Do Bobcats kill deer? I guess so who'da thunk it.

[erussell]

speachless,    I guess its just one more furry predator to blast if opportunity  knocks.

http://www.23mm.com/deer/bobcat.cfm

[Cabin Fever]

YIKES!! Never thought they would.

[ny hunter]

I thought bob cats hunt rodents and the like.

[UpStateRedNeck]

HOoooooooooooly..........!  Impressive.

[cynthiafu]

awesome pictures

[woodsdweller]

had a guy tell me about a bobcat climbing a tree and jumping on a turkey and stayed on it right to it hit the ground and finnished it off. he said it was just getting first light on a morning spring turkey hunt.

[ANTLERS]

Are you sure thats a bobcat? Could be a mountain lion!...... .

[shenders]

that is an awesome pic. Figure a coyote can take one down why not a bobcat. 

[JGaruti3]

thats a cougar!  hehe

[WNYBuckHunter]

Cool pics, but it just shows the bobcat attacking a deer, there are no pics of it feeding on the dead deer or of the carcass. Also, we dont know if the deer was injured or sick before the bobcat attacked it. This is also the first time I have seen pics of a bobcat killing a grown deer. Does it happen? Probably sometimes, but does it happen regularly or to healthy, full grown deer? Who knows.

Im just skeptical about these things.

[JGaruti3]

good point...could be a deer that was already dead that the bobcat found

[WNYBuckHunter]

No, you can see the deer seems to be alive in the pics, but who says it wasnt injured or sick and weakened. Just thinking out loud.

[erussell]

and in one of the pics you can see other deer running off to. So im sure the deer wasnt already dead.

[Bleitten04]

Cool pics, but it just shows the bobcat attacking a deer, there are no pics of it feeding on the dead deer or of the carcass. Also, we dont know if the deer was injured or sick before the bobcat attacked it. This is also the first time I have seen pics of a bobcat killing a grown deer. Does it happen? Probably sometimes, but does it happen regularly or to healthy, full grown deer? Who knows.

Im just skeptical about these things.

I agree the deer was probably injured or sick or something that allowed a bobcat to attack it and bring it down. 

[Geno C]

WOW those are great pics!!

[fasteddie]

Seeing a bobcat on a deer is something else !  ???

[TH41]

They are a master predator for their size.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Cats are probably pound for pound the best predators out there. they are just build for killing. Makes me glad I wasn't running around when the sabre tooths were roaming the earth.

[First-light]

i just think about those people out in the midwest, out jogging on a trail that get mauled or killed by a mountain lion. You have no defense against a big cat like that.

[ny hunter]

I always tell people working well kill you LOL...............

[Santamour123]

We all know a full growndog can kill a deer.  I have ran cats for a few years with hounds.  And I will tell you that a cat even after beinghit will pound the hell out of a dog.  We never got to the point were they will kill a dog . But, we did not wait that long. But. I can definatly see it happen. A 50 lb cat could esily take down a deer.