coyote/bobcat question

HeHe cats! We adopted two sisters last year.They sleep all day and chased each other from one end of the house to the other all night long.I thought cats where supposed to be sneaky and quite.Humph sounded like two horses frolicking about.
We finally had to give one to a friend as she wouldn't let the other eat or in the liter box or anything.Sure did sleep better after getting rid of Trouble.

But i wouldn't take a 100 dollar bill for the other one.Only cat Ive seen that doesn't get on the eating table and will not eat people food at all.Also doesn't scratch up the furniture.And has never went potty anywhere but the box.Best cat in the world.

Definitely sounds like the sound a bobcat makes. Out on a camping trip a few years ago I heard what I thought was a woman being murdered, but listening closely it was a bobcat. They make some god-awful noises.

Check your area for a local trapper. Up north here a bobcat pelt can bring in between $300 to $700, most trappers will jump at the chance to bag one. Or cut the middle man and trap and pelt for yourself.

I am not sure where up north is but here in Wisconsin you would be lucky to get $85 for a prime in season bobcat. I did mention in season when their pelts are legal to take with permit only (one permit every three or four years).I am sure its not the same laws in Virginia or anywhere else for that matter but the idea of up to $700 for a pelt has me dreaming big dreams.

The animal could be a large raccoon, they have been known for this type of behavior, I highly doubt it was a coyote or fox, its just not the normal habits that they have, but anything is possible.

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a coon will visit nightly and a coyote will visit often, but a Bobby will have a large territory and may only visit once every few weeks, depends on food availibility at your place.

It is very unlikely that it is a bobcat. They rarely make any noise at all and would never come up on your deck steps without a very good reason. The sounds were probably some feral cats in the area with a female in heat. Also sounds like a feral cat coming to check out your house cats.

I had a goat kid and had her new babies in the back pasture. I had a bad feeling about leaving her and the little ones out there, so went to check on her. It was very dark and I was half way there and heard this bone chilling noise. My two LGD's went off and rushed to the fence on the side where the sound came from. It totally freaked me and it takes a lot to do that esp with two big dogs with me. I gathered up everyone and took them to the barn. I was thinking at the time of a Bobcat as we have lots of them around here. I feel better knowing that someone has heard that scary noise too

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If you want to keep animals off your porch a simple thing can be done. Spray around it with ammonia. They will not like the smell and stay away. You could give it a light spray every night for a while and then chances are stop as they will not even come around thinking it is still smelling that way.

We have lots of coyotes here ... they yip and yowl like dogs. Kind of like a pack of beagles who have each had three shots of espresso.

Doesn't sound like a coyote to me, but whew what a scare that musta been!

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No, it was his much larger brother, Harp. He's fine but I'd love to see the other guy.

Where in the name of goodness do you live. Cause you are saying a chilling scream. That's sounds like a panther. Please be cureful.
Jwade

I live in upstate New York and about 20 years ago I had come home with the kids after dark with a load of groceries and from the woods behind the house, luckily a long way down the hill behind me, came exactly the kind of sound you described, sounded like someone was being killed. I got in the house and called the DEC and they told me it was probably a bobcat passing through the area. It was very un-nerving. Where I am now, still upstate New York, we have coyetes and they sound like dogs howling. I'm in the process of getting my property ready to bring my horse and sheep home and last night was real scary because it sounded like one of them was in the back of the house. Right after the first howl my calico kitty, Mrs. Bigglesworth, came to the back door (which is on a screened in back porch with my angora bunny on it. I let her in and went out on the porch, real brave aren't I, and yelled and that was the last I heard of them last night. I was surprised as we have had really bad flooding here and I didn't think I would hear them for a while. Stay safe.

Donna

What about a fisher marten? They are horrible killing machines who love to eat cats and who make noises like a woman shrieking.

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034390

Here is a site with a photo (note the rounded ears):

http://home.mcn.net/~wtu/fisher.html

Fishers are hated around here because they hunt farmers' barn cats and are somewhat feared after attacking a woman in a barn and after trying to take off part of a teenager's leg.

Eastern cats are worth even less, although they are still worth trapping.
I'm not 100% sure without looking it up, but I think Va has pretty liberal cat trapping regulations. Unlike Pa where we have a lottery for a permit and only in certain areas.

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We had the same thing around here. Scared the begeebers out of me. Turned out it was a fox.

Well im not sure where you are but it sounds like it might be a OZARK HOWLER I have some family who say they have seen them before but I cant say

Ponyboy, just to inform you that a lynx cat is not the same as a bobcat. While the bobcat does inhabit Perennial's area. Lynx does inhabit the far upper midwest along with the northern west. There numbers are far more prevalent in Canada and Alaska.

Perennial you might try using a motion detector camera to confirm the identity of the species that you have on your property. I suspect heavily that it may be a raccoon because bobcats coyotes and fox all have pointed ears, only the raccoon has fur and rounded ears. Good luck and let us know what you find! Trapper

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Hey Trapper, I was mearly refering to the pelt classification used by the largest wild fur auction house in the world. NAFA has no classification for bobcat, if you refer to the website the classification refers to Lynx and Lynx cat, the latter being the bobcat. Were do you sell your pelts? Just wondering, we run a depot here for NAFA and just wanted to see how your pelts compare to the regional average. Thanks for your input.

Ponyboy