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07-04-2018, 02:37 PM
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Bobcat vs. Racoon. Bobcat does not win.
What a video taken in the backyard of a person in Florida. I would never have guessed a racoon would put the chase on a bobcat. Crazy!
https://youtu.be/iC1fDUQ1oUk
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07-04-2018, 05:34 PM
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Cool video, that cat is made of springs! I wouldn't put money on Rocket for every fight though.
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07-04-2018, 05:43 PM
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racoon beats dog in the water every time
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07-04-2018, 05:56 PM
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Apparently we are starting to get racoons in Alberta... can't wait to witness something like this in person!
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07-04-2018, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by HuddledToast
Apparently we are starting to get racoons in Alberta... can't wait to witness something like this in person!
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There have been Racoons in Alberta since the 50's . Somehow, they found there way to the Simonette River and have been there ever since. I actually saw the pelts in the 60's when the Trappers brought them in to get their fur tagged.
I also know of a Camel shot south of Grand Prairie back in the '40's. Strange Province we live in.
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07-04-2018, 07:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HuddledToast
Apparently we are starting to get racoons in Alberta... can't wait to witness something like this in person!
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Cousins had a pet coon near Minburn in the late 60's so they've been around a while. Saw one in sask a few years back between Prince Albert and Glaslyn too.
Just good hiders I guess. Brush piles are good places to see them during burn season apparently.
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07-04-2018, 09:13 PM
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A few years ago in south Sask a bit west of Estevan I had to hit the brakes as a large group of raccoons were in the middle of the road, I crested a hill at night and there was somewhere around 7 of them gathered, perhaps eating other road kill.
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09-13-2018, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by HuddledToast
Apparently we are starting to get racoons in Alberta... can't wait to witness something like this in person!
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Ive seen 3 dead ones on road around Hat in last 2 weeks
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09-13-2018, 04:47 PM
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Mom and little one near Rattlesnake
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09-17-2018, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by madatter
Ive seen 3 dead ones on road around Hat in last 2 weeks
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Saw a jumbo one dead on the road just inside Edmonton limits on QE2 south bound about a month ago.
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07-04-2018, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gordfishing
racoon beats dog in the water every time
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Yup, critters with opposable thumbs have the big advantage! 
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09-20-2018, 11:58 AM
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Lion 's heart inside a Racoon
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09-20-2018, 08:08 PM
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A real fight would be violent and nasty, I had a pet raccoon when I was a kid growing up, when they are in a real fight it isn't a couple bluff charges and paw swats like in the video posted. They go right at it tooth, claws, fur and blood flying. In a real fight between a bobcat and racoon on dry land a cat would win most of the time, he has claws that can rip and tear far worse than a raccoons claws and the cat has bigger teeth and stronger jaws. On the other hand if the coon gets the cat in deep enough water the cat is in trouble.
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