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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: gary roberson]
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10/22/13 09:12 PM
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Loden
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Treed one with dogs while coon hunting in high school. First and only one I have seen in my 40 years in East Texas.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Sniper John]
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10/23/13 01:42 PM
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crstfr
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Old picture, can't remember the date. Same hat I wore when I rode bulls in high school, so probably early 1980s. South of Brady. rock that stash man!!!.. cool pic dude!
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: gary roberson]
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10/23/13 07:46 PM
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Nathan74
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I saw one this past spring crawling around the Oasis overlooking Lake Travis. It walked along a ledge over outdoor seating near where Uncle Billy's used to be, stopped and checked out the people, left its scent on the wall and walked off. It was about 9 or 10 in the evening. Huge eyes, it was pretty cool to see one.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Nathan74]
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10/24/13 05:12 PM
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SCson
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I saw one a couple years ago while hog hunting in Spurger. By the time it crossed the rd I couldn't find it.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: SCson]
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10/25/13 09:55 AM
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Redneck78
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Redneck78]
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10/25/13 04:06 PM
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jrs_39
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I was hunting in Coleman county. Camping under an old barn. Had gotten my buck the night before so I did not get up for the morning hunt. My buck was skinned and hanging under the barn about 10 feet from where I was sleeping on the ground. Woke up and started hearing a strange noise. Looked over and there was a ring tail cat eating on the left ham of my deer. It saw me move and walked about halfway to where I was laying. Got up on its hind legs for a better look about 5 feet away. Beautiful animal. Hung around for about 5 minutes trying to figure out what the heck I was. Never did act scared. Just curious. I bet they would make a great pet.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: jrs_39]
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10/25/13 05:12 PM
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TxAg
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We've got quite a few in my area. We don't shoot them. Neat little critters.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: TxAg]
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10/25/13 06:17 PM
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rarjar
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See them occasionally on my ranch in San Saba County (usually spotted in pairs), but I don't allow anyone to shoot them.
Last edited by rarjar; 10/25/13 06:18 PM.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: gary roberson]
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10/26/13 04:00 AM
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Buckenvy
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only seen 1 in my 38 yrs/33yrs hunting,10yrs ago Fairfield Tx, dad shot with a Bow 30 yrds
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: rarjar]
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10/26/13 07:44 PM
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Classic Rocks
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See them occasionally on my ranch in San Saba County (usually spotted in pairs), but I don't allow anyone to shoot them. In Cherokee now and saw more ring tailed crap on rocks than I have ever seen in my life. They are alive and well in san Saba co.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Classic Rocks]
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10/26/13 11:20 PM
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Paluxy300blk
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I've never seen one in Anderson or Cherokee county with 35 years in the woods.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Paluxy300blk]
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10/27/13 04:47 AM
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Beckett
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Used to have those everywhere at our Ranch in Eldorado, but I figured they had gone the way of the horney toad and disappeared. Well, saw a horney toad in the road a while ago then accidently caught a ringtail while trying to coons. The ringtail is still alive but the coons didn't make it.
We started an intense "raccoon removal project" on our place 2 years ago and immediately started seeing results. After catching 100 coons on 2000 acres we started seeing more turkey, rabbits, birds, lizards, etc. I figure 2000 pounds of raccoon sweeping across the pasture every night probably wiped out everything, including baby ringtails.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Beckett]
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10/28/13 01:26 AM
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Honkey911
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We had one on my grandpa's farm in Yantis it raised kittens in the creek bottom but i havnt seen it in the last two years i assume somebody shot it or it got run over
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Honkey911]
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10/29/13 03:17 AM
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Hooper21
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We used to get them all the time when we walked the creeks spotlighting varmints. They would bring $15-$20 each and a big coon would bring $45. That was the late 70's. I miss those days.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Hooper21]
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10/29/13 02:44 PM
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Glowka
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Seem them about once a month in our creek bottom pasture in Kendall Co
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: Glowka]
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10/29/13 10:11 PM
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aubreydavis
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I have only seen 1 around where I am in Fairfield. It has been about 10 years ago and I decided not to shoot it because they are pretty rare around here. I also thought that they were protected species.
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Re: Ring tailed cat
[Re: aubreydavis]
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10/30/13 01:03 PM
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BradyBuck
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I've trapped them inadvertently in Concho, McChulloch, Mason, Llano and Runnels counties. When I was in high school we would shoot one spot lighting every now and then. I wouldn't shoot one now if I saw one.
Last edited by BradyBuck; 10/30/13 01:03 PM.
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