Bobcat

A lost dog made her way 35 miles home from Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve to find her owner asleep in bed. Vet says the dog is in remarkable shape for what she endured, including predators, traffic, a torrential rainstorm and Fourth of July fireworks.

Summer might be the offseason for most, but it isn’t an idle time of year for hardcore predator hunters. Now is the time to find predators to call to this fall.

When temperatures break 90 degrees, it’s time to be serious about your fluid intake when heading outdoors. Follow these simple steps for staying in the game this summer.

Food plots draw in a number of prey species, which also brings in predators. Perhaps you should put a plot or two in the ground to increase your predator-hunting hot spots this fall.

Pennsylvania would no longer be the only state that bars hunters from using semiautomatic rifles if bills pending before a House committee are approved.

Florida officials are considering allowing hunting at state parks in an effort to generate money.

Illinois would allow hunting and trapping of bobcats under legislation headed to the governor. The House approved a plan that would establish a hunting season for the previously endangered animal.

This past year's especially harsh winter has prompted the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department to rethink a proposal to bring back the state's bobcat trapping season.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have seen a drop in bobcat numbers in those areas. The decline is attributed to a cyclical population shift, but the agency doesn't want to exacerbate the drop through hunting and trapping.

Ronell Skinner's business is a rarity, albeit a high-demand industry for wilderness communities. He cleans and prepares wildlife skull mounts using flesh-eating dermestid beetles.

A Salem, Oregon, kitten is recovering from 15 puncture wounds to his stomach and a swollen eye, but his encounter with a bobcat in his family's backyard could easily have been deadly.

Who said cats are afraid of water? A vacationer in south Florida snapped photos of a bobcat pulling a 3-foot-long shark from the surf.

Wildlife biologist and longtime deer hunter Dave Samuel explains the science behind why so many hunters are seeing fewer deer during the last few hunting seasons.

The Ambush Firearms rifle chambered in 5.56mm utilizes a long range, flat-shooting cartridge while maintaining light recoil, just right for predator hunting and small game.

A wildlife guide has been sentenced to 6 months home confinement, a $5,000 fine, 50 hours of community service and 3 years' probation for illegally capturing and maiming mountain lions and bobcats to make hunts easier for clients.

After collecting trail-camera photos of a unique bobcat, this Missouri trapper was dead set on catching it.

Maine's bobcat hunting season is ending for the year this month.

Two Arizona predator hunters were out in the field calling for coyotes when a large tom cat shows up 10 feet from their setup.

Barry Johnson's taxidermy business just north of North Platte is now known nationwide, and his shop contains animals from around the world.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed bill that would allow bobcat hunting for the first time in more than 40 years.

An Arizona bobcat may have used up one of its nine lives after it survived getting stuck inside an oncoming car.

Remote-sensing cameras set up to help researchers count deer on Jekyll Island ended up capturing images of a more elusive animal that had never before been confirmed at the island state park.

While advocates say bobcats have become nuisances in some places, opponents question the science behind declaring them recovered and argue that bobcat hunting is all about trophies, not food.

Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation allowing bobcat hunting for the first time in more than 40 years.

Sightings of one of Indiana's most secretive inhabitants are on the rise as the largely nocturnal animals venture south from a northeastern Indiana stronghold into areas with favorable habitat.

Authorities say he and his assistants would locate cats prior to a client's arrival and then “shorten up” the hunt by caging the animals, then releasing them when the client was present.

Indiana wildlife officials say bobcat sightings are on the rise and the state could someday allow a limited fur-trapping season for the wildcats.

The author spent three days calling bobcats with one of the best cat callers in the business, Rick Paillet — The Verminator. Rick shares his secrets to hunting bobcats in this Q&A.

Montana FWP officials say they received more than 21,000 comments about the license application, mainly opposition from animal-rights advocacy groups and individuals.