Posted on 04/25/2008 1:04:16 PM PDT by jdub
Willard Gore's no stranger to tough fighting. A Vietnam veteran and a career educator with years of experience in labor contract negotiations, he could write a book.
But those were long battles, while his most recent struggle was very, very brief, happening at lightning speed. In fact, the terrorizing suddenness was among the enemy's most dangerous weapons.
Gore was attacked by a bobcat.
It happened Sunday, March 30, about 6:30 a.m. on a farm in the Defeated community of Smith County. He and a friend, Bill Davis, had gone there to hunt wild turkeys.
Davis went to one end of the field, and Gore, dressed in camouflage, sat down, leaning against a tree near some woods at the other end.
He used a "call" device to make the sound of a hen turkey, hoping to attract male turkeys to the area. His shotgun was ready.
"Then all of a sudden, it was on me, and I guess it was the bill of my cap that saved my eyes," he said.
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Just reading the headline, I thought somebody had been watching when I got home from the woods last Sunday.
So, it wasn’t Al who was gored.
I’d be really po’d. It wouldn’t be the first time a rabid bobcat attacked a human.
In the alternative, maybe he was so bad that the bobcat thought he was a mentally challenged turkey and would be an easy meal. You know, survival of the fittest and all.
The way it appears in the article, it would appear that the bobcat was nearly as suprised as he was. He was mimicking a hen turkey call, and the cat stalked him. since he was covered in camo, the cat didn’t realize it was a human. If it was rabid, it wouldn’t have run off.
I agree.
Must have been a nasty surprise.
now thats funny! maybe he was disturbing the cat’s nap, or the sound was hurting his ears???
This past deer season I was sitting in a ground blind in the NWR that borders our property and I saw the LARGEST bobcat in existence (had to be!). When I first caught the movement and turned my full attention to the critter, I thought it was a yearling deer, but its locomotion was different. "Bobcat" was not registering in my mind because it was just too darned big. But cat it certainly was, as it trotted past me at no more than 17 yards. I was quite nervous coming out of the woods after dark that evening because this kitty could have done some damage had it had the desire.
Not Al, but Cookeville is not far from Carthage. Could be kin folk.
I need help here. Did the town first encounter the bobcat or was it down and out for other reasons??
Could it have been what you saw was a lynx? They’re much bigger than bobcats.
Yep, maybe it was like the old fingers-on-a-chalkboard sound to the bobcat.
‘Yotes will come into a turkey call also...right to the call.
Ping.
Don’t know if we have lynx in NE Louisiana and, quite honestly, I forgot about it enough that I never tried to find out afterward. I can say that I’ve never heard anybody mention a lynx around here and I’ve never seen one although I spend hours out in the woods and field daily. Will do some research tonight.
don’t bother, no lynx in LA.
Sorry, for some reason I was thinking American Northwest. Lynx are snow cats with very large paws for snow walking.
Then you really did see one huge bobcat!
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