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Softwood · Feb 8, 2024

Sandhillbilly said: ↑

SO THERE I WAS…..
Sitting crossed legged with my back to a pokey bush of some sort, out on a point overlooking a pretty big flat area and trying to call up a coyote in the late morning. We had been hearing coyotes sounding off all through the last couple days and had seen a couple while driving around checking hog baits. We had also seen a few cat tracks, and it seemed like good cat country.
So after a bit of calling, shor ‘nuf, a coyote showed up dead downwind in front of me out on the flat. But as soon as I moved to try and get the crosshairs on him he took off and made it into the brush before I could get the shot. He showed up so soon into the set that I just waited a couple minutes and called again. Shortly after I finished that series of calls, I heard a crow close behind me sound the alarm call that crows make. At that exact instant I felt like someone had tossed a full flour sack onto my head from behind. The impact knocked me forward and in doing so I must have clutched my rifle and had my finger on the trigger because the rifle went off which was surprise #2! I instantly knew what was happening because whatever impacted my head also continued forward and I could see it was a bobcat. He only went a couple yards in front of me then swung around to head towards where he came from. I was able to quickly stand up and shuck the bolt to chamber a fresh round and figured I might get a fleeting shot. Much to my surprise the cat only had gone about 20 yards and stopped. Apparently he was just as shocked as I was and stopped to try to figure out what the hell had just happened! I didn’t give him much time to mull it over.

and so young listeners, that’s the story of how I was attacked and killed my first bobcat in self defense
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Ronaldo · Feb 8, 2024

Sandhillbilly said: ↑

SO THERE I WAS…..
Sitting crossed legged with my back to a pokey bush of some sort, out on a point overlooking a pretty big flat area and trying to call up a coyote in the late morning. We had been hearing coyotes sounding off all through the last couple days and had seen a couple while driving around checking hog baits. We had also seen a few cat tracks, and it seemed like good cat country.
So after a bit of calling, shor ‘nuf, a coyote showed up dead downwind in front of me out on the flat. But as soon as I moved to try and get the crosshairs on him he took off and made it into the brush before I could get the shot. He showed up so soon into the set that I just waited a couple minutes and called again. Shortly after I finished that series of calls, I heard a crow close behind me sound the alarm call that crows make. At that exact instant I felt like someone had tossed a full flour sack onto my head from behind. The impact knocked me forward and in doing so I must have clutched my rifle and had my finger on the trigger because the rifle went off which was surprise #2! I instantly knew what was happening because whatever impacted my head also continued forward and I could see it was a bobcat. He only went a couple yards in front of me then swung around to head towards where he came from. I was able to quickly stand up and shuck the bolt to chamber a fresh round and figured I might get a fleeting shot. Much to my surprise the cat only had gone about 20 yards and stopped. Apparently he was just as shocked as I was and stopped to try to figure out what the hell had just happened! I didn’t give him much time to mull it over.

and so young listeners, that’s the story of how I was attacked and killed my first bobcat in self defense
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Wow, that's crazy. Not likely an experience you'll ever forget!

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metalcuttr · Feb 8, 2024

Sandhillbilly said: ↑

SO THERE I WAS…..
Sitting crossed legged with my back to a pokey bush of some sort, out on a point overlooking a pretty big flat area and trying to call up a coyote in the late morning. We had been hearing coyotes sounding off all through the last couple days and had seen a couple while driving around checking hog baits. We had also seen a few cat tracks, and it seemed like good cat country.
So after a bit of calling, shor ‘nuf, a coyote showed up dead downwind in front of me out on the flat. But as soon as I moved to try and get the crosshairs on him he took off and made it into the brush before I could get the shot. He showed up so soon into the set that I just waited a couple minutes and called again. Shortly after I finished that series of calls, I heard a crow close behind me sound the alarm call that crows make. At that exact instant I felt like someone had tossed a full flour sack onto my head from behind. The impact knocked me forward and in doing so I must have clutched my rifle and had my finger on the trigger because the rifle went off which was surprise #2! I instantly knew what was happening because whatever impacted my head also continued forward and I could see it was a bobcat. He only went a couple yards in front of me then swung around to head towards where he came from. I was able to quickly stand up and shuck the bolt to chamber a fresh round and figured I might get a fleeting shot. Much to my surprise the cat only had gone about 20 yards and stopped. Apparently he was just as shocked as I was and stopped to try to figure out what the hell had just happened! I didn’t give him much time to mull it over.

and so young listeners, that’s the story of how I was attacked and killed my first bobcat in self defense
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Great story and excellent mount! Stories like this really need a campfire and some sour mash to lubricate the vocal chords!

Sandhillbilly · Feb 8, 2024

metalcuttr said: ↑

Great story and excellent mount! Stories like this really need a campfire and some sour mash to lubricate the vocal cords!
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Yep

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