March 20, 2011
Most of my hunting life in South Texas, bobcats have always been plentiful. When I say plentiful, I mean we would always see one to three during the deer season. Seldom would anyone shoot one, due to the fact that they are not something we were going to eat. Once in awhile, someone would shoot one to mount, however, mounting is expensive and I’ve never done it. I’ve killed a couple of them in my lifetime and saved the pelts. I never really used them for anything other than to show and tell. About three years ago, while hunting in the San Diego, (Duval County) Texas area, I saw a bobcat almost every time I got up on a deer blind. The same for everybody else on the lease and nobody cared to shoot one. I really don’t know how plentiful they are in other parts of Texas. One of my hunting buddies in Rocksprings said he saw one several years ago, however, I’ve never seen one there in ten years plus. Bobcats are legal to hunt as long as you have a Texas hunting license. Changing the subject, it’s really weird that you never hear coyotes howling during the night in and around Rocksprings, Texas. I’ve heard that the sheep farmers keep the area pretty clean of Coyotes and any type of animal that tends to hurt the livestock. We’ll talk about that another time. I found this Texas parks and Wildlife informative site on bobcats. Please click on the following tpwd.com link to read:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/nonpwdpubs/introducing_mammals/bobcats/