Bobcats in My North Dallas Yard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2010
- Shot over a 2 year period, this video chronicles the 6 episodes of 2 different bobcats that visited our yard on a creek in far North Dallas; one probably raised in captivity and the other very wild indeed.
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"the bobcat expert was out of town" sounds like whoever you talked to just didnt feel like dealing with the problem
Meme ḍǿƗJPG lmfao what I’m saying
Who has a bobcat expert? Other than a zoo. We supposedly have bobcats here, and I think I may have seen one 1x, but a lady swears they come and breed under her porch each year. Where they go after, is anyone's guess. We are in SC, near Charlotte, NC.
Do u get a lot of bobcats in the us we don't have them here in the UK
Meme ḍǿƗJPG This is very common with any kind of animal rescue.
Sounds like the guy making the video did not want to help TBH
Dude...you have the voice for National Geographic ...lol
hes dead brooo hes fukkin dead
Be perfect for history channel as well.
I could listen to this man all day
Not really...
Gary Edwards where do you have this information ?
"This would be the last time I'd ever seen that bobcat" me: 😔
It probably died cuz he missed his chance to feed it.
He probably ate it and didn’t remember the hot sauce
😖😣
People in north Texas will probably be seeing more bobcats and coyotes simply because of all the developers who keep building houses and as a result destroy their habitat. As a result, they have no place left to go but near houses especially when houses carpet the landscape.
On the nosey. They're just trying to survive.
Awww hell naw 😣
There's way more undeveloped land than developed in the US. This is an ignorant, misleading statement.
Yep, live in Allen, Texas. They are building on any available land. Lost all our bunnies.
So fast bobcat id shoot
Saw three today while hiking in southern Arizona. Was a mother bobcat and her two little cubs which were as cute as could be with their stubby little legs. Kept my distance though, know bobcats are no joke when it comes to their power and tenacity, add in the mother instincts and I would have been a fool to get anywhere near them!
We live in a different area of Dallas. A friend saw a bobcat today and we googled it, and up popped this wonderful little film. I love the narration as much as the footage. It enrages me that people sell bobcat kittens and then abandon the animals when they figure out they are wild. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
If you raise them from kittens, technically they are not wild anymore. No wilder than a domestic cat, at least. If you're going to keep a bobcat, you have to know what to expect and plan for it. Make sure you have a huge enclosure outside so he can't escape. Being tame, he'll walk right up to people, scare them, and maybe get himself shot.
@@Crusader1815 No you can not. They are wild animals not domestic. You must be a city boy..
@@HoboKentKruegrer You're as dumb as a box of rocks, and so is anyone else who says this. There's just no other way to say it.
Steve Quest cats and dogs were wild and we made them tame you can tame literally almost any wild animal as long as you raise it right obviously you need to go to the city and get an actual education, dumb fuck
@@palmchristmastree Takes many years to Domesticate wild animals. It's in there dna. Leasr that's what my aunt who is a exotic animal Vet.
No doubt the plethora of bird feeders has something to do with the Bobcat's visits.
This sounds like a legit documentary lol
This is better
"Check out that tail"
Sounds legit to me
I would have fed the first bobcat. He was doomed.
The second. There are three bobcats in that video. The first two are different animals.
Me too.
you could have at least put out water and some food and called a vet and rescue! damn! cold blooded
Knowing me I would have tried to somewhat domesticate him without allowing him inside
yeah, I thought the same thing at first, but then you must remember this is a bob cat and it could tear you to shreds for any reason. Best not feed a bob cat.
“It’s a general rule we don’t feed wild animals”
Proceeds to show herds of fat squirrels and trees filled with bird feeders
Lol 😂
Its different with predators
What he meant is you don't feed predators.
@@jamalpeoples3736 Just fatten up they're prey
@@FreeCorps1984 what he should have did was remove the bird feeders. The moment he noticed that they were praying on the squirrels. Unfortunately people are stupid. Some people would have fed the bobcat. At least this way it still had to work for it. People don't realize small predators bring bigger ones. Even the smalls ones can kill a child or pet.
Thanks for not killing it.
BigV why would he?I will be happy if ı see bobcat in my backyard
Do people actually kill wild cats?
They might as well have. They starved it
@@glockbabe9601 ~ it is a wild bobcat! Feeding it is not a good idea, no? I am sure nothing good can come out of feeding wild carnivores/predators 😞 actually encouraging them to your property can only bring about problems like....death, to them in the long run
@@GribGFX yeah cause they attack small pets and children
Respect to you dude for not calling the police or killing the bobcat. Lot of us never get to experience wildlife or see any of these cool creatures cuz greedy people build homes in wild areas and kill the animals off. You instead like a man, stayed in your home, observed and actually enjoyed these cool creatures.
Amen to that!!🖤🥰
They still ended up dying though. The first bobcat is assumed to have starved to death
@@awesomemel the first Bobcat wasn't a wild one though. The wild ones are different.
Should’ve tried harder to help the tamed one. What a turd! He basically fattened up the squirrels for the wild ones to kill but wouldn’t help the helpless one. Asshole
This!!! Yes!! I was raised in the Sonoran desert. Please God, respect these beautiful creatures. Change your behavior to protect and respect them. They are wild. Predation is not personal. It’s survival. Keep your small pets inside if unattended. That’s it. That’s all you have to do.
Those are the largest squirrels I’ve ever seen!
Awesome video. But, "Never feed wildlife"... Then cut to: fat ass squirrels chompin on KFC corn cob. LOL. No biggie tho. Great footage!
Squirrels don't count ;)
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People feed squirrels and birds all the time though lol
ASMR Poncherello LOL yeah exactly.
A squirrel cant inflict fatal harm on you...
This man has the perfect voice for any type of documentary.👍
God. They are beautiful. Precious fur babies. Thank you for not hurting them.Bless.
What a truly beautiful cat. The unbelievable reflexes.
Very well done video, thoughtful and relaxed as opposed to stupid and hysteric like most animal videos on youtube.
horbergus
Thank you! I Agree - there is enough beauty in nature to give goosebumps. Who needs the "hysterics".. Well said.
Most videos I see are the people yelling and trying to make it go away. Like what's the big deal? You are safe in your house and you should sit down and appreciate the wonderful piece of nature LITERALLY sitting at your doorstep. I would kill for an animal like that to come in the backyard so I could take pictures of it from the back door.
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Its nature as its best
9 years later and this was highly entertaining. Thanks for sharing
Omg look how they move at 3:00. Those moves looks so robotic
Dumb ass, the video was sped up
@@glockbabe9601 damn why the girl gotta be called dumb ass? Obviously she didn't know. I think u the real dumb ass.
That's true ignorance is not a crime or anyone's fault.
@@johnnyappleseed2481 shut the fuck up and nobody ask you for your opinion.
@@glockbabe9601 fuck you asshole. Not everyone would know that, you douche
If you are referring to your cat and the bobcat, catnapping, your cat is not cat napping. That is a defensive posture, on the toes, frozen and cautiously observing the bobcat. You cat is not all that comfortable.
I thought that was weird of him to say too. The cat was terrified and the bobcat was in predator mode, especially the way it was flicking its tail and showing its teeth. This guy doesn't know how to read animals.
That's for sure...hypervigilant..
I think everyone is aware the house cat was shook
just me Yes he does, he says the cat is scared in the video
TWOHAWK 1 your Iq is showing, he showed his cats tail for a reason genius.
Wild cats are no different than tame pet cats in that they both need regular deworming. I would venture to say that almost all Bobcats venturing into human habitat are in the desperate stage of Ascaris infestation. A few yrs ago I had a male cat that went off on his own and I didn't see him until about 3 yrs latter a few miles from home. I took him food but he still remained ravenous hungry. Then I realized he needed deworming. I emptied 1 cap Piperizine into food and after that he no longer came for feeding; he was good to go.
You probably killed him Bro
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Beautiful video with wonderful narration. I wish more people could see the sacredness of experiences like these the way you clearly do - and the only way to help that along is to help folks truly see what's out there. Gratitude and Peace.
you might be right that it was raised in captivity - because it doesn't look like a pure bobcat.
I have allot of bobcats in my area that look just like him but allot more fatter
Amidat stfu
@@thomastorres1323 whats your problem you sound pretty sensitive over a persons comment
No, it's an actual Bobcat it was just raised with people. Their behavior will be totally different as a result.
@@satori-in-life bobcats do not have tails that long, or spots like that, or long legs, or a face like that.. it might if been a serval or a mix
Thank you for sharing this amazing video. They are such magnificent creatures.
You are/were so blessed to have such beautiful wild cats in your backyard.
I wouldnt call that a blessing
Beautiful cats. Poor things were hungry.
You and your beautiful wife were so lucky to have the presence of these amazing creatures so close to the human eyes !!! Thank you so much for respecting them and not getting a shot gun out !! Absolutely one of the most beautiful videos a home owner has taken of a species rarely seen so close by the naked eye. Thank you for sharing !! 😻
Thanks for posting this. What gorgeous animals; I hope they had good lives.
Hey Great footage Phillip. These animals are not easy to see, and I am aware you know this. I had a pair that lived with me in the mountains in northern california, and no one would believe me. I think it may have been a mother and cub. They never let me come close, or even wanted me to spot them in the foliage, but I finally got them to come into my home when the weather was below 30 degrees, to stay warm. They would stay behind the partition behind my sofa and just watch me. Scary, but worth it....out there we were all in the wild and I was part of it. I didnt tame them or domesticate them, and now they're somewhere out there still being in the wild...
Great job on the camera!!!
We have the same
Bob Cat come twice
a year, sticks around sleeping on our
back yard block fence ..
Spring & Fall
he knows the rabbits
are plentiful in the spring
with alot of easy prey being born..
He hangs around eats until hes gained alot
of weight leaves looking beautiful.. Come fall he returns looking like he's starved, hangs around
a month or two leaves out across the desert..
He's repeated this same cycle for past 10 year's..
His mother must've bought him this route
as a kitten..
I always start looking
for him thinking he's not coming this year
because he looks half dead last few times
but each time he arrives to see him leave
looking so beautiful
gives me some hope
he's gonna return..
I know soon he's not gonna come and that's gonna be
heartbreaking..
I know he watches us
as well, making sure
we see his
coming's & going's
I really believe he
doesn't leave until
he sees & hears
Be safe I'll see you again
my friend...
Wowee, thank you so much for being present in so many ways when the cats came to visit. Wow. I just loved listening to your voice and watching your excellent footage.
I saw one of these so close I gently walked away and prayed to God .
Smart women
A bobcat isn't going to attack a human unless it's retarded
@cobainzlady a bobcat isn't a cougar though. A bobcat is not that much bigger than a domesticated cat, they weigh less than 20 lbs. They would definitely kill pets and they could mess you up if you cornered one, but they're not dangerous.
5:23 is insane. She just takes one leap and springs like 15-20 feet. It's amazing how powerful these creatures are for their size. A coyote wouldn't stand a chance against a bobcat if there were a 1v1 fight. Coyotes usually hunt in pairs or packs where bobcats are solo predators.
All true!
Nice video and thank you for having non annoying music ♥️
What a great video w/sweet narrative. Thank you for taking the time to share it with those of us who appreciate it.
First, let me compliment you on a lovely video, one that is an exemplar of what YT was started to promote.
Now, I have conflicting feelings. I partly grew up in DFW and went to college in Dallas. As a kid, I watched blue jays dive bomb our cat in the back yard. I love squirrels, have seen a few black ones, one even popped out of a trash can to take the last of my burger. In Arizona, we had one come by daily. It had a lovely coat (I named it Pinecone). But I also feel for the first bobcat, the apparently domesticated one (who, as you noted, didn't try to eat your house cat). A domesticated cat that is made to look out for itself probably won't last long. Even the actual "wild" one. It certainly was fascinating, but your shot of it walking away, the last time you saw it, was grim foreboding.
Yeah, Thats a North TX Bobcat alright. We have a couple in our yard as well. Awesome. Thx for posting.
It must be exciting having real wildlife. In the Uk, all we have are foxes and badgers. There are foxes even in the middle of cities, but they aren't dangerous. There are just a very tiny amount of wildcats left in Scotland, but they are almost extinct.
Raccoons can be assholes, mountain lions are scary.. black bears are usually cool, but can kill you real quick if they want to. Opossums are funny creatures, real cute. Those are the only ones that interact with humans where I live. The coyotes, rabbits, skunks, foxes, and groundhogs are pretty shy. I can see all of those in Tennessee, plus many I'm forgetting
But you must have European wild cats in Scotland those are part of the ancestors of our domestic house cat
No it's dangerous not exciting esp if you have pets
So cool! The things I’d do to observe a real bobcat in action! At some prey, not me lol. We don’t have wildlife like that here roaming too.
When I lived in Arizona (I now live in the uk) there were coyotes-there were a few incident of outdoor cat deaths due to coyotes living so close to houses- and plenty and I mean plenty of javelinas. Those javelinas were damn loud sometimes. There were also many reptiles and bloody spiders around.
I would rather watch a robin or two on my fence right now (besides foxes and badgers are just as interesting to watch sometimes)
Beautifully narrated, with empathy. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this fantastic video! I just moved to new property in west Sonoma County, California and this morning discovered 3 bobcats wandering around on my deck and driveway. Learned a lot from your video!
That first cat looks like a Serval, not a Bobcat. Look up Serval, they seem to be commonly domesticated. Note how long and thin the tail is and the spotting is not like a bobcat. Also the ears are very much like other Servals.
It was not a serval.
This is a serval:
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Note the small head, large ears, light coat, & medium length tail.
Thank you for sharing. We just moved to Allen, TX I was walking my dog last week and we encountered a Bob Cat....my dog (who is 90lbs) was sniffing like crazy...I looked over and there was a cat..crouching..staring..checking us out under a huge trash container. I was mesmerized, bc I suddenly realized that this was not a domestic cat, but what I now know you guys called a Bob Cat. I gave my dog a firm pull and slowly walked away..i was in shock... of my close encounter. I'm originally from London, so Ive never encountered something so real, raw and wild! lol Believe me I give that trash can a wide birth walking my dog, but I'm so happy I got to see her him
Great job Phillip really appreciate your love oh these animals, I feel the same way
Beautiful video. Thank you for sharing this. Nothing beats watching nature... and I mean NOTHING! So fascinating. Love the cats.
Lucky it was the tame one and not the wild one. I always kept my cats inside when I had them... cars and coyotes and cat-hating pricks abound here. I sure hope that skinny tame bobcat didn't meet a sad end though. I probably would have thrown him some meat, but then he would have adopted me for sure.
Or worse would’ve gone up to other people expecting to be fed except he’d scare the shit out of them and get shot.
Me too Crusader, for those exact 3 reasons you listed, the last one being the most despicable.
@@highjinx6519 so true High Jinx
This is a fine example of the music really adding something to the mix. Well done. So often we see the reverse.
You have a phenomenal voice, Sir! Great job and thank you for sharing!
We used to live in the outskirts of a desert town. LOTS of interesting experiences with wildlife. Had a small hill behind us, our house was built sort of into the side of it, the highest point of the hill was just a bit higher than our 6 foot stucco backyard fence. And we had trees. One day my chihuahuas were going berserk, I’d stepped into the house for a moment but hauled right back to see what was going on.
I looked up into a tree, it wasn’t very tall. I met the gaze of a gorgeous bobcat. We weren’t far from each other and it was like looking into eternity. The cat had a psychic gaze, it looked right through me. It had no fear whatsoever. We looked into each others eyes for a while and I was about to move back, I might have softly said something to it I don’t remember. But then it very casually, slowly walked back up the tree branch and up to the top of the stucco fence and onto the land above it. It moved as if there was nothing in the world it was worried about. Of course I never left my little dogs out there again. It’s not smart to leave pets even for a minute if you’re in a rural area. Hawks, bobcats , etc. I was embarrassed I’d been so stupid but looking into the bobcat’s eyes from so short a distance was an unforgettable cosmic experience.
An amazing experience. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome music. Great mini documentary.
I walk right past bobcats in River Legacy Park in Arlington almost on a daily basis. They are so used to people on foot that you can walk right next to them. If you get too close, they will just casually move away, but they are almost tame. This is an amazing video!
9 years later and that epic excuse for not sending out the "expert" is still funny!! "I'm sorry, the Bobcat expert is out of town".😲😲😂😂😂😂😂😂😶
Thanks for a glimpse of the wild.
the first one looks hybrid! maybe serval hybrid coz he's taller!
You may be right
The tail seemed longer, too.
Amazing. So beautiful.
Your whole video is simply amazing very very well done... Thank you for sharing this with us.
Awesome video. Always love when I get the chance to see one of these beautiful cats whether in my alleyway or in the woods. It's just so cool to see that even in such a growing urbanizing area we are still in the presence of such wild creatures. I hope that the towns in the area can keep some of the natural habitats in the form of nature preserves, in order to keep these animals alive. and happy.
Phillip Thomas. For future reference, if you see more? Call Texas Parks and Wildlife and ask for a list of licensed wildlife rehabilitators. They will help you. Don't contact Craigs List!!!! People on there are usually just dealing in animals to make money! They could care less what happens to them. It is illegal to keep native Texas Wildlife for pets, for the very reason you mentioned on the first cat. If it had been a pet, and someone let it loose, it didn't know how to hunt so probably slowly starved to death.
Lovely video and narrative. Thank you for posting.
Fock face..he didn't even feed a dying of STARVATION cat...your thanking him.??
This animal is majestic. And this video is amazing. Excellent videography and narration.
Talk about a dedicated film crew! Great stuff, thanks. They are beautiful creatures and it was nice to see her get rewarded with a tasty meal.
All you city rats quit wining about this really cool video of the wild coming to this guys house.
You probably thinks its OK to destroy millions of acres of habitat to build a mall or a golf course that we don't need!!!!!
It is ok
I had a cat that made friends with a lynx by giving her mice.
Haha dude wtf are you serious? That's pretty cool even tho I don't like cats. I'm a dog person
Lmao
@rumpleforeskin73 Bobcats occasionally try to mate with domestic cats. It's not always food they are looking for. Female bobcats where I live aren't a whole lot bigger (10-15 pounds) than domestic cats.
Thanks for sharing Phillip! Love the BG music.... Nice camera work and patience........ Happy 2020!!
Thanks PT!
Beautiful. I live very close to you and saw a bobcat in the alley one morning. They had been sighted in our neighborhood, and even though I always had plenty of food for the ferals out, I never saw one in our yard. We had everything else - birds, hawks, squirrels, raccoons, possums, mice, rats, feral cats, and our own cats - but never the bobcat. Thanks for capturing these beauties on video. Makes you ponder their fate. ~ Lisa
My 5 year old daughter and I got a kick out this video. Thanks.
Outstanding video.. thanks for sharing ..
The one that was underweight probably was already domesticated so feeding it would not likely have done it more damage. I would have given it food. In 1972 when I was 12 I made friends with a female bobcat. It was 15 degrees below zero f and had not been above zero for days. I let her into my basement man cave/bedroom and fed it and we became instant best friends. She spent the winter with me (voluntarily) and then finally wandered off when the weather got warm again. She came back several winters only she brought her babies with her most years. Then when she stopped coming her offspring and their off spring came. We became a sort of winter shelter for them for over 20 years but the area got too built up and by the late 1990's they stopped visiting altogether. The first one helped me get two boy scout badges which got me promoted from Tenderfoot to 2nd class.
What a cool video. I love that out of all the people who this could have happened to, it happened to someone with a knack for narration. Thanks for sharing!
he is just chilling with the housecat. the house cat told him there is Blue Buffalo treats inside. ;D
"Well, we talked about feeding him".
Man...
Yeah I feel bad for that cat. We used to feed opossums and squirrels when they were skinny and hungry...and they aren't even rare or endangered. I would have definitely fed him and kept all of the chicken skins for him in the future
This was good coverage. Thanks for sharing.
I live just outside Dallas. One day I was in backyard by a small creek a Bobcat walks about 50 ft away. It was leery of me but not afraid. It wandered to neighbors. 8 days later on Sunday night about 10pm. I walked out to get our mail. I’m walking back toward front door. Only 2 minutes passed. I look up and there is a bobcat just off my porch looking at me. I stop and think what is best. This was not the same one. Bigger. One week later I’m leaving my neighborhood and one runs across road. These animals absolutely are majestic and you realize what they can be capable of face to face.
What a great video, thank you so much for sharing! Regarding the first bobcat who seemed rather tame... I noticed the cat had true rosettes on its coat which is not something that occurs on bobcats. As for it's body shape, like the rosettes I would attribute that to the same thing; I think this was a cross between a domestic Bengal cat and a bobcat. Bobcats always have a stocky build and the first cat in your video had a longer body and longer legs.
I stay in Dallas near the trinity river, and have seen plenty of bobcats
Cool video, thanks for filming and sharing. 🙏
Awesome narrating . Thank you
I loved the work you did on Cheaters. Can't miss that filming style and voice.
San Diego UMM JOEY GRECO WASNT DA NARRATOR THO
Just got home from work...on my patio watering my flowers...on 2nd floor on Arapaho and see a bobcat strolling along my fenceline. Now I know what is going on @ 2am when I hear animals fighting.
Arapaho?? So you from Dallas too??
Absolutely beautiful watching her crouched down and stalk those squirrels
Ive watched a couple of your videos and like your narration. Keep up the nice work.
Lucky the house cat wasn't eaten.
Alyssa , am I the only one shocked how little he seemed to care about his cat being in a dangerous situation?!! He probably would have filmed the kill, sadly.
@@projectkj7643 honestly there was nothing he could do, he knew what a bobcat was capable of, and knew that possibly if he stepped out, he would've been attacked. He was concerned, who would not have been? But he couldn't do anything, and the bobcat seemed tame. If it was going attack, the cat* would've been mangled before he could get that sliding door open.
NO the bobcat would have ran if he came out. No way I'd have left my family out there to be KILLED FCK THAT
TAME???it killed a four pound squirrel bobcats are NOT TAME
It's not likely to attack another cat near its size except to fight over territory, in which case one or the other would likely retreat still alive.
God I love everything about this video. "Look at that tail"
Thank you ! That means a lot.
Great video, thank you for sharing - hope you get another one to visit you someday.
wow your lucky to capture all this. thnx for posting
wow amazing footage sir. I love how you went to detail too.
can you narrate audio books
Thank you for this beautiful video! I love your editing skills.
Absolutely beautiful moments caught on video. You are a lucky man.
Great video!
Ive been seeing more and more bobcats out in Richardson,Texas every year.
Strangely fascinating. Couldn't stop watching once started. Super cool. Domesticated bobcat compared to wild. Nice narration too.
You are sooo lucky to have him in the backyard.
this kinda reminded me of Marty stouffers wild America, the way ya narrated this whole thing. I watched it like it was a TV episode
you should have given him something to eat...there was a reason why he came to you...
Nope
This is a beautifully made video and so well narrated
Thank u for share this video it's absolutely beautiful ❤️
The first one looks like a product of selective breeding. Probably wound up in your back yard because of idiots shouting "WILD ANIMALS SHOULD BE SET FREE IN THE WILD" without any forethought as to how exactly a tamed animal is supposed to survive in the wild.
The second may have been kept in a wildlife reserve where hunting was optional at best before being released. Curious about the jerky motions it was making while stalking about the yard, though...
I love how everyone is a wild animal expert in the comments section
Super cool video! Thank you for sharing
Tamed and relaxed...tale flickering like a madcat..facepalm lol.
Also the first one looks like a Savannah.