bobcat and mule deer

Nighthiker · Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1714

Hiked out from First Water trailhead (Garden Valley loop) laid down to take a nap, woke up and a bobcat was sitting on a rock outcropping about twenty feet away basking in the sun. I ate lunch while the bobcat observed me and left . The bobcat got up and laid back down after I started to walk away. As I cleared a ridge on the way back (just west of Hackberry Springs) I observed four mule deer, buck (4 point) and three does (I got it right this time) grazing below me. I spent about a half hour watching them before the evaporated into the brush.

Sande J · Posted: 1/19/2005, 6:57 pm Post subject:

That is very cool!!...the wildlife in the Supes are enjoying out there as much as we are.
thought you may enjoy this little tidbit on the bobcat from some writings I have...

Bobcat is a solitary animal and those who come in contact with it often possess the same trait.
Bobcat eyes are able to see what is hidden and their ears demonstrate
incredible clairaudience. These traits allow bobcat to be an excellent nightime hunter and mover. People who come in contact with it are most effective at night. (duh!)
Sounds like a match.
And to think it happened during the day! Smile

SJ
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Trishness · Posted: 1/19/2005, 7:39 pm Post subject:

Awsome sightings Nighthiker!

Mr. Green

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Arizonaheat · Posted: 1/19/2005, 8:26 pm Post subject:

Nighthiker that Bobcat stuff does sound like you. I appreciate the way you have with animals, it is a gift, cherish it, they don't come to everyone.
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JW · Posted: 1/19/2005, 8:34 pm Post subject:

mike · What box? Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134

JW, Hikngrl & I found a couple of bobcat tracks out there last week. They looked fairly fresh. It would've been cool to see the critter. I used to hear them screaming at night when I lived at the foot of Signal Mountain in Chattanooga, TN.
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BoyNhisDog · Posted: 1/20/2005, 8:41 pm Post subject:

That is beyond cool Nighthiker. You see more wildlife on your journeys. That is amazing how it sort of hung out with you there.
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