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I would have to say bobcat as well. The black ear tips and the tail tip, as well a length are the defining characteristics for me. That is a real dandy of a cat. My dad shot the UP state record at 49 pounds a few years ago and the one in that pic is all of that big.

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At first glass I thought mountain lion though I believe the others are correct in stating that it just a large bobcat.

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Look at theway it's strideis left back leg forward, cousing the tail to sway to the left and curl,, the pic you have it's just sitting there, tail out streched Compare the two photos and you will see the Heads are exactly the same, rounded, With rounded ears, A bobcats head is more pointed as well as the ears,,

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That sure looks like a cougar to me. I wish we could see the tail a bit better though. It must be one of those ghost cougars that the DEC in NY are denying all over the place. There have been many sigthtings in the Sounthern Tier of NY and PA including one by myself. A guy that lives in an area behind my land even has some hair as proof. But the DEC is very tight lipped and denies any release efforts.

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Ive seen a cougar before, and everything about this cat looks like one, exceptits tail....it is way too short for a cougar.

I would bet it is Bobcat, with a hell of an appetite...

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My vote goes to the Cougar! Ears are round. The only thing I can't figure out is that tail! Get some bait for that thing and tryto get another pic;)

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This was taken in Bradford County PA, just south of the NY border. It was taken halfway between Williamsport, PA and Elmira, NY. I also swear to you guys that there is no BS with this, I know the people that sent this are good friends of my parents and wouldn'ttry toplay games with something like this.

The only reason I am not 100% that this is a bobcat is because on all the bobcats I have seen(quite a few in VT growing up, and a few in PA) they have huge hindquarters on them, this animal has a larger front end than back end and is not proportionally balanced the same as the other bobcats I have seen. I have also never seen one with that sleek of a head on it, the other heads I have seenhave heads much rounder.

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Bobcat for sure - and a nice one at that. Bobcats can grow to nearly 40 pounds, which is much bigger than your garden variety housecat. Their summer coat is more sleek, whereas the winter coat is shaggier. The tufts on his ears and the bobtail are a dead giveaway.

The camera shot silhouettes the cat, and makes it hard to see his markings. If you'd see him in a better light, you'd see those dark stripes/spots.

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there are no tufts on his ears and the tail is curled away from him to apear shorter.Save the pic to a photo editing program and enlarge the photo and you can see there are no tufts.

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I would lean towards bobcat, but that thing does look strange. It almost looks like a cross between a bobcat and cougar....... He's big for a bobcat, but small for a cougar. His tail looks likea bobcat's, but it's hard to tell if it is indeed curling away.

Interesting for sure. Find a dead carcass and put in front of your camera and see what comes along.....