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 Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:24 AM
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This is my game camera picture. At first I thought Bobcat, But I have yet to find a photo, online or otherwise of a bobcat with spots like this one. This is from my East Texas lease. I've talked to several people that said it is not a bobcat so I started looking into the possibilities. Talk to me people !  Jaguar  Ocelot 
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:28 AM
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Maybe a ocelot? Or maybe someone's bengal cat.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:29 AM
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Looks more like a Ocelot to me!
Very rare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:29 AM
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Maybe a ocelot?
You beat me to it by a few seconds! 
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:30 AM
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Maybe a ocelot?
You beat me to it by a few seconds!
Finally.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:32 AM
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I hate to be the downer here but its a bobcat. The tail gives it away. Maybe a mix, I dunno...
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:33 AM
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I don't think so.....but maybe
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:40 AM
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I hate to be the downer here but its a bobcat. The tail gives it away. Maybe a mix, I dunno...
The end of the tail could be pointing right at the camera, making it look short. I have never seen a bobcat with markings like that. I can't even find a pic of a bobcat like that.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:45 AM
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Helomech, I agree. I searched the web for a bobcat with markings like that, NONE. It has to be the jag or the ocelot.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 02:49 AM
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whatever it is it's not scared of that opossum or whatever that is above it in the picture.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 03:43 AM
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That is a bobcat with a GREAT spotted coat.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 06:08 AM
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sammy is that you, my cat has been missing for the last 2 weeks lol
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 06:12 AM
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 06:34 AM
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you dont hunt near Tiger creek do ya, off FM 14 out of Tyler near the State park? I say its a bobcat, but maybe the prettiest I've seen, you need a small cal rifle and some bait...
the man at the top of the mountain didn't fall up it
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 06:35 AM
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Fur off that will fetch a great price.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 06:45 AM
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bobcat with perfect fur genes...
someone should feed it protien and breed it....
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 07:58 AM
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I'm pretty sure that is an ocelot. I've never seen a bobcat with spots like that.
Its not a jaguar, jaguars are pretty big.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 08:04 AM
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Bobcat! Uh oh I agree with Maggie 
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 08:04 AM
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bobcat with perfect fur genes...
someone should feed it protien and breed it....
I tried that once with very poor results......um....I mean...yeah ...um...I Mean I heard about a guy one time that tried breeding a bobcat and things went wrong in a hurry for me....I mean.... HIM.....
hmmmmm.....
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 08:34 AM
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I wish you had another pic with a better view of its face. I found plenty of pics of ocelots with spots like that, and not a single bobcat with spots even close. In fact, every single ocelot pic I found had spots like that.
Its tail could have been hurt, or like someone else said it could be angled toward the camera. I doubt very seriously its a bobcat.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 08:37 AM
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 08:47 AM
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100% bobcat
You don't know, so you can't say anything 100%. plus you already gave your opinion two post earlier that it was a bobcat.::
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That is a bobcat with a GREAT spotted coat.
Contrary to some advice given above I say DO NOT shoot that animal, on the small chance that it is an ocelot. The ocelot were on the endangered list at one time and I think the "texas ocelot" may still be protected,(but I'm not sure so I wouldn't say 100%)
Here are some links that might be of interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=5110
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 09:05 AM
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100% bobcat
You don't know, so you can't say anything 100%. plus you already gave your opinion two post earlier that it was a bobcat.::
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That is a bobcat with a GREAT spotted coat.
Contrary to some advice given above I say DO NOT shoot that animal, on the small chance that it is an ocelot. The ocelot were on the endangered list at one time and I think the "texas ocelot" may still be protected,(but I'm not sure so I wouldn't say 100%)
Here are some links that might be of interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelot
http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=5110
I found this paragraph interesting.
This small cat weighs 15-30 pounds and averages 3 feet 9 inches in length. Its coat has black spots, bars, and stripes on a rich tan to gray background, with irregular black dots on a white underside and dark bars on the tail. The more numerous bobcat (Lynx rufus) has a longer tail, heavier, larger spots and more rounded ears.
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Re: Is it possible ? Game Camera - Cat Picture
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01/18/09 09:07 AM
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Its a bobcat 100% sure . Go to north american animals bocat. Do a google and you can find pics like that. I have never seen one that clear but seen one close to it.
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