YoteSmoker
Handloader
- Oct 3, 2006
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How about a 2011 Hunting Picture:
Sorry for the low quality after dark camera phone picture... Called in my first bobcat Saturday evening at around 4:30 pm. The cat showed up at about 125 yards in front of me after 7 minutes of playing "Lightning Jack" on the FoxPro FX5 (The first 2 minutes were muted). I was sitting about 3/4 of the way up a small hill with the call set about 20 yards in front and to the left of me on a fence post and I was watching where a couple small draws came together in medium grassy cover to my front. I noticed something gray with my eye that I hadn't noticed before, even though I'd only been set up for a short time. I wasn't sure if it was just a clump of greyish colored weeds or possibly a coyote. When I put the binocs up I instantly saw the spots and his face and new this was no coyote. He was sitting on his butt looking right toward me and the call. I slowly lifted the Encore 7mm08 rifle to my shoulder but quickly put the crosshair on his chest and pulled the trigger. I think I might have had a quick thought like "I sure hope I don't miss. As I pulled the trigger, I heard the 140 Barnes TTSX (wife's elk load-sorry Nosler) connect and in the semi-light recoil, saw the bobcat tip over on his left side. My buddy, Josh, was sitting 15 feet to my right with his shotgun loaded with Hornady 00 buckshot (we really do like Nosler bullets and use them for big game :grin: ) He said "What did you shoot?" I said "a bobcat and it's dead!" He looked at me like I was crazy in disbelief, because we were really expecting a coyote to show up. As normal for me, I don't get to excited before or at the time of the shot but I do afterwords. I told him I couldn't wait until dark so we went to take a look. The bullet entered the middle of his chest and exited out his back. It was instant death but there really was not much damage or blood. Just one small spot on the ground where he laid. The blood ran out from carrying it out over my shoulder (time to do some laundry). I was so excited about this cat and just how pretty it was! I honestly don't think I was even this stoked about killing my first deer...maybe close on my biggest buck, but certainly no other deer or hog, and there's been a few. The bobcat weighs 36 lbs best I can tell and has already been sealed. Time to call the taxidermist and decide what to do with it. This was truly a memory I'll never forget, almost unbelievable!
Sorry for the low quality after dark camera phone picture... Called in my first bobcat Saturday evening at around 4:30 pm. The cat showed up at about 125 yards in front of me after 7 minutes of playing "Lightning Jack" on the FoxPro FX5 (The first 2 minutes were muted). I was sitting about 3/4 of the way up a small hill with the call set about 20 yards in front and to the left of me on a fence post and I was watching where a couple small draws came together in medium grassy cover to my front. I noticed something gray with my eye that I hadn't noticed before, even though I'd only been set up for a short time. I wasn't sure if it was just a clump of greyish colored weeds or possibly a coyote. When I put the binocs up I instantly saw the spots and his face and new this was no coyote. He was sitting on his butt looking right toward me and the call. I slowly lifted the Encore 7mm08 rifle to my shoulder but quickly put the crosshair on his chest and pulled the trigger. I think I might have had a quick thought like "I sure hope I don't miss. As I pulled the trigger, I heard the 140 Barnes TTSX (wife's elk load-sorry Nosler) connect and in the semi-light recoil, saw the bobcat tip over on his left side. My buddy, Josh, was sitting 15 feet to my right with his shotgun loaded with Hornady 00 buckshot (we really do like Nosler bullets and use them for big game :grin: ) He said "What did you shoot?" I said "a bobcat and it's dead!" He looked at me like I was crazy in disbelief, because we were really expecting a coyote to show up. As normal for me, I don't get to excited before or at the time of the shot but I do afterwords. I told him I couldn't wait until dark so we went to take a look. The bullet entered the middle of his chest and exited out his back. It was instant death but there really was not much damage or blood. Just one small spot on the ground where he laid. The blood ran out from carrying it out over my shoulder (time to do some laundry). I was so excited about this cat and just how pretty it was! I honestly don't think I was even this stoked about killing my first deer...maybe close on my biggest buck, but certainly no other deer or hog, and there's been a few. The bobcat weighs 36 lbs best I can tell and has already been sealed. Time to call the taxidermist and decide what to do with it. This was truly a memory I'll never forget, almost unbelievable!
