Bobber watching at dawn

Walked up on this guy at a little pond yesterday. Watched him for about 15 minutes before he disappeared into a small patch of woods. 
 

8 minutes ago, Jrob78 said:

Walked up on this guy at a little pond yesterday. Watched him for about 15 minutes before he disappeared into a small patch of woods. 
 

LUCKEEEE....never seen one in the wild besides dead ones.   They are absolutely ninjas.    

 

Them and Mountain Lions are my favorite animals.   Congrats on the encounter!

1 minute ago, Chris Catignani said:

Nice! Doesn’t look familiar………. Nickajack maybe? 

4 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

LUCKEEEE....never seen one in the wild besides dead ones.   They are absolutely ninjas.    

 

Them and Mountain Lions are my favorite animals.   Congrats on the encounter!

I've been lucky enough to see them occasionally, the crazy thing is I live in the Dallas suburbs, not exactly rural. They are one of my favorite animals too so I love seeing them. 

15 hours ago, Jrob78 said:

Walked up on this guy at a little pond yesterday. Watched him for about 15 minutes before he disappeared into a small patch of woods. 
 

Bobcat? Very cool! Really vivid pattern. Made me think ocelot at first until

i looked at the head. You guys have ocelot wild down in Texas right? Any kind of wild cat sighting is pretty rare. I’m jealous. There is a decent population of bobs in the mountains where I fish but I’ve never been lucky enough to see one. Probably the most elusive animal in NYS. 

15 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Nice! Doesn’t look familiar………. Nickajack maybe? 

Yep....

50 minutes ago, Chris Catignani said:

Yep....

It was the only place I could think of with two bridges right next to each other in all those mountains 

35 degrees at 6am. I should have known it was going to be one of those days. ???

 

 

1 hour ago, Jar11591 said:

Bobcat? Very cool! Really vivid pattern. Made me think ocelot at first until

i looked at the head. You guys have ocelot wild down in Texas right? Any kind of wild cat sighting is pretty rare. I’m jealous. There is a decent population of bobs in the mountains where I fish but I’ve never been lucky enough to see one. Probably the most elusive animal in NYS. 

Put some chickens in your backyard and they will show up very soon. 

2 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

Bobcat? Very cool! Really vivid pattern. Made me think ocelot at first until

i looked at the head. You guys have ocelot wild down in Texas right? Any kind of wild cat sighting is pretty rare. I’m jealous. There is a decent population of bobs in the mountains where I fish but I’ve never been lucky enough to see one. Probably the most elusive animal in NYS. 

Yeah definitely a bobcat and a pretty big one. Like I mentioned, I see them every now and then here but this one was darker than normal and very vivid. Probably the most beautiful wild cat I've ever seen. We do have Ocelot in TX but only down south close to the border, as far as I know. 

 

Not related to this but I saw that a Jaguar was spotted in Arizona on some game cameras earlier this year. I think it was the first one seen in the states since the early 1900's, which I thought was awesome. Hopefully he stays hidden and doesn't get shot or hit by a car.

Zombie king. Poor Eric was cold and had me drop him off back at the house. Headed back and had her on within 10 minutes of returning. 

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

Zombie king. Poor Eric was cold and had me drop him off back at the house. Headed back and had her on within 10 minutes of returning. 

Do they still put up a fight when they’re in the zombie phase?

The Mrs and I attended a bachelor bachelorette party a couple weeks ago that was in a refurbished barn turned into a venue. The tables and bar were live edge so the wife asked my dad if he could do it and he didn’t disappoint. 
 

 

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

Do they still put up a fight when they’re in the zombie phase?

Yes. 8lb test on a medium light spinning rod, in a harbor, with boats and docks gets quite interesting. Not as much a workout as pulling them out of 100ft of water. I fought her for about 10 minutes. 20lb class fish. Caught her on the skien I pulled out of the salmon I caught a couple weeks ago. She took (2) 50 yards runs and was spent until she saw the net.

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

The Mrs and I attended a bachelor bachelorette party a couple weeks ago that was in a refurbished barn turned into a venue. The tables and bar were live edge so the wife asked my dad if he could do it and he didn’t disappoint. 
 

 

Gorgeous. 

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Great time of year!

Little guy on the right is the youngest member in our pack of 3. He’s a year and a half, only 25 pounds but looks big in pictures. He decided to lay down on the head of my old girl, on the left, who turns 13 next month. But she’s patient with him. 

 

 

Sugar maples are looking good 

6 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Sugar maples are looking good 

Man those are some gorgeous trees, for not being a tree hugger, I love me some trees ?

32 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Man those are some gorgeous trees, for not being a tree hugger, I love me some trees ?

Come on up to the north woods . . . 

btw - My opinion of the 'colorful leaves' quickly changes once they are 2 feet deep all over my property.

A-Jay

 

8 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Come on up to the north woods . . . 

btw - My opinion of the 'colorful leaves' quickly changes once they are 2 feet deep all over my property.

A-Jay

 

Wow, that's just incredible!   Absolute eye candy.

 

Agreed with you when I'm picking them out of all the Yaupons, and various other bushes ?

 

Not to mention having to pressure wash in the spring from all the staining the leaves do on the driveway.    

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Sugar maples are looking good 

For some weird reason, I can’t see any pics you’ve posted for the last few days. Everyone else’s pop up right away, but yours are just a beige coloured box ?