Thread: Got my first cat!!!

Where did you get him? I see one sometimes on redstone when I'm leaving.

Originally Posted by coach

Where did you get him? I see one sometimes on redstone when I'm leaving.

TVA land that buts up to wheeler out past priceville.

That's close to where I live. Somerville/ Priceville.

If the mount falls through, a skin for the wall is also nice.

I never have seen one that I thought would make a good mount down here in the south part of the state. The pelts never seem to fill out and get pretty like they do a little further north. I'll never forget the one I called up while turkey hunting---came up from behind me and was fixated on the hens further down the ridge. I think it saw me when I blinked. I tried to shoot it as it took off, but it was like throwing a corn cob at a lightning bolt.

that is a very pretty animal..... never saw one....congrats Duck
poor little kitty cat

i had one sneak in behind me yesterday morning but it never offered a shot. the first one i have ever seen from a stand.

I never saw them until we had turkeys move in to the area I hunt in Southern Middle Tennessee. We aren't allowed to legally shoot them until opening of gun deer season. I see at least a couple every year during bow season and the young ones are fascinated by a hen decoy in the spring but they don't seem to have the guts to attack it.

Originally Posted by chillinfish

I never saw them until we had turkeys move in to the area I hunt in Southern Middle Tennessee. We aren't allowed to legally shoot them until opening of gun deer season. I see at least a couple every year during bow season and the young ones are fascinated by a hen decoy in the spring but they don't seem to have the guts to attack it.

They fall in the predator category here. You can use whatever weapon that has a season at that time. With a bobcat you do have to get a free permit after you harvest it. I don't think you can kill them on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, which is the redge nearest me.

I live in Athens and drive through part of the refuge on 31 on my way to Decatur. I don't ever hunt it but with no gun hunting I'm sure bobcats are abundant. I have friends that hunt there who say there are more gators and bobcats than deer. I mostly hunt family land in TN and the occasional bow hunt at LBL. I do deer hunt in Alabama in late December and January during the rut. I nearly hit a buck on my way home from work Saturday morning in Trinity right across from ULA and Nuccor.