Treeing bobcats!

Thanks Devin, at least thats some sort of answer, and kind of what I figured, if it was easy then every one would have one and bobcats wouldn't be fetching $1500 would they?
 
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now maybe she's no bobcat dog but I did let her out of the house last night around 11: and walked out this moring to find a dead cat in the front yard? don't know where it came from or if she found it dead on the road and brought it back home, but she like cats. now I guess the trick is the get her to bring some of them $1500 kittys home
 
Size is only one factor that goes into valuing a bobcat pelt, quality is the biggest factor......and not all bobcat are created equal. Different regions of the country produce different colored strains of bobcat. Compare photos of bobcats from New England with cats from the mountain west, or one from the upper midwest to cats from Texas and you can see the difference.

The most valuable cats, or so I'm told, are the ones with wide belly bands of white fur with black spots. The wider the white belly band and more pronounced the black spots, the higher the pelt will be graded at auction. Cats from the mountain west region from about Yellowstone through northern Utah are the cats that are currently bringing the premium prices. It is extremely unlikely you'll find a cat from outside this region sellng anywhere close to the $1,500 range....or at least until consumer's tastes change.
 
If you want to know something about treeing bobcats with hounds in Missouri, maybe I can help. I used to coon hunt all the time and had the privilege of owning a couple of hounds that loved to tree them. Much to my aggravation I might add. Cats are notorious for jumping out after you tree them at nite. A bobcats lungs aren't that big so they usually put up a good race for 1\2 to 3\4 mile or so here in Mo. and then take to the tree to catch their wind. Then when they see a lite coming as you walk in to the tree, they bail out and run like crazy for another 3\4 mile and repeat. Aggravating as can be if you are trying to catch your dog. I usually would sneak the last 150 yards without lite just to get my hands on my dog before the cat bailed. All this being said, the best strategy in this country is to turn your hounds loose in a likely spot an hour or so before daylight and if they tree it will be daylight or slightly before daylight and you can wait until daylight to go in to the tree. They dont seem to want to bail out near as bad after daylight. Hope this helps you.
 


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