lynx or bobcat?

[tbosch]

I was out doin a little bushwackin yesterday around fort mcmurray and I came across a fresh rabbit kill. There were cat tracks all around it in the fresh snow. I'm wondering if anyone could tell me how to differentiate between lynx or bobcat. I'm guessing it was bobcat but i've been wrong before.

[Smoke-eater]

bobs have the track the size of a house cat, lynx has a track the size of a young cougar

[sourdough doug]

The bobcat _might come as far south as Red Deer, I guessing. But I would put money on what you saw was not a bobcat. If you saw the stomache as having been left and not eaten, it was for sure a lynx. They are real fussy what they eat..lol

[roger]

im thinkin it was a lynx, according to the regs bobcat are more suited to the southern end of the province.
thats IF i was a betting man

[JohninAB]

I would almost guaranttee you it was a lynx as bobcats are more of a southern Alberta type kitty.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by JohninAB

I would almost guaranttee you it was a lynx as bobcats are more of a southern Alberta type kitty.

Yup, never seen or herd of a bobcat up here.....
Cat

[raised by wolves]

Probably a lynx in that region. Not to say they are not around, but I have never seen or heard of a bobcat north of Edmonton. I have only ever seen them in the coulees and valleys south of Calgary.

Anyone out there ever see, trap or hunt a bobcat any further north than Red Deer?

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by raised by wolves

Probably a lynx in that region. Not to say they are not around, but I have never seen or heard of a bobcat north of Edmonton. I have only ever seen them in the coulees and valleys south of Calgary.

Anyone out there ever see, trap or hunt a bobcat any further north than Red Deer?

Neither I nor any of the other trappers I have ever associated with have ever seen one up this far, that is for sure....
Cat

[spider]

My uncle sent me this picture of a bobcat in front of his house in Calgary. I believe they are smaller than a lynx and have more defined spots.

[roger]

in a 'animals of alberta' book by John acorn he suggests that bobcat can be equal to or larger than the lynx. Both in mass and height.
I have a full mount lynx, they are a funny looking gangly animal when posed improperly.
nice bobcat photo...i would love to see one

[grouse_12]

i took a trapping course about 8 years ago here in bonnyville and the instructor said a few years prior there was a bobcat caught near iron river. long ways up here for a bobcat.

[220swifty]

I have seen bobcat west of Rimbey, but i bet you have a Lynx that far north.

[trouble]

maybe i should have started my own post but a friend of mine swears he seen a lynx at his irrigation canal merely 200 yards behind his house. However here is the catch he lives merely 5 kilometers out of Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat!!!

If there are lynx and such here im happy but I think he may be mistaking it for one of them there world class house cats.

Are there lynx or bob cats rounds these parts

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by trouble

maybe i should have started my own post but a friend of mine swears he seen a lynx at his irrigation canal merely 200 yards behind his house. However here is the catch he lives merely 5 kilometers out of Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat!!!

If there are lynx and such here im happy but I think he may be mistaking it for one of them there world class house cats.

Are there lynx or bob cats rounds these parts

Yup, bobcats are around down there, but Lynx are more northern cats....
Cat

[packhuntr]

You will see lynx, cougar, blackbear, moose, wolves etc follow the rivers downstream. There have been all the animals i just mentioned spotted in recent years down in the south country. Its not real common, but it does happen. No doubt afew bobcat have strayed from what would be called their traditional habitat as well. But ya, i agree, bobcat are primarily southern. Lynx obviously with their huge paws are northern and built for staying on top of snow.