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Old 03-07-2020, 09:09 AM
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What a rush. 12 miles south of Valleyview. A magnificent animal and definitely a high point in a slow season
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Old 03-07-2020, 09:14 AM
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Big congrats. Whould’a guessed. BIG too!!!
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Old 03-07-2020, 09:21 AM
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Got a picture up now, tried to rotate it but no luck. Just over 25 pounds, I think that's big but not sure.
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Old 03-07-2020, 09:47 AM
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Dugh, well done, very nice lynx cat, nice spots, should get good price if you send to auction. Just too bad we do not have $1000 lynx cat prices these days.
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Old 03-07-2020, 10:06 AM
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Wow! Big congratulations. I never would have guessed one would be that far north.
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Old 03-07-2020, 12:12 PM
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Congrats! That sucker must have been lost! I've been watching those smaller US state auctions and lynx cat have sold for BIG bucks. The high at the recent Montana auction was +US$1100.

That looks to have a really nice belly so you might have just won the trapper's lottery.
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Old 03-07-2020, 02:06 PM
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Nice Doug I had heard a few weeks ago that someone in valley view caught one. I really don’t here them caught very often north of the Bow river.
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Obviously the carbon tax is not working.
Congrats on the cool catch


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Old 03-08-2020, 09:14 AM
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Cool only a few miles from my place

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Old 03-08-2020, 10:45 AM
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Nice cat Doug congrats.
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Old 03-08-2020, 10:52 AM
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Dave, Doug will sure enjoy that $1100 US price if it holds to FHA Auction. Doug how about cash price, no risk $500 Ca? 'Bird in Hand'
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Old 03-08-2020, 01:11 PM
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HaHa BGW, good one, that's a once in a lifetime catch. It's going on our wall, or maybe a rug along with a big tom lynx from this season. (if the taxidermist ever phones back). We got a very late start this year, but we caught some interesting stuff (2 raccoons in Sturgeon County). It's was a very good year for mange and lice less than 10%. Beaver soon hopefully.

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Old 03-08-2020, 07:08 PM
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Seen one caught in Hinton this winter as well. Very cool.
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Old 03-09-2020, 07:53 AM
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Good to see they may be spreading north in Alberta, may be result of warmer winters and lots of rabbits.
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Old 03-09-2020, 09:30 AM
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I saw a bobcat pelt in Black Diamond at a tannery that was massive. XXL caught on the bow river somewhere. it was unreal!
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Old 03-09-2020, 11:22 AM
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We had a bobcat spend 2 days hanging around our chicken coop about a month ago. You could get about five feet away from it at night but in the day light it was shy. Dog chased it away the second morning and it never came back. First one I have ever seen in the Hinton area. It was about the same time that the one was supposed to have been trapped. I asked around about that one, The guy that I heard caught it told me he had caught a cougar and F&W had not heard of a bobcat been caught.
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Old 03-09-2020, 02:05 PM
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Pretty far North for a bobcat! Nice markings and colour, too! Off the top of my head, I think 25 lbs. is pretty fair sized for a bobcat and decent size for lynx too. IIRC lynx just get a little bigger by a couple pounds. With all that fur, and long legs, you'd never guess that an animal that big is "only" 25 lbs.
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Old 03-09-2020, 02:35 PM
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Hopefully you don't have a problem keeping it. I have heard of issues with bobcat caught where there is no season. Stick to your guns and fight for it. They have no go reason to deny you the cat.

While a very pretty cat it would be more in the 100 dollar range than 1100. The cats that bring the big money not only have white bellies with spots but no orange just grey tones on the sides.
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Old 03-09-2020, 09:47 PM
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Hopefully you don't have a problem keeping it. I have heard of issues with bobcat caught where there is no season. Stick to your guns and fight for it. They have no go reason to deny you the cat.

While a very pretty cat it would be more in the 100 dollar range than 1100. The cats that bring the big money not only have white bellies with spots but no orange just grey tones on the sides.
What Bobcat ???

I just see a lynx with dark belly spots ! lol
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Hopefully you don't have a problem keeping it. I have heard of issues with bobcat caught where there is no season. Stick to your guns and fight for it. They have no go reason to deny you the cat.

While a very pretty cat it would be more in the 100 dollar range than 1100. The cats that bring the big money not only have white bellies with spots but no orange just grey tones on the sides.
The main thing they determine price on is a wide white belly with spots is what I have found. If the belly has the brown come in on the flank or between the shoulders is greatly affects price. Alberta has bobcat that hit top price.
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Old 03-10-2020, 01:16 PM
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What Bobcat ???

I just see a lynx with dark belly spots ! lol
I'm pretty sure that it's a hybrid.
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Old 03-10-2020, 02:40 PM
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Accidental is accidental.. can't see why there should be a problem long as it's reported and registered with f&w

Those are the nicest cats of all far as I'm concerned. Someday maybe there'll be numbers enough for a season. I saw one single one many years ago in my neck'a the woods, never another though. With all the other normal ranges extending farther & farther north each year, I can't see why those wouldn't be increasing in numbers now too. So who knows. 25 years ago nobody thought Raccoons would become native here either.

Very cool catch
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Old 03-10-2020, 02:49 PM
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Got a picture up now, tried to rotate it but no luck. Just over 25 pounds, I think that's big but not sure.
Got one in southeast AB. over a dozen yrs. ago now-- he weighed in at 27lbs. but they do look heavier than they are. saw 2 more since then.
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Old 03-10-2020, 03:39 PM
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Beautiful catch ,.congrats
Love those belly spots ,dont blame you for keeping it , I kept my last one too . A FHA depot agent said 2 other locals sold theirs the same time I got mine and they went for over $700 and that was about 8 years ago so you never know what it would bring .

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Old 03-10-2020, 08:16 PM
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I'm pretty sure that it's a hybrid.
Why do you think it’s a hybrid?
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Old 03-11-2020, 11:14 AM
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Dugh, now that 209 has graded your Bobcat I withdraw my $500 offer. Dave is probably referring to the horny Bobcat chasing a female lynx all the way to Valleyview. No problem now with F & W. PS thats why they are called Lynx cat.
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Old 03-12-2020, 07:49 AM
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Dugh, now that 209 has graded your Bobcat I withdraw my $500 offer. Dave is probably referring to the horny Bobcat chasing a female lynx all the way to Valleyview. No problem now with F & W. PS thats why they are called Lynx cat.
I didn't grade his Bobcat! LOL I was just commenting on what I was told about my bobcat. A fellow from the u.s. state of Wyoming who buys fur and where they see lots of high-quality Bobcats. He said exactly what I repeated and told me that this guy even with it ultra white belly was in $80 cat. He was worth more as a mount to me.

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Old 03-12-2020, 08:05 AM
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What Bobcat ???

I just see a lynx with dark belly spots ! lol
I'm told that most just get registered that way!
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Old 03-12-2020, 08:09 AM
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I'm told that most just get registered that way!
I’m sure they do, most registering them would not know the difference
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Old 03-12-2020, 08:43 AM
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It's all legal. Bragging rights are all I was concerned about, that's pretty far north for bobs. I saw a picture of the bob from the Hinton area, it's pretty big.....................just not as big .
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