The Bobcat Experience

This past saturday was a relaxing day consisting of watching movies and being bums on the couch. I know you are probably thinking how does a relaxing day and a bobcat experience all fit together. Well during the day, Tanya glanced into the backyard and saw a large cat and asked out loud "is that a baby bobcat?" And my response was "I have no idea, but that is a large cat, a lot bigger than a typical house cat." With this said, I started googling the distinguishing characteristics of a bobcat.

                                                  This is the "bobcat"

After a quick google session we called some of our local friends to send the picture to them for their opinion. Most people believed this was a bobcat and we decided to call Animal Control to help us catch the "bobcat" and release it in the wild outside of town. Some time later there was knock on the door and Animal Control arrived with a large cage and bait. We stepped outside to show them where we saw the "bobcat" and two of the "bobcats" went running by. We stated, "there is two of them now." And if I could have taken a picture of the Animal Control mans face, it would have been priceless when he states, "Oh no mam, that is a large ferrel cat." And we replied, "a what? What is a ferrel cat?" Basically, its a wild cat. Animal control still placed a small trap to catch the cats and take them to the wild. At the end I asked the Animal Control man what were the characteristics of a bobcat. And his reply was, "short stubby tails, lion like mane around the neck and spots on the fur not stripes." So watch out any bobcats who come into the backyard, I know what you look like now!!

So with all this said, our speculation of a bobcat was just a simple city girl hoping to catch a bobcat in the backyard.