Big Muddy
01-12-2013, 11:33 AM
I love reading Sky's predator stories, but this really weird thing happened to me, yesterday afternoon:
Last week, after my son had seen two grown bobcats near one of my deer stands, I decided to try baiting them in for a shot....I tied a few pieces of old deer legs with wire, up high on an old fence, where only they could climb up, and reach them....I estimated the distance from the deer stand to be about 250-275 yards.
After three straight days of hunting from the deer stand, I never laid eyes on them....well, yesterday afternoon, right at dusk-dark, I see what looks like someone waving a white flag, right by the baited area....what the hell???, was my first thought....nobody is supposed to be anywhere near my property., and why are they waving that day'um flag???
I grabbed my binocs, and there's both bobcats....and, I mean both are BIG fat s.o.b.'s....one was walking around, while the other was actually dangling from one of the deer legs....he had jumped up, and grabbed the leg with his teeth, but couldn't grab anything with his legs for balance....I guess he just didn't want to turn it loose, so, he was swinging back and forth like a day'um pendulum.
What I thought to be someone, waving a white flag, was actually his snow-white under-belly, swinging back and forth....the problem was, he had grabbed the deer leg from the opposite side of the fence....it would be tough enough, trying to make the long shot in near darkness, but I would have to shoot thru the old fence and debris, as well....not to mention, I'd have to time the shot with his swinging motion.
I turned the scope up to 20x, but it had gotten too dark for that much magnification, so I back it down to 12x, and fired the Rem. 700 .30-06....the cat disappeared from view....heck, I guess I missed....no sheeit, 30 seconds later, the s.o.b. jumped right back up, grabbed the deer leg with his teeth, and started swinging his azz off, again....funny-looking, as all-git-out.
So, I shucked another round in the chamber, and fired my second shot....the cat disappeared from view, again....dejavu....30 seconds later, the little bastage, again, leaped up, and clasped his teeth onto the deer leg....he was really pissed, this time, because he was swinging back and forth with a vengence, with all four legs sticking straight out....looked like something from a day'um Tom and Jerry cartoon.
Again, I braced firmly, and took my third shot....again, the cat disappeared from my view, but, this time, he did not reappear....it had gotten nearly totally dark, so I'll take a look for him in the morning....I day'um sure wasn't gonna track a big-azz wounded cat thru head-high bushes, alone in the dark!!!
Day'umdest and funniest thing I've seen in the woods in a long time....I'll keep ya'll posted.
Last week, after my son had seen two grown bobcats near one of my deer stands, I decided to try baiting them in for a shot....I tied a few pieces of old deer legs with wire, up high on an old fence, where only they could climb up, and reach them....I estimated the distance from the deer stand to be about 250-275 yards.
After three straight days of hunting from the deer stand, I never laid eyes on them....well, yesterday afternoon, right at dusk-dark, I see what looks like someone waving a white flag, right by the baited area....what the hell???, was my first thought....nobody is supposed to be anywhere near my property., and why are they waving that day'um flag???
I grabbed my binocs, and there's both bobcats....and, I mean both are BIG fat s.o.b.'s....one was walking around, while the other was actually dangling from one of the deer legs....he had jumped up, and grabbed the leg with his teeth, but couldn't grab anything with his legs for balance....I guess he just didn't want to turn it loose, so, he was swinging back and forth like a day'um pendulum.
What I thought to be someone, waving a white flag, was actually his snow-white under-belly, swinging back and forth....the problem was, he had grabbed the deer leg from the opposite side of the fence....it would be tough enough, trying to make the long shot in near darkness, but I would have to shoot thru the old fence and debris, as well....not to mention, I'd have to time the shot with his swinging motion.
I turned the scope up to 20x, but it had gotten too dark for that much magnification, so I back it down to 12x, and fired the Rem. 700 .30-06....the cat disappeared from view....heck, I guess I missed....no sheeit, 30 seconds later, the s.o.b. jumped right back up, grabbed the deer leg with his teeth, and started swinging his azz off, again....funny-looking, as all-git-out.
So, I shucked another round in the chamber, and fired my second shot....the cat disappeared from view, again....dejavu....30 seconds later, the little bastage, again, leaped up, and clasped his teeth onto the deer leg....he was really pissed, this time, because he was swinging back and forth with a vengence, with all four legs sticking straight out....looked like something from a day'um Tom and Jerry cartoon.
Again, I braced firmly, and took my third shot....again, the cat disappeared from my view, but, this time, he did not reappear....it had gotten nearly totally dark, so I'll take a look for him in the morning....I day'um sure wasn't gonna track a big-azz wounded cat thru head-high bushes, alone in the dark!!!
Day'umdest and funniest thing I've seen in the woods in a long time....I'll keep ya'll posted.