Are there bobcats in south texas?

[Big J]

Are there? Does anyone have any pics or stories to share? My brother and I have a bet going on and we need to settle it. I told him I saw a bobcat on the banks of the San Antonio river down near Falls City. He is calling it BS. He swears that what I saw was a feral cat.

 

[Texan2]

Sure there are bobcats. I have seen several over the years when I hunted in Wilson County and Karnes County (Falls City) has them as well.

 

[Stumpy]

Yes, there are bobcats in various parts of South Texas.

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Yes, there are bobcats in various parts of South Texas.

yup... game camera on my father-in-law's ranch near Benavides TX has "caught" bobcats just walking by....dont have the pics thou...
South Texas Bobcat Hunting | eHow.com

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

spotting a bobcat is cool, but spotting a mountain lion in the south texas brush is imho the ultimate.

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)

unless you spot a chupacabra...

 

[Soldiernurse]

Texas State Bobcats in San Marcos ... :-D

 

[Wolfwood]

Texas State Bobcats in San Marcos ... :-D

Meow!

 

[Kilowatt3]

Are there? Does anyone have any pics or stories to share? My brother and I have a bet going on and we need to settle it. I told him I saw a bobcat on the banks of the San Antonio river down near Falls City. He is calling it BS. He swears that what I saw was a feral cat.

I don't often make it that far South (or West), but I've seen them near Crockett, Bryan, and Orange.

From Wikipedia: "In early March, 2010, a bobcat was sighted (and later captured by animal control authorities) in a parking garage in downtown Houston, TX.[SUP][53][/SUP] In August and September, 2010, a number of sightings were reported in the Houston suburbs of Pearland and Friendswood."

Regards,
Jim

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Bobcats down by Kingsville as well......at least used to be.

 

[TxDad]

When I was a kid in Beaumont, our neighbor had one in a cage he kept outside as a pet. We never went around it. One day it had gotten loose and went up the nearest tree. I remember seeing it up there. The owner didnt want to, but he had to shoot it to prevent it from getting away.

 

[jocat54]

There are a lot of Bobcat's in Texas, probably not as many as there use to be, but still around in pretty good numbers.

 

[2ManyGuns]

I know I've seen four different ones on the lease I have between Columbus and Weimar.

 

[TexMex247]

I have seen one only once in about 20 years of traveling down south to Pearsall but I do spot cat prints regularly while inspecting game trails. My buddys cousin says that there are mountain lions and black cats down there and judging from the size of the prints, I am a believer.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I've seen a ton of bobcats, and even a couple mountain lions down near Zapata. Had a mountain lion kill a deer within 100 yards of the house. I've never seen any near San Antonio though; I guess because of the population density.

 

[40Arpent]

I killed three outside of Freer last year. Plenty of them in that area.

 

[GlockontheRocks]

We have seen them on different leases that we have had through the years. Falfurrias, Zapata (3 out 5 of us on that lease saw a mountain lion on the lease), Rachel, Escobares, and a Dove lease along the Rio Grande river. The ones I saw off the river were definitely the largest I've seen so far.
About 4 years ago we were dove hunting in Donna, Tx and as we were leaving, it was dark after we finished cleaning the birds we were fortunate enough to see an Ocelot. Similar to a Bobcat, but the markings and tail are different. They are endangered and it has been recently reported that there are less than 50 remaining in the wild. I've read that many of that number are in the Rio Grande Valley.

 

[Big J]

I don't mean to change my own subject but another critter I don't see to often anymore are dillos.

 

[AKM]

I have seen one only once in about 20 years of traveling down south to Pearsall but I do spot cat prints regularly while inspecting game trails. My buddys cousin says that there are mountain lions and black cats down there and judging from the size of the prints, I am a believer.

There are a handfull of big black cats in Texas. hear about sightings every once in a while. I know up around the trinity river (not south I know) they see them. Theres a lot of "Pets" in Texas that get loose. I know when I was little my bousin had 2 Mountain Lions i think he let them loose when his house burnt. Back to the bobcats as many as we have around here there has to be some down south.

 

[AKM]

I don't mean to change my own subject but another critter I don't see to often anymore are dillos.

I rarely see Road Runners anymore. They used to be everywhere.

 

[TxDad]

I rarely see Road Runners anymore. They used to be everywhere.

Wile E. got them