size wise and the ear tuffs...i'm betting lynx !!!

Lynx have a more solid grayish coat and large feet.

i bet this is a lynx because of the size of the tufts on its ears

Not a very big deer unless that is a hell of a bobcat.

I have studied lynx in Colorado and am willing to bet that it is indeed a lynx. The tail on a Lynx is shorter than a bobcats. The ears do not look as if it is a bobcat either. Regardless these are some cool shots. Just being in the right place at the right time.

lynx have longer tuffs on there ears to but this one has some pretty long tuffs so it makes ya wonder

Whatever this is it was very determined to take down this deer

Geez, those are crazy pics. The cat Is so small.

It is most definitely a "bonds-cat"... last year it was posted up for adoption as a grey tabby with cute ears and a clean rear in the D.C. pages of "Wasted Taxpayers Journal"...

i gota agree there. this deer didnt even put up a fight

It's a lynx as by the black tassel tips on the ears&size.Yearling deer,late winter-stressed out easy target. Place it in Canada probably B.C or W. Alberta due to rock type and guard rail design.Place it no further north than Prince George,B.Cor Yellow Head.Alberta.Doubt it was hit by vehicle first -but maybe.

Well you don't see that every day

It is clearly a bob cat. And it is sad to hear that someone who studies Lynnx has no idea. Probably a person that has authority to influence law,how sad.

If U doubt then tipe Lynx pics into Google.

Never would have guessed they would go after a very much alive deer.

Yeah but whats this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74oHF-RCJk

THats an awesome picture. Thats a story to tell if you saw that in real life.

I'd say bobcat. The tail coloring, the narrow face and the small feet look like our local bobcats. Local lynx give me the impression of being much hairier and stocky, not to mention absurdly big feet (like mine).

that is one angry kitty

Thats a great picture. I found signs of a bobcat in Wisconsin last gun season. My hunting buddy found a hind quarter of a deer up in a tree about 20 feet, and later that week I saw cat prints in the mud that were as big as my palm.

That is a LYNX. If you can't tell, check the stats - longer tail, plae markings, big mustache. Don't screw with that guy. poor Muley - he didn't see it coming.

Then WHAM! LYNX ALL OVER YOU!

Lynx or Bobcat, I don't care, that is so cool to see, kudos to the photographer.

After all the back and fourth I am copying a link to the Colorado DNR website. They try to track Lynx sightings as they have been trying to boost the numbers of them. They have a nice bobcat v. lynx fact section for those thinking this is a lynx.

http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Mammals/Lyn...

Enjoy.

Now there's a ferocious feline!

Would anyone like to guess the weight? I would think it is 30 lbs or so.

Kudos on the great shots, I seem to see similar things when the camera is at home, and I am not.

For those of you that said it's a Lynx...I bet you also think that's where "Lynx sausages" come from!

BOBCAT!

thats a 'cat we hunt 'um with hounds up here in michigan

man thats some lucky shots

The largest Bobcat I ever took was 35 lbs and this cat looks a bit larger. I'd say 40 lbs. Hope that winter coat hasn't thrown me off.

Here in Maine, we have to be very careful with recognition between these two species, as Bobcat are legal game, and Lynx are not. Looking at the ear tufts, they appear to be about 1" in length. Lynx tufts tend to be longer. Lynx also appear to be taller, with a gangly leg appearance. This animal does not. The Lynx has a distinctive black end to its tail. This animal does not. My vote? Bobcat.

does it really matter if it is a lynx or bobcat? whatever it is still beat the deer!

thanks to mharaldson for the link to the dnr website. clearly a bobcat,a big one, but a bobcat nonetheless. just another reminder that bigger is not always better, and that hunger is a powerful motivator!

Definitely a western bobcat. In Idaho we can run them with dogs and I have killed a number of them some as large as 60 lbs. They are more spotted than lynx and have shorter ear tufts but they do have ear tufts. Also western bobcats are different than southern bobcats and are sold in the fur trade as Lynxcats and bring a lot more money than southern bobcats.

As a scientific classification, a "bobcat" is a species of the "lynx" genus. So basically, it's both. However there are several species of "bobcats".

thats one hungry kitty

Thanks to mdaraldson for the most helpful comment posted so far, the link to the Colorado DNR -

http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Mammals/Lyn

It settles all the speculation - it's a lynx.

your all wrong!!!! its a puma....

Are puma, mountain lion, and bobcat all a common name for the same animal?

This is most definately a very hungry, tougher than nails, Bobcat. It looks like he was interrupted by the photographer who just caught some one in a lifetime shots. If you have seen them in the wild, theyre quite distinguishable from each other. They are by pictures as well but nothing beats seeing the real thing. Used to trap lynx back when they were legal to do so and they're marked very different from a bobcat as well as their tails and feet are very different in size and color.

KUDDOS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

A MOUNTAIN LION AND A COUGAR ARE THE SAME ANIMAL.

ON THIS "KITTY" AT HAND, I SAY LYNX.

thats a young deer

That aint a bobcat. Pointed ears gives it away dumbass

I think this is a saber tooth tiger crossed with a feral house cat. Come on people, this is a Big Male BOBCAT. Look up lynx on the net, look at some pictures, and stop debating. I have caught two, trapping hear in Maine, the last two years and both were just under 40 lbs and they get bigger. Just like this one did! Th' Mainna

Hello 'gjstcruz', I am not sure you actually read the Colorado DNR site or looked at the pictures. This is a Bobcat. Please check out the site again.

Size doesn't matter or Lynx just don't care

NICE DOE

Looks more like a blacktail than a muley. Except for there size there aint much difference. Probably a bobcat gettin a blacktail out in the west.

To be honest i have no clue whether it is a bob cat or a lynx because i have never seen a lynx in real life and the only time i saw a bobcat was when i was climbing out of my tree stand right past dusk and about half way down, i looked straight ahead and to the right a bit and it was 20 yards away. it scared me so bad i fell the rest of the way down. whether or not it is a lynx or a bobcat, these are amazing photos and congrats to the photographer for capturing them!

If you guys think that is a lynx you are wrong lynx are little biger so I have to go with a bobcat.

But then again it does have small feet and lynx have big feet. It's face is real sleek too, and lynx have a wider face. So I can't say exactly what i think it is.

It could also be a Coastal Blacktail instead of a Muley. Some Blacktails can be very small.

I think its a bobcat because bobcats have shorter legs and it is too small to be a lynx.And ultimate persuit, ITS NOT A PUMA!Puma is another name for a mountain lion or cougar.

No question about this one boys! This magnificent animal is clearly a bobcat. I've been involved in the taking of many of these cats and have seen so many more taken that there is no doubt in my mind. I lived right beside one of Maine's premier bobcat hunters and got to look them over every other day, or so in seemed to me, every winter.Sadly, this man drowned about 10 years ago trying to save one of his hunting hounds.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.howstuffworks.com/g...

Who cares if it is a bobcat or a lynx, one thing is for sure its got balls

Whatever it is had a good meal. I see the pictures look like it is on the road. Is it possible the deer was wounded by a car first? Either way cool pics.

lynx all the way I've seen bobcat they don't have the points on there ears, fur isn't as grey and the feet aren't as furry. And go ahead and mark down the comment shows how mature you are.

It's definitely a Bobcat, you can tell it because of the striped coat and smaller feet on this animal just like what mharaldson said. I bet my money on it.

Such a good kitty
Kill the deer kill the deer

Excuse me, I meant -

"It's a somewhat lynx-y bobcat."

Amazing photo but no doubt that it is a bobcat.

I think it's a BOBLYNX!
WHO CARES ANYWAY!!???

wow i have never seen that before.

That cat surely resembles the Bobcats here in Wa state

Its a Bobcat! Anyways it is a very cool picture and I still don't understand what is happening but I like it.

First, that's a youn mulie, and any bobcat living in the snow will be covered in much more than any texas bobcat, causing it to look bigger..besides different regions grow dif sized animals

Talk about being in the right place at the right time, and with a camera no less.

Thats a SAVAGE bobcat!!!

I like this one

From what I understand, the bobcat is a species of lynx. In North America you have either the Bobcat or Canada Lynx... both of the genus lynx. Both has at least some of a tuft on their ears and the short tails. The stripes on the tail are more of a telltale sign of the bobcat if you're trying to distinguish the two. I'm not claiming to be an expert or anything, but to me it looks to be a Bobcat instead of a Canada Lynx

Pretty cool bobcat!

This is a big bobcat usually lynx have faces that take up more of the head and are deeper gray with larger feet. This is not uncommon at all. bobcats love mulies. This is also not a fawn. it is a doe that weighs about 110 pounds.Some of the confusion may be because when people think of bobcats they think of southern ones that are usually well under 40 pounds and have a tan and black color.

Great photo opportunity,Bad kitty!

very cool

wow. that is messed up

that is a lynx i know cuz i trap bobcats

Great Photo.

na im goin with bobcat, i can see the debate cause the people who think its a lynx made good observations on the tufts and the grey. but look at the hind legs they got brown on them, and if it were a lynx it would be much taller, thats an awesome picture though

id just love to shoot into that

Awesome photo - nothing like being in the right place at the right time.
BobcatPerth

it aint no damn bobcat thats for sure

I believe it's across between a lynx and bobcat...

I've dealt with enough Bobcats in my day to know 100% that's a Bobcat. And there also has to be something wrong with that Mule deer. Great Pics.

My vote is bobcat with an attitude

watchout your next

interesting picture.

I think its a lynx

I will put money on it that this is a Blynx. Look it up. It has too many qualities of both the bobcat and the lynx to be one or the other. My wife is a zookeeper, they have blynx at the last zoo she worked.

looks like a yearling doe to me, not full grown.
still...that's one ambitious kitty

Its oviously a bobcat

I will guess this is a lynx, and is it a fawn that it is going after?? to me it looks like a fawn. I guess that is how mother nature works, some animals have to eat and some have to be eaten.

lynx id say

I am pretty sure this is a bobcat. It looks bigger, like a Lynx, because the deer is a fawn. The ears look like a bobcat and the coat around the upper legs and next look like a bobcat. I vote bobcat!

This is cracking me up....Please, we need some wildlife expert tells us all if it's a Lynx or Bobcat so this can stop. Too funny.

there had to be something up with that deer to not put up a fight.

BULLSHIT. you can clearly see in the fourth picture it is a lynx. that is one hell of a bobct if itwas one. but they for sure aint no damn bobcat

nahhhhhhhhhh

lynx (I think)

Great Picture! Bet it was exiting seeing what really happens in nature.

BOBCAT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobcat... look at the picture they are the same.

maybe its mama was a lynx and daddy was a bobcat

Wow thats pretty amazing,that deer didnt put up much of a fight

Ihave a live size lynx i got a while ago and it sure dont look like that. bobcat for sure.

THIS IS A BOBCAT. THE NORTH HIGHWAY MENTIONED IS HIGHWAY 3 IN NORTHEAST OREGON. I AM FROM WALLOWA OR A TOWN 30 MILES FROM WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN. IT WAS IN OUR LOCAL PAPER AND THAT IS WHY I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOIN ON WITH THE PICTURE!!!!!!!

BearCreekBulls - since you know the origins of this photo series - what time of year was it? I am thinking that it was later in winter and the young deer may have been starving and thus unable to escape/defend itself. Assuming that it had not been hit by a car prior to this. The speculation that the deer did not have good footing on the pavement may also have been a factor.

I hope the photographer backed off and let the bobcat feed after taking the photos so the deer did not die in vain. After working that hard, it (the bobcat) deserved a good meal.

And those of you voting lynx, please take the time to go look the two cats up in any mammal guide - you will find that the bobcats have the right features to match these photos - color/pattern of fur, size of feet, proportional length of legs, size of the ear tuffs, shape of the facial hair, etc. For those in the south, a very basic statistic in ecology is that the farther north you go, the larger any specie's members tend to get - it has to do with body mass and conservation of heat, etc.