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Bobcats?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by MajorPain, Aug 29, 2007.

  1. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    I have a bobcat problem, for whatever reason they want to hang out in my back yard all night long. You can imagine what the dogs do when they see a big cat just chilling in their yard. They try to break down the glass door. Am I aloud to go buy a gun and shoot them or are them protected in someway? Do you think they will attack my dogs?
     
  2. koening

    koening Top Dog

    I don't know if they are protected , but you have to have some organization to call , and catch the bobcat without doing any harm to it , and then release it into the wild .
    As for the cat attacking your dogs it could happen , and you will get a badlly injured dog i guess. I don't know anything more , because i am not familliar to the laws in US , but i don;t think you can just shoot it . Have you tried scaring it off , sounds etc ?
     
  3. ChiaPit

    ChiaPit Top Dog

  4. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    Yea, I have tried to scare it. I think it comes to get water out of our pond. My friend opened the back door the other day and one of the dogs flew out the door at it. He came back unharmed but I don’t want to risk it.
     
  5. Thank you Chia....that is what I was going to suggest...checking the laws int he area...figured you could kill them though...

    Where I used to live, we would see then quite often, they bothered US...but there were a few times that they (2) got a hold of a neightbors dog..(it was tied)....they tend to be just as scared of you as you are of them...but when it comes to another animal, they can will attack fir whatever reason...
    please be careful!
     
  6. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    I guess I have to wait till December to take care of it. But its driving me crazy every night.
     
  7. BoiBoi

    BoiBoi CH Dog

    u can't just shoot them, i mean u could but be careful to not get caught or u'll face some serious charges like poaching and what not. Contact the Game comission and let them know u have a problem cat
     
  8. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    Do you think I can trap it and drop it in the night drop at the pound?
     
  9. ~apbtfriend~

    ~apbtfriend~ Big Dog

    I am sorry but to shoot a bobcat because it wants water and is in your yard?IMO thats cruel .......

    Call a wildlife organization to see what they suggest. I breed cats and some of my cats have bobcat in them. A bobcat can harm you dogs but not to the point of killing them. My female cat DeeDee 10lbs got in a fight with my friends bull terrier. some how she got into the bathroom with her ( deedee loves dogs) but I guess Pinky ( the BT) was trying to play to ruff. Anyways I can home to the scent of blood i opened the bathroom door and DeeDee ran out. Pinky's face was tore up scratches all lover her face. It looked like someone took a knife and made little cuts every where.
     
  10. ChiaPit

    ChiaPit Top Dog

  11. BoiBoi

    BoiBoi CH Dog

    i wouldn't do that, i would just call up the game comission and find out what u need to do. I know im my state u have to apply for a permit to hunt them, u can't just trap it or shoot it, however because it is so close to ur house u can call about a nuisance animal and they should take care of it
     
  12. fitzpit

    fitzpit Big Dog

    That cat must be pissed.
     
  13. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    I don’t want to kill it because it wants water. I like cats. I don’t like not being able to sleep because my dog is running head first in to the sliding door to try and get this cat. The thing is big (like maybe 35 pounds and almost as big as my dog)
     
  14. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    I talked to them on my lunch break and they said there isn’t any thing they can do because “they won’t come sit out side my house and wait for it to come in the middle of the night”. Other then that they said I live in a heavily wooded area and because near by forests are being cut down there is just going to be more of them. Furthermore, they relocate alligators, raccoons and bobcats to my area when they are causing a problem more in the city.
     
  15. BoiBoi

    BoiBoi CH Dog

    well in that case do what u feel is necessary, try to trap it alive and then drive to a forest far away from the house and release it if u don't want to shoot it. Or if ur like me just shoot the damn thing and make urself a nice bobcat rug
     
  16. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    I think I’m going to fill in the pond. I will give it a few days after that to relocate to another water source. If that doesn’t work I may have to have my husband shoot it (I couldn’t do it myself, I would probably cry like a little girl when I hit it)
     
  17. ChiaPit

    ChiaPit Top Dog

    Yeah, it probably was when my husband shot it! LOL

    Filling in a pond seems like a lot of work and expense...I think I would go in a different direction...
     
  18. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    It would cost a bit for the soil and to get a truck to drop it off. I wish they had some anti-bobcat spray I could put on the lawn.
     
  19. ChiaPit

    ChiaPit Top Dog

  20. MajorPain

    MajorPain Big Dog

    I never thought of that, it sounds like a good idea. Thanks
     

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