This weekend I was in SE Kansas on a quail hunt. The landowner is a full-time trapper in the winter. He traps 50-75 bobcat each wintet along w/ coyote, coon, badger, and possums.

Anyway the second morning we were there he caught a bobcat and wanted us to see it. I was very excited to see a live bobcat up close and personal like that. Ive seen them hunting but not literally at my feet.

Well the reason i'm posting is that instead of shooting the bobcat and putting a hole in the hide and getting blood everywhere he grabs a stick and pops the cat over the head. This dazes the cat(not unconscious) long enough for him to swoop in and grab it by the throat w/ one hand and choke it. Suffocating it until it died! I wouldnt have believed it ifi didnt see it for myself.

It sounds cruel but worse things happen in nature and it was very interesting to watch. Just wondering if any of you other trappers have heard of or do this yourselves.