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Offline rascal (Joe Duncan)

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WQ- Would you call this clear?
« on: January 13, 2004, 02:04:45 AM »
Wackyquacker;
   Would you call this one a clear belly? :wink:   Wish they were all this good.
 
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2004, 02:21:18 AM »
Ya know Joey, if you turn them kind loose they'll grow up in 3 or 4 years. :)

Now if that were one of our northern cats ...one with fur,...you would be singing all the way to the bank.
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2004, 02:45:57 AM »
WQ;
  QUIT CALLING ME JOEY!  I am now known as THE CABLE GUY!!

  The cat wasn't that big but I sure like seeing that type belly.  I'll take any cat I can get! :lol:   I only catch about one every 10 years or so and that is by accident.  :eek:
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2004, 03:02:51 AM »
I wonder what the explanation is for bobcats varying so much in appearance from region to region.  It is rare to harvest a nice spotted cat up in this country, some have very few spots or sometime  none at all.  Anyone know why?  Ace :-)
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2004, 06:02:48 AM »
I have some questions about cat color. could i e-mail someone some pictures for posting so i can show what i'm talking about? I can't seem to make the pictures show up.
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2004, 09:50:30 AM »
Oso;
  Just send me an email and I'll try and help.
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2004, 10:01:28 AM »
Ace;
  I can't really answer your question.  Sometimes I get good clear bellied cats with no spots on their backs and sometimes clear belly with great spots (almost like ocelot).  Then there are the plain old "rabbit backs"we often get here.  
  There also seems to be a vast difference in sows that have had kittens.  Most of the time here, they will not be nearly as good as toms or young cats that have not had kittens.  Often they will be very short on the back with few or no spots up high and the bellies will be rather tinged and not clear at all.  However, this cat was a sow!
  Down in west Texas, they have a extremely sought after spotted cat.  A big broker  from New York called me the other day wanting to know if I had any of that type cat.  Since I am no longer buying, I didn't have but a couple.  Of course, those big blue cats found in the west & northwest are the ones that will really bring in the $$$.  
  Every see a black bobcat.  There was one called in with varmit call here a couple of days ago.  It is at the taxidermist to be mounted.
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Gun metal blue cats
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2004, 04:56:35 PM »
Oh those gun metal blue cats are like GOLD!  When you walk up to one of those in a trap or cable and see the blue you  almost  cant believe it.  They sure are pretty.
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WQ- Would you call this clear?
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2004, 05:37:40 PM »
If you wish to learn a bit on Bobcats find the book "The Bobcat in North America"  by Stanely P. Young, University of Nebraska Press.  This is an older book 1978 but can be found on used book searches.

I get a blue once in awhile here but mostly browns and reds.  But man they do bring big bucks.  We have three races in NM. Lynx rufus baileyi (Arizona type well spotted), L.r. uinat (Montana type) and L.r. texensis (the blowhard type LOL).  The race in the UP -Wis- Mn region is known as L.r. superiorensis.  Asa, does this help any?  

Joey, the cat that is in OK is known as L.r. rascalassei and is characterized as being stupid with hair not fur :-D  :-D (L. r. rufus)
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Hmmm
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2004, 01:54:13 AM »
Oh Boy here we go again.  Joey ??? WQ must be fm down under and has a fascination with young roos!!  But  putting the roo fascination aside  WQ  can decipher words and apply them to the various differant locations.  But  when WQ travels abit from his home territory he becomes hopeslessly lost like at last yrs NTA convention in Illinois and  was lured into the smells of Lenons lures  at Bogs  wares tent.  Yes i can remember it well fm where i was sitting watching this  weird fellow  sniffen differant bottles and wiping  rain and dust off  the lure bottles.   Don fm Redneck Lures was  saying that fellow  is lost , wonder why Bog is staying on other side of his tent?? :wink:
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2004, 02:09:34 AM »
RdFx;
  He's from "down under" alright.  Down under some rock!  What he failed to mention was that the Ok cats migrated from Corrales, NM.   :twisted:

"But when WQ travels abit from his home territory he becomes hopeslessly lost..."       No wonder!  He is one of them "sand landers".  Got more dust up his nose than Carter has little pills.  Stick him in these mountains here and we'd have to get the hog dogs to sniff him out and get him back home.  :-D  :-D
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2004, 08:33:21 AM »
Whats a blue cat? Does anyone have a picture? Wacky, I found the bobcat book used $4.50 on amazon. thanks anyother sugestions on bobcat books.
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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2004, 11:06:44 AM »
Mtns?...in Ok?...Mr Joey you need to get out more!  I look over my right shoulder out the window as I type and see a real mtn that juts up to 10,000 plus feet.  Those thinga around you are hills :eek:

Oso, I suppose you already have Mel Hersbergers book and Slims Book. Those will help also.  I also found interesting mateerial in Ricketts "Bobcat Trappers Guide".  This book discribes habits in all major habitats of the bobcat.

I gotta go skin and finish yesterdays fleshing.
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