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    IMHO, it's a sasquatch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yukon View Post
    IMHO, it's a sasquatch.
    BoBo is that you?????

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    554891_102341406628113_1290524319_n.jpg lynx not far from maine new Brunswick border

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    If that's a bob cat,it's huge !

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    Default It's a bobcat, for sure

    No doubt about it. I've seen lots of them.

    It's really tough to determine animal size from photos, and often in real life as well. Animals often appear many times larger than they are.

    The kids should be outside playing! Getting fat and out of shape is thousands of times more dangerous than cougars, even in cougar country.

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    Just thought i'd bump this thread since i like the subject.

    This is from my game camera and was taken in Southern Connecticut, seems there are a lot more bobcats around in the last few years.

    For reference I've also included a photo of an averaged sized coyote that was taken when the camera was in the same spot:
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    My initial instinct when I saw the first photo was that this was a mountain lion. Think it was debated in some of the follow-up posts but I did not read but a few on first page. Regardless, it is cool to see photos of whichever it was. I have yet to see either in the wild although I live and hike in an area with numerous mountain lions. Not sure what the bobcat population is in SW WY.
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    Definitely a BC. In the second pic, you can see the tail is in the down position. Probably because it was uneasy considering they are very rarely seen in such a rural area.

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    Another vote for bobcat. Very cool.

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    That's awesome! We saw a baby lynx in Maine!

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    This is 100% Bobcat. You can see the tail and it is bobbed. Killed a few myself that were hitting our deer herd pretty hard.

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    I saw a bobcat at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary a few years ago only a few feet away
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    I did a section hike on the LT / AT in southern VT last winter. The wonderful thing about hiking in the snow is all of the tracks you see. Anyway, there were tons of large cat prints following the trail for all 29 miles. I was hiking with a hunter from North Dakota who identified them as Bobcat tracks. He explained the difference between their tracks and Mountain Lion tracks, but it mainly came down to size. As big as these cat prints were (and they were huge IMO) he said Mountain Lion tracks were much bigger.

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    I'm going through some old photos, so I though that I'd bump this thread and add one more.

    This is a local bobcat that I have seen a couple of times in the last few years. I took a number of mediocre photos of it with my iphone at the time. While looking through I came across this one that due to the angle and low light screamed "mountain lion!" so I thought I'd share. IMG_6506.JPG
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    Great example of how the human eye can be affected by angle, movement, and lighting.

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    My money's on bobcat

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    Are bobcats, cougars and wolves etc etc protected animals?

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    It's a bobcat on illegal steroids!That thing is huge,like the black one I saw that scared me pretty bad a few years ago.My guess is 40+ pounds.It's at least 4 times bigger than a fat house cat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TTT View Post
    Are bobcats, cougars and wolves etc etc protected animals?
    No unfortunately not. People hunt them.........


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    Quote Originally Posted by SoggySoxSaga View Post
    I really think that is a Bobcat, I would see them in West Texas very often.
    Has anyone ever seen a Lynx out west or up in Canada? That would be a rare sight. I would be interested if they could make it as far south as Maine.

    http://www.pressherald.com/2017/08/2...rt-road-maine/

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