Bobcats and Deer

[bigboreblr]

Been peeking the backyard every night since the weekend. Tonight was my first chance to shoot anything. Just a medium sized doe. Left it alone. Do have a doe tag for my area.

Most years I'd see a deer about 2 out of 3 morning/evenings. Food plot is ok, not wonderful, neighbors moved in about 2 years ago and have dogs. However, biggest change is seeing a bobcat pretty often in the backyard. I suspect she has a den right behind the brush next to my foodplot. Used to see 6-10 woodchucks as of this summer. I actually saw her kill one in the foodplot about 2 months ago.

Think this is scaring the deer away? I get activity on my trail camera pretty much every night still.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Maybe, though I once watched a doe trail a bobcat and blow at it about every 10 steps.

 

[Catscratch]

I see cats and deer around each other often. They don't seem to take much notice of each other.

 

[KY wild]

The Guts of Predatory Cats Can Destroy CWD Prions

The prions that cause chronic wasting disease in deer are nearly indestructible. So it's good news to learn cat guts are their mortal enemy.

deerassociation.com

Cats and deer interesting article

 

[T-Max]

I get pictures of cats and then deer not too far apart pretty often.


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[Hoytvectrix]

There is a trail cam video that made the rounds a few years ago if a bobcat taking down a pretty decent buck. If they can do that, I'm sure they would have no problems with a doe, let alone a fawn.

I have several videos of a bobcat walking by and you can see or hear a deer blowing in the clip. Personally, what I would do would depend on my goals. I think bobcats are pretty neat, but the work I do is almost exclusively for deer.