How to Bait Bobcats

The bobcat, a feline predator about twice the size of a common house cat, but slightly smaller than a lynx, can be troublesome if living in your area. They are classified as a nonthreatened species. Baiting bobcats to capture and/or relocate is an effective way to lure them to traps. As bobcats follow consistent routes while foraging and hunting for food, baiting them to a trap can be accomplished easily with the use of a few commonly found supplies.

Things You'll Need

  • Bobcat gland lures
  • Scraps of meat/skin
  • Appropriate traps
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Instructions

    • 1

      Determine the route the bobcat uses for hunting. Bobcats are very territorial and will stick to certain routes. By monitoring or tracking their paw marks, you can determine the routes which they use.

    • 2

      Create a bottleneck in their path. Use natural elements to help facilitate this, by selecting an area of their path that is naturally restricted on either side by trees or rocks. The obstacles force them to go through a particular pathway.

    • 3

      Place scraps of meat or bobcat-gland lures (obtained from hunting supply stores in bobcat areas) suspended overhead of the bottle-necked pathway. This will encourage the bobcat to go toward the trap you have set up.

    • 4

      Set up scraps of skin or cartilage higher above the pathway, if you are not able to check on and replenish bait often, skin scraps will last longer than meat scraps and will be less likely to be eaten by other species. Rain and snow will not hide hanging skin bait as easily as food scraps.