I KNEW we'd finally get there... it only took 5 pages!!! [8D][8D]
Pleading ignorance here. I thought Bobcats were smaller? I would have said this was a mountain lion, but everyone is shotting Bobcats. What's the distinguishing features between the two?
Not poking fun at you at all, DoePeeSteve... you probably have no idea what a "history" of controversy we have on this board in regards to bobcat vs. mountain lion... as Rick James alluded to with is "30+page thread" comment.
Seems as big a group of outdoorsmen we've got here, we've also got quite a few who weren't very studied when it comes to their mammalogy.
Adult male mountain lionsmay be more than 8 feet long from nose to end of tail and generally weigh between 130 and 150 pounds. Adult females can be 7 feet long and weigh between 65 and 90 pounds. Large bobcats are generally no larger than30 pounds -- though have been known to reach 50 or more -- but the average bobcat is only 15 to 20 pounds. Their tails are only six to seven inches long, as opposed to a mountain lion's, which can be over three feet long.
There's a very distinct difference between the two.
