First bobcat ever

[Big Browns]

Looks really young!

[olmos1010]

Looks really young!

Yeah they have all been youngsters, had another one in the same trap this morning. Three cats in three days, three released and all in the same cage. Crazy.

[Big Browns]

3 in 3 days is crazy!!!!!

[Presmyk]

Take some food color and mark see if same one lol

[Havasuhunter]

Kittens from the same litter? That's good stuff. Love the open trap picture.

[olmos1010]

The third one was deffinately different from the first two cause he had no cuts around his eyes.

[Presmyk]

Well if mom or pops don't show up in cage at least you have good spot for coming seasons

[Hyperwrx]

Good judgement on releasing the bobcat. Don't listen to trappers who take everything that they are able to trap. A small bobcat, especially if it is a female hurts you more then it will benefit you. A small female could produce several litters of kittens in her lifetime, which could be income for you. Harvesting everything in an area, regardless of fur quality or size, is a foolish mistake new trappers make.

[Presmyk]

Good judgement on releasing the bobcat. Don't listen to trappers who take everything that they are able to trap. A small bobcat, especially if it is a female hurts you more then it will benefit you. A small female could produce several litters of kittens in her lifetime, which could be income for you. Harvesting everything in an area, regardless of fur quality or size, is a foolish mistake new trappers make.

Did I miss some posts where are the trappers telling him to take them all?

[Hyperwrx]

2nd post in the thread

 

 

 

They all fit the bill to me.

 

The bobcat in the pictures is a kitten by typical sizing standards. Beautiful looking pelt but if you skinned it and showed up with it to a fur sale, they'd give you a hard time. Ethics and morals are subjective and everyone has to make their own call but the idea that just because it is legal, it's right is an excuse to justify questionable actions. When money is part of the ethics equation one needs to stand back from the line. People will do anything for money- including harvesting kittens. A confinement trap is the PERFECT to questionable fur practices. You are given the opportunity to make a good judgement call at no risk to the target animal.

 

I was once trapping down the same road as an AZ G&F agent. He was trapping it for his own profit, not part of his job. I caught him as he was walking back to his truck with a kitten he had killed. Unfortunately money makes people as honest as their option are.

 

Trapping is an activity that is under intense scrutiny. If we as trappers do not help fellow trappers to make smart choices, none of will be trapping in the future.

[Hyperwrx]

3 cats in 3 days on the same cage are fantastic numbers. You're going to get spoiled with numbers like that. Great pictures.

 

Adult females on average have a minimal amount of overlap with regards to territory. I'd suspect you are catching the same 1 or 2 kittens over and over. I suspect you have an adult female in the area who has had missing kittens a few nights in a row. LOL.

 

Too bad you can't set up 2 cages a few feet apart and see if you can trap 2 at once.