lynx or lynxcat?

[coyotewhisperer]

Natty I googled it but thanks for the link. I wanted to see detailed writing on exact locations and how long it took to travel there and such but couldn't find that kind of info. Phill can't hardly believe that but if you say its so then I do. WOW! You'll have to pm me the details. I'm pretty sure I know the drainage it took AKA cat alley. Glad the trapper was smart enough to know what he had and that it wasn't killed. They need to find a way to keep the dam things in colorado!

Jeff

[17HMR]

Jeff, The one that ended up here had not been tracked for two years the tracking coller had failed. They were happy to have it back even dead. As for otter good luck the damm things are showing up here, and now growing in number. Jeff

[mostinterestingmanintheworld]

I noticed that the states mentioned were all states where steel traps are still in use. Coincidence?

I notice none made it to California or Washington.

Joel

[coyotewhisperer]

Yeah I found that funny also Joel. Wouldn't take much for an anti to box trap one and put it where they wanted it of course supposedly they tracked the one east of me by the collar so sort of rules out that theory on that one. There aint any snowshoe hares in KS LOL.

Jeff

[NattyBumpo]

"There aint any snowshoe hares in KS LOL."

Thats an interesting point, the report states that starvation was a significant source of mortality in the first year after the release for these lynx.

[bobCATching]

In natural situations bobcats out compete lynx. Bobcats have the more aggressive personality and they hunt and eat a wider range of prey.
These radical environmentalists want to stop evolution. They think everything should stay just the way it is right now... hehe, kinda like them !! They are still living in the sixties in their heads.

[Steve Gappa]

you might be interested to know- that the main lure used in the program- is Stef's Pikabua.

Last fall was 3rd straight year they bought mass quantities of the stuff.

[bill1306 (Phil)]

Here is a news release on the lynx that was captured in Ks.
WANDERLUST-STRICKEN COLORADO LYNX ROAMS KANSAS
KDWP natural resource officer captures well-traveled animal in Barton
County
GREAT BEND -- A lynx that had spent the last few weeks
wandering much of western Kansas has been returned to its
southwestern Colorado home range.
The wandering lynx was sighted Nov. 22 at Smoky Valley
Ranch, a Nature Conservancy property located in Logan County, by
Charlie Lee, extension wildlife specialist at Kansas State
University. Lee at first thought it was a large bobcat but upon
closer observation identified it as a lynx. Lynx closely resemble the
more common and widespread bobcat but typically occupy remote,
heavily-forested mountain habitats. Aware that the Colorado Division
of Wildlife has an active lynx reintroduction program underway, Lee
contacted officials there.
Colorado biologists drove to western Kansas to attempt
to locate and capture the animal -- which was wearing a radio
transmitter collar -- but were unsuccessful. Several days later, they
flew over the area using a receiver to monitor the animal’s radio
signal and located it in Gove County. By the next day, however, the
animal had traveled to Ness County.
The cat was finally captured Sunday, Dec. 31, by Brian
Hanzlick, a KDWP natural resource officer based in Great Bend.
“I got a call about 7:30 of big bobcat walking near Vets
Park Lake," Hanzlick said. "I started checking the tracks in the
snow, and they were just too big for a bobcat.” (Although they are
only slightly larger than bobcats, lynx have longer legs and notably
larger, well-furred feet.)
After contacting local zoo officials to confirm that a
captive animal from the zoo had not escaped, Hanzlick continued
following the tracks through the snow at Vets Park, located in
northwestern Great Bend. Hanzlick eventually spotted the lynx hidden
in a clump of grass and brush. Catch-pole in hand, Hanzlick slowly
worked his way toward the animal. He spent more than an hour inching
his way toward the cat and was finally able to loop the noose of the
catch-pole around its neck, then quickly placed it in a cage and
transported it to a Brit Spaugh Zoo rehabilitation facility, where it
was given food and water.
The lynx remained there until Colorado Division of
Wildlife officials arrived Tuesday to transport it back to the
southwest Colorado habitat where it had originally been released.
The Colorado Division of Wildlife released more than 200
lynx in the remote San Juan Mountains region in the southwestern part
of the state from 1999 through spring of 2006 in an attempt to
restore a native species that had not been documented in Colorado in
several decades. Released animals were fitted with radio collars to
monitor their movements. In addition to Kansas, Colorado-released
lynx have traveled into Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho,
Arizona, Nebraska, and Nevada.

[coloradocat]

and who says we dont share in Colorado!!!!

[jim]

Sounds like they are a stupid animal or just don't have any fear of humans. Jim

[musher]

Lynx can be pretty non-chalante.

I do find the story amazing in a few ways. The first is that he spotted the lynx when it wasn't moving. I've seen them move and asked myself if I had really seen what I saw. The second was that he could get that close without it leaving. The third is that he could get the loop over its' head. When they're in a trap there's usually some dickering and on a loose animal it must be a little tougher. The last, and most remarkable, is that the lynx didn't die from the noose. (Lynx choke really easy and really quickly. I wear rubber boots in the bush because lynx die just seeing laces!)

An amazing story.

[bill1306 (Phil)]

I know that Brian has choked down a few bobcats and knows the catch pole has to be removed really fast or the cat will die. From talking to Brian, the cat was a little on the tame side. After all it was walking around in a city........in the daytime........

[billcat]

I'm gonna give up traps and just walk around in the hills with a catchpole. Sounds like a B.S. story to me. I'd like to know when and where the Lynx was found in Nevada.

Bill

[mostinterestingmanintheworld]

I'm with you Bill.

The fact that it was on Nature Conservancy property creates instant suspicion in my mind.

Puts me in mind of the Wolves that "escaped" in West Yellowstone right after a judge handed down a decision the enviros didn't like.

I think the states mentioned for lynx escaping back into should pay attention.

If they show up in NV and we get flak I think a lawsuit against Colorado is in order.

Joel

[ToddMiller]

I used to call the ranch that is now the "Nature conservancy" before it got sold to them.
It's about 30 or so miles east of the Colorado line on the Smokey Hill. Great Bend is in the middle of the state 200 miles or so from the Colorado line and on the Arkansas river drainage. That cat really covered some ground in a month if what is stated is accurate. Not saying it's not true just saying the cat made a bee-line and on (2) different river systems in pretty short time.