up by Decatur. She raises goats and she has lost I think she said about 15 goats and 10 ten cats.

But this is what I want some input on. I haven't been there yet to scout yet but she is saying this is a 130 lb bobcat doing this. I am leaning more to a lion but she says it has no tail. The biggest bobcat I have ever seen in my life has been 55 lbs and it was a well fed pet.
Granted I am going on what this lady has told me. She told me the pads in the tracks she finds are about 1 1/2" in diameter. Not the paw just the pads.

I asked her how she wanted me to hunt this and she told me on the back porch by spotlight because its coming up by her barns at night. I am also thinking there is more than one. She lost 15 goats and some of these were big goats. I didn't know they ate that much in such a short amount of time along with 10 cats.

Now the question which one do you guys lean more towards the bobcat or mountain lion?

I would like to have you guys input.

;D I will help her out with her problem. ;D
Joe

[NechesBobcat]

:-*I bet it's one of 'em Wampus Cats or maybe her crazy neighbor dressed like a Wampus Cat. Either way, there's only one real way to find out. If it tastes like chicken, it's probably a "bobtailed wampus mountain cat-lion."

[SLYDOG]

if it is a bobcat its a new world reccord and if its not, its one bad a##ed mt. lion that likes to fight.

I have seen mt. lion without tails befor but they were scrapers so go prepaired and don't go under gunned

sly

[BobR]

tj5, I have learned not to pay much attention to what women tell me they see. One of my neighbor's wife reported seeing a huge black cougar several times. One day she got a photo of it. Comparing the size of the cat to a tree in the photo, I convinced her it was a ten pound black house cat.
Dee came out to my shop in April a few years ago, and she told me there was a huge bear on the hill behind our house. She said it was going around in circles and acting really crazy. When I went to look at "her" bear, it was a turkey gobbler with its tail all fanned out and doing its mating dance.
A 130 pound lion would be a pretty good size cat for Texas. A large bobcat could easily kill a goat.



This cat weighed 170 pounds. Its heel pad was about 2 3/4". The toe pads are about the size of my finger tips.
I would not even speculate what this lady is seeing until I checked it out for myself.
Bob

[pyledriver]

I think you need backup!

Have gun(s), will travel!!

[tj5]

I think shes a little off myself on size and what it really is but got to wait till monday to find out
Sucks having to work these long hours and geting days off every 7 days but at lest i get 1 3 day weekend a month off
Talking about guns was thinking of 22-250
but if story is true id be better off with my 243
just in case kinda thing
joe

[Bennie]

I wonder if this lady is some kin to Mikie, he has a way telling a story also. He gets pounds and ounces mixed up like he does yards and inches.