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You ever see a black bobcat?
Posted on 12/31/22 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 12/31/22 at 10:43 pm
Son just sent me a picture of a black bobcat that his friend shot. First one I had ever heard of.


Posted on 12/31/22 at 11:15 pm to highcotton2
He just wanted to learn
Posted on 12/31/22 at 11:23 pm to johnnyrocket
Apparently they are pretty rare.


Posted on 1/1/23 at 12:02 am to highcotton2
Looks like a brown bobcat to me.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 12:26 am to Gaston
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Looks like a brown bobcat to me.
Odd color for sure.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 12:37 am to highcotton2
We’re gonna need to see the taxidermy pics
Posted on 1/1/23 at 4:10 am to finchmeister08
That’s a house cat. We have one that looks just like it.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 6:49 am to highcotton2
First time for me. That would freak me out if I saw it in the woods. I’d be swearing I saw a black panther.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 8:07 am to highcotton2
Yeah that’s a house cat not a bobcat
This post was edited on 1/1/23 at 8:08 am
Posted on 1/1/23 at 8:12 am to Catahoula20LSU
Not so sure that's a housecat. I see brown spots and look at the size of those feet. Looks like a juvenile bobcat to me.

Posted on 1/1/23 at 8:36 am to highcotton2
Looks like they blew up a barn cat
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:12 am to highcotton2
Hope it got its' genes into the gene pool.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:18 am to 225Tyga
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Yeah that’s a house cat not a bobcat
Apparently the game warden checked it out and said it was the first one he had ever seen. The spotting on the front shoulder definitely looks bobcat.

Posted on 1/1/23 at 10:17 am to ForLSU56
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Why did he kill it?
Would not have been my choice either. I don't know the backstory on it. Could have been killing chickens or maybe he just thought it would be a cool mount. If it indeed is a house cat it may have just been an a-hole.

Posted on 1/1/23 at 11:07 am to highcotton2
It's called melanism. Many different species can have it but it is rare. I have gone down a rabbit hole a time or 2 looking at all the different species that can have a melanistic phase. Apparently bobcats are really rare.
This post was edited on 1/1/23 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 1/1/23 at 11:26 am to highcotton2
He gonna mount it? It would definitely look super cool with the right taxidermist doing it.
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