Bobcat nabbed our new Leghorn rooster, here's what bobcats sound like

[RenoHuskerDu]

We lost a young free-range rooster a few days back. Only feathers left, no blood, so it was a fast nab and getaway. We suspect a bobcat, because of recent local sightings and no traces on fences of coyote fur. It had to come over the back fence because our 3 heelers were out front.

We've already lost ladies to hawks, which have a different M.O. Coons don't operate in broad daylight, so we're pretty sure it was a bobcat. Wife now carries an AR9 when out back. She's gone into protective mama mode.

I was surprised to hear these sounds that bobcats make, some I would have thought were a bird. FYI.

 

[mowin]

Sorry to hear about your rooster. I've heard many a bobcat scream. Definitely makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, especially when walking to your deer stand in the dark.

 

[swampfox440]

Wow ! bobcat? we don't have them in Ohio

 

[Acre4Me]

Wow ! bobcat? we don't have them in Ohio

yes, we do! I recently had an odd cat experience...could not see what was making the noise, but unlikely to be a regular cat due to type and volume of cat noise I was hearing. I wondered if we have bobcats or cougars here, and yes, we do...some info on ODNR website. So, still don’t know what it was that I heard, but maybe it was a bobcat or cougar. It was in the cornfield that borders my yard, and there are woods on either side (north and south) of this farm field.

 

[swampfox440]

If you are sure you want to here weird noises , go to you tube and look up Fisher cat noises . They are more like a screams from Heck.

 

[cmom]

So sorry for your loss. Maybe because we live in Florida and we have bobcats. One killed 14 of my birds once. It made the mistake of coming back for more. I have mostly seen them on camera here roaming at night. Probably because of our warmer climate. Most predators here prowl at night. I never see anything on my game cameras during the day but I do at night.
This is a bobcat's range'

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

SNIP
Most predators here prowl at night. I never see anything on my game cameras during the day but I do at night.
This is a bobcat's range'

That is a useful map and impressive range.
One possible other daytime predator culprit I didn't mention would be a large hawk. We don't see many large ones out here. But if it were big enough, there would be no blood and nothing left but feathers. That's a possibility.

 

[cmom]

I was born in Michigan. I remember as a kid seeing bobcats now and them. I have spent most of my life in Florida and we have them here too.

 

[cmom]

This is the bobcat that killed 14 of my birds one night. It made the mistake of coming back. I put a trap inside the pen where it had dug under the fence a couple of nights prior.

 

[EggWalrus]

This is the bobcat that killed 14 of my birds one night. It made the mistake of coming back. I put a trap inside the pen where it had dug under the fence a couple of nights prior.View attachment 2365915

I've heard that is some mighty fine table fare!