Bobcat chasing a squirrel

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • You gotta see this!! I took this video several years ago of a Huge Bobcat Chasing a Squirrel up and down a tree! one of the coolest things I've ever seen in the woods!

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  • @alessandrorossini8704
    @alessandrorossini8704 2 роки тому +36

    The muscular power, the agility, the speed and the stamina of that cat are something...

    • @supersonic1246
      @supersonic1246 Рік тому +4

      Ja , but it's problem , exhausted now and no squirrel-meat for energy ... 🐺😐

    • @monte68x
      @monte68x Місяць тому

      What's lacking is intelligence.

  • @Spartan-2030
    @Spartan-2030 2 роки тому +10

    Squirrel: You've merely adopted the trees, I was born in them.
    Great video, thank you for sharing

  • @davidlamberson5435
    @davidlamberson5435 2 роки тому +13

    Give this cat an A for effort. Squirrels are super fast. This cat is real ambitious hard worker. Proud of this guy. Great once in a lifetime video.

  • @Requiredfields2
    @Requiredfields2 4 роки тому +32

    Amazing footage. The squirrel is able to run down the tree much faster and is confident enough to trash talk the bobcat. But the amount of energy and athleticism the bobcat puts into the hunt is also impressive and with no payoff. Life in the forest is tough.

    • @mdeezqwe
      @mdeezqwe 10 місяців тому +1

      Bro why can I hear this with a documentary voice 😭

  • @carlo_cali
    @carlo_cali 3 роки тому +27

    This is by far some of the most amazing footage of cats I've ever seen. I live in NY and people are generally terrified of BobCats despite there never being any reports of attacks or anything like that. The size of this guy did amaze me though ! When he's vertical on that tree he looked like a Mountain Lion. I know the cops in Upstate NY get calls all the times of escaped Zoo lions and Mountain Lions creeping around and it's really only a Bobcat and like in this video, once they see a human they take off.

  • @johnmutton799
    @johnmutton799 4 роки тому +17

    And the squirrel is still laughing! Great filming mate! Thank you. Beautiful creatures. Love cats!

    • @iftoulfear1929
      @iftoulfear1929 6 місяців тому

      it's not a laugh, it's a warning "bark" that a threat is close, be on guard

  • @The444traveler
    @The444traveler 2 роки тому +2

    That's was Fantastic! What a Great way to spend the time while hunting & waiting!

  • @thezanzibarbarian5729
    @thezanzibarbarian5729 4 роки тому +183

    The thing is Mr. Squirrel, the Bobcat only ever needs to win once ;-))...

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому +10

      so true! Thank you for watching

    • @TruckTaxiMoveIt
      @TruckTaxiMoveIt 4 роки тому +4

      Actually I saw a bobcat vs. Squirrel video before and the Bobcat got the squirrel on three separate occasions but for some odd reason the squirrel was able to get away the first two times but in the end Bobcat finally got him all the way

    • @Counter-Intuitive
      @Counter-Intuitive 4 роки тому +8

      Bobcats are shockingly athletically gifted! 😳

    • @thezanzibarbarian5729
      @thezanzibarbarian5729 4 роки тому +4

      @@Counter-Intuitive - I've got a cat and had cats. 3 have passed away. They are very athletic and agile and a bobcat is just a bigger, pumped up on steroids version of a domestic cat.

    • @caolanpolgar9190
      @caolanpolgar9190 4 роки тому +2

      He only needs to win the squirrel once but he needs to win way more to survive just sayin

  • @socman3988
    @socman3988 4 роки тому +28

    Hahahahaha the squirrel 🐿 laughing!! Priceless 🤣🤣🤣

    • @yveslaflute9228
      @yveslaflute9228 4 роки тому +5

      Its not a laugh, its a warning call, he's saying danger is HERE.

    • @johnkordish3546
      @johnkordish3546 4 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ekimnamdets6946
    @ekimnamdets6946 4 роки тому +85

    Dude that’s got to be some of the best wildlife hunting footage I’ve ever seen. I’ve always been warned about cats climbing but I didn’t know they could get up a tree that quick.

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому +11

      it was a blessing that i was in the tree that morning and got to see and video this!!! Thank you for watching!!

    • @Don.Challenger
      @Don.Challenger 4 роки тому +2

      @Rob Joshy , The first caption of the video at 00:04 is: "It was a typical afternoon in the treestand, it was archery season and all was quiet
      "

    • @CubSATPH
      @CubSATPH 3 роки тому +3

      That Bobcat can actually attack Human above from the Trees

    • @carlo_cali
      @carlo_cali 3 роки тому +7

      And the scariest part is Black Panthers, Leopards, Pumas, and all of those big cats are the best tree climbers. Just think, they carry their 175 pound kills up trees so no other big cat can take it and then they hang it on a branch and can eat for two days or more.

    • @brewcewillis8328
      @brewcewillis8328 2 роки тому +1

      Humans can attack you anytime anyplace. Festivals grocery stores schools. It's pretty amazing.

  • @shimonhawkins13
    @shimonhawkins13 4 роки тому +27

    That squirrel has the best diabolical laugh I've heard since Vincent Price at the end of 'Thriller'...

    • @babemitzie
      @babemitzie 3 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂😅

  • @swadeshbhattacharjee977
    @swadeshbhattacharjee977 3 роки тому +6

    Not only speed but also the intelligence of the squirrel worked properly,so he could save his life.

  • @emigab5497
    @emigab5497 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this event . I laughed at this bobcat and the sream of this squirell looks like a mockery to this marvellous creature. Thank you again from a cat lover.

  • @ChrisPBacon1434
    @ChrisPBacon1434 3 роки тому +8

    Bobcat is by far the coolest wild cat imo. They're so versatile yet on a 1v1 a human can still win bare handed if it's an adolescent maybe. So cool

  • @WhiteWolf-Militaria
    @WhiteWolf-Militaria 2 роки тому +4

    Magical moment for you...great filming, poor Bobcat had a good try-now he's too tired, and what a lucky Squirrel!

  • @alliwishis_2
    @alliwishis_2 2 роки тому +1

    That's a real good eye that you got You was able to spot him and then get him on camera 👍👍👍 Thank you for the Post

  • @pendopendo7166
    @pendopendo7166 2 роки тому +1

    Amasing footage, you are privaledged to have witnessed it, thank you for sharing.
    That Bobcat would have been eaten by one of our Drop Bears in our Australian bush 🇦🇺 😂

  • @mrsirman2177
    @mrsirman2177 4 роки тому +2

    Pretty cool, and the sound the claws and tree make are nice

  • @beckyjacobsen5867
    @beckyjacobsen5867 3 роки тому +1

    So many squirrels,so few bobcats. Beautiful cat. The squirrel do that to my cats also. Taunting

  • @NytronX
    @NytronX 5 років тому +130

    That squirrel looked like it was actually enjoying itself, lol

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  5 років тому +17

      lol I know!! it sounded like the squirrel was laughing at the bobcat!

    • @goognamgoognw6637
      @goognamgoognw6637 4 роки тому

      @@heavymetaloutdoors9552 squirrel have weird psychology. Their biggest foes are other squirrels and i believe they treat predators like rival squirrels.

    • @yveslaflute9228
      @yveslaflute9228 4 роки тому

      1 squirrel won my speedster of the year award, they like going fast! 2nd place was a raven diving like a falcon to gain incredible speed, glided just above the trees, then one winged next updraft and had to break to poke the turkey vulture he was chasing away Red squirrel glides down 45o slope in my backyard slick ice after a rain and freeze, sister is well behind so she uses 4 paws to gain speed the whole way down, the hairs on her was compressed on her body and face by the wind, so funny!!! looking skinny for a moment.

    • @aboudiab8753
      @aboudiab8753 4 роки тому

      Oh yeah shure

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 3 роки тому +2

      Bobcats catch and eat a lot of squirrels, main food source

  • @CrayzMark
    @CrayzMark 4 роки тому +3

    🤣🤣 That squirrel had that bobcat acting all squirrely and ended it triumphantly, with that immaculate "Squirrel Chuckle" 💯💯

  • @MT-iq6ji
    @MT-iq6ji 5 років тому +51

    Amazing sighting! That's a huge bobcat. Being a predator is harder than you think. These have to hunt for their food while squirrels graze all day.

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  5 років тому +7

      I thought the same thing...thats the biggest bobcat that ive seen in the woods and he burned a lot of calories chasing the squirrel. :) Thank you for watching

  • @joshme4382
    @joshme4382 4 роки тому +8

    Wow! Likely the best wild footage of a bobcat to exist. Excellent look into the life of such a stealthy and secretive species.

  • @75aces97
    @75aces97 4 роки тому +231

    2:08 I wouldn't have thought a bobcat could get up a tree that fast.

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому +19

      man I know!!! it took him a while to get back down though LOL!! Thank you for watching :)

    • @Bokaj01
      @Bokaj01 4 роки тому +7

      Still, the squirrel probably watched it in slow motion.

    • @goognamgoognw6637
      @goognamgoognw6637 4 роки тому +16

      I have seen a leopard going just as fast up literally running up the tree as if the world was 90 degrees sideways at about the same speed as running on flat terrain. But even more shocking, the monkey trying to escape jumped off the tree and the leopard also jumped from a good 20 meters to the ground ! and immediately chased the monkey who couldn't escape any further.

    • @yveslaflute9228
      @yveslaflute9228 4 роки тому +7

      @@heavymetaloutdoors9552 Squirrels can run down a tree, cats have to back down. I had a bird hunting cat, he took 2 small leaps to a tree, 1 huge up it, then a hop up from there and paw reaching up, the birds coun't believe it either, one got its feathers brushed and they all saw him coming. 12 feet up in a flash. I saw a cougar hunting squirrels up in trees at night, cougar won, bobcat looks slow and clumsy there compared to that 400 pounds jumping from branch to branch 30 feet up. Just the noise of the claws going into the wood was amazing!

    • @CubSATPH
      @CubSATPH 4 роки тому

      Yeah its too fast for that bobcat can go climb in tree

  • @SpellCaster17
    @SpellCaster17 4 роки тому +9

    That was totally awesome!
    I do believe the great spirit wanted you to see another small part of the wild life that isn’t usually seen!

  • @God_of_Poets
    @God_of_Poets 4 роки тому +9

    That laughing squirrel.... was EPIC

  • @markm8188
    @markm8188 4 роки тому +3

    You did a great job capturing that video... Thanks for all of us viewers! That was seriously entertaining, and educational as well.

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому

      Thank you!! I always have a video camera with me in the woods because you never know what you will see!!! Thank you for watching!!!

  • @georgewhiteley3653
    @georgewhiteley3653 4 роки тому +1

    The Bobcat o ly has to win once though and Mr Squirrel is lunch lol. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing it with us all who love the outdoors.

  • @AcmePotatoPackingPocatello
    @AcmePotatoPackingPocatello 4 роки тому +2

    Great video
    Healthy bobcat
    Adroitly climbed the tree forward and backwards. Great looking coat.
    Great natural- non Disney- action.
    Probably 30lb cat.
    Incredible beginning...as the cat approaches, in jerky motion start stop.

  • @df-ln8sn
    @df-ln8sn 4 роки тому +1

    Great footage! love the squirrel chuckle, but the bobcat is very young and he will be back with a one and done win!

  • @dfuss2756
    @dfuss2756 2 роки тому +1

    This was great footage. Something only a very extreme few get to see. Thank you for sharing.

  • @vhammont
    @vhammont 7 років тому +150

    That was pretty darn cool!!! I think that squirrel was playing with him cause the squirrel could have gone up the tree and jumped to another tree.

    • @flyinacircle6398
      @flyinacircle6398 5 років тому +13

      Vance Hammontree yes the canopy there would afford easy exit for the squirrel in any direction it chose. i likewise can’t think of any explanation but that the squirrel felt so secure it was messing with the bob cats head.

    • @teeroux
      @teeroux 4 роки тому +12

      During season squirrels are territorial of their trees and fight off other squirrels. They will often stand up to other creatures that try to muscle in.

    • @weels1886
      @weels1886 4 роки тому

      I might have had a little pucker factor starting - wondering how it would be if the cat came up my tree. Hello kitty. Suprise!!

    • @goognamgoognw6637
      @goognamgoognw6637 4 роки тому

      @@teeroux yes i think too that squirrel interact a lot with other rival squirrels and eventually use the same behavior with other animals even predators.

    • @martinkollar7651
      @martinkollar7651 4 роки тому +11

      Nope. Squirrel probably has nest nearby and do not want to bring the cat there.

  • @VikkiLynn
    @VikkiLynn 4 роки тому +3

    That was so cool! Thanks for sharing! It sounds like the squirrel is laughing at the Bob cat! So funny, like "maybe tomorrow bro!"

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому +1

      Yes I love that the squirell was "laughing/taunting" the bobcat. I wonder if they do this every day lol!! Thank you for watching!!

  • @skyisthelimit9897
    @skyisthelimit9897 3 роки тому +2

    I’m glade I got to witness this amazing video! Its just scary how relentless and determined that Bob cat was! It’s a squirrels World! 🐿

  • @spencerwinston4334
    @spencerwinston4334 4 роки тому +9

    Riveting footage. First time ever seen a bobcat retreat on such a focused hunt. Perhaps, there will be a sequel, part 2 when the bobcat comes back from his National Geographic star trailer in this wonderful video. Gives you a real feel for the agility, speed, and relentless focus of these cats. Perhaps from the bobcat's vantage point, it's just sport and instinct. Thank you for sharing with viewers worldwide. New US subscriber.

  • @weels1886
    @weels1886 4 роки тому +1

    That's always the best part of archery season. The animals aren't spooked and you get to see stuff like this. It's always a good day in the woods, regardless if you see a deer to draw an arrow at.
    Thanks for sharing!!

  • @bennyandersen742
    @bennyandersen742 4 роки тому +1

    That was a funny to watch, especially the laughing squirrel 🐿️ in the end, thanks for this

  • @publicalways
    @publicalways Рік тому

    The cameraman is awesome with his ability to keep locating that squirrel on camera. Thanks for the amazing footage!

  • @tjmmcd1
    @tjmmcd1 4 роки тому +1

    Wow! Amazing how quick that bobcat climbed the tree. However, the title should read: "Big bobcat confronts heroic squirrel of myths and legend".

  • @ingehumphries8039
    @ingehumphries8039 2 роки тому

    Scooooooore!!! For the squirrel ! Well done Squirrely👍🏻 ….great video thank you❤️

  • @wheelmanstan
    @wheelmanstan Рік тому +1

    This is the stuff people don't think cats have to do every single day to get food. They try everything over and over. Squirrels even seem to play with them or tease them. But I've never seen cats move so well on a tree. It moves almost as easily as a squirrel. Squirrels are basically the gymnasts of the forest and for anything to catch them is miraculous. Usually cat's just nap at the foot of trees and wait for a squirrel to come down and slip up.

  • @silverhorder1969
    @silverhorder1969 4 роки тому +8

    The squirrel looked like he had played that game before! That was great!!

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому

      yes! I wonder if those 2 had played that game before...lol Thank you for watching

  • @thecolorgreen7046
    @thecolorgreen7046 Місяць тому

    My friend's 6-year-old son keeps playing this video over & over - laughing and cheering on the squirrel! 🐿

  • @wildatheart1165
    @wildatheart1165 4 роки тому +1

    That was fantastic best video chase I have seen!! I think the squirrel was doing the chase on purpose, great video 👍🏻

  • @ChrisTopher-zo1vg
    @ChrisTopher-zo1vg 4 роки тому +2

    That bobcat climbs that tree almost as well as that squirrel. Lol......that's some amazing footage right there!

  • @kathryncarter6143
    @kathryncarter6143 4 роки тому +4

    Funny. Sounds like the squirrel is laughing at him.
    Amazing how fast that cat can go up that tree though.

  • @pauldodson2018
    @pauldodson2018 4 роки тому +2

    Hi HM Outdoors, That is the most fantastic footage of a bobcat I've ever seen. Thank you-Paul

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому +1

      Thank you Paul! I couldnt believe that it happend right in front of me! Thank you for watching

  • @Blaster53
    @Blaster53 4 роки тому +1

    Incredibly fascinating fact that this lynx in rapid succession climbed up and down the tree four times. That would be human equivalent of climbing up and down a 30 metre Hugh pole with absolutely incredible speed. That clearly indicates that lynx is very powerful animal and has very high power efficiency ratio. However I would hate to see lynx catching small beautiful and cute squirrel. Thanks for this incredible video.

  • @Artiz...
    @Artiz... 4 роки тому +2

    What an incredible wildlife sequence Todd... much thanks for uploading. All cats are such amazing natural athletes and the Bobcat in particular is pretty much the perfect weight and size to really show off all felines unique and staggering evolutionary adaptations. In response the squirrels bating and laughter is quite unmistakeable. Outstanding UA-cam upload!

  • @chamatsprayart2283
    @chamatsprayart2283 3 роки тому +1

    the humiliation.... Not only was the squirrel laughing at the bobcat, it was all filmed... Nice catch cameraman...

  • @slunghu9815
    @slunghu9815 3 роки тому

    Squirrel knew that someone was recording the contest,tats why he came down again n again to entertainment us. Thank you squirrel....enjoyed the show!!!

  • @adolflazary5864
    @adolflazary5864 Рік тому +1

    Me identifico con ese gato. Perdemos a veces pero músculos y perseverancia producen lo imposible. Muchas gracias por tu trabajo

  • @NaomiCurtis
    @NaomiCurtis 2 роки тому +3

    I watch a great deal of large cats videos and different websites. One is particularly on rehabbing bobcats but I have never seen the bobcats even in the Open spaces climatry and such beautiful ways. This was really gorgeous to see the bobcat up and down up and down it was also funny. Thank you so so much for taking this picture and sharing it with all of us I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before I'm going to save it for those days that are kind of a down day. I don't normally like to see any kind of violence where one animal succeeds in the hunt even though it's natural and it's the way it is. However there is a large part of me that was hoping to bobcat would at least you know ketchup a claw and a nail or something I mean a tail something like that just a little bit of success he was so intense on the work he was doing. So again thank you very much. 👍

  • @TheDaneblake
    @TheDaneblake 4 роки тому +1

    How does this not have more views?!?! Well shot, well done and interesting.

  • @camley4463
    @camley4463 4 роки тому +1

    Poor bobcat got worn out by the cheeky squirrel 🐿 haha 🤣

  • @ritamccartt-kordon283
    @ritamccartt-kordon283 2 роки тому +2

    It's amazing how much work and energy the Bobcat used and didn't get the Squirrel.

  • @HellavaLive
    @HellavaLive 5 років тому +95

    That squirrel was laughing/taunting him...I heard him...😂😂😂

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  5 років тому +6

      LOL I know right :) The Squirrel could have moved from tree to tree to get away but stayed and Played and laughed at the bobcat :) Thank you for watching

    • @williamjeffersonclinton69
      @williamjeffersonclinton69 5 років тому +4

      They're kind of like Crows. Natures Troll.

    • @danjayny1
      @danjayny1 4 роки тому

      That part was too funny. It laughed for a good 5 mins. 🤣

    • @jdenmark1287
      @jdenmark1287 4 роки тому

      Heavy Metal Outdoors “that squirrel 🐿 was probably tough and tasteless anyway. And I just wanted to play tag with him. And sharpen my claws on the tree, if I wanted to I could have caught it,” says the bobcat.

    • @goognamgoognw6637
      @goognamgoognw6637 4 роки тому +4

      My personal experience with squirrels is that they are proud little creatures and that it indeed was savoring its victory over the cat. Squirrel are well practiced at chasing each other up and down trees at dizzying speed (they are the only creature to run down trees head first). The bobcat although surprisingly fast running up in a straight line is slow when it tries going round the tree bark and hopeless going down. But the squirrel biggest weakness is once they panic they make huge mistakes and that only works when they are ambushed. Once they are aware of the foe and calm down, and on the tree, they fear nobody except a hawk that will panic them. Once i jogged in the forest and squirrel runs almost into my feet from panic.

  • @Bokaj01
    @Bokaj01 4 роки тому +37

    7:00 ‘you’re gonna show this to everyone, aren’t you..’

  • @steveallen6411
    @steveallen6411 5 років тому +2

    Awesome video! That bobcat is huge! Keep the videos coming!

  • @Briz270
    @Briz270 4 роки тому +3

    Squirrel knew the bobcat’s weakness. “ If he climb up i’ll just run down “

  • @johnjosephfontaine2712
    @johnjosephfontaine2712 3 роки тому +1

    Kinda like squirrel was laughing & saying over here over here 😸😸😸😼

  • @mr_prodd
    @mr_prodd 4 роки тому +34

    2:48 the speed at which the bobcat climbs the tree is faster than my full speed sprint

  • @roberharpane3524
    @roberharpane3524 Рік тому +2

    Here's the extreme advantage that cagey little squirrel had over the bobcat. The bobcat was able to climb upward with lightning like speed but had to take it's time reversing it's course to come back down to regroup for another attack. The squirrel however can climb downward with it's face/head looking downward due to it's claws/ankles being able to rotate 180 degrees where it can grip the tree bark as though it was climbing upward as well. Cats are all great climbers going up but this is why you'll see a cat get stuck in a tree on occasion because they don't have that same mechanism in their claws a squirrel does. Cats might be king on the ground but squirrels rule the roost when it comes to scurrying around in a tree,, they can afford to laugh at anything trying to run them down in the climate they alone own. Squirrels own the tree line & can literally run a circle around anything foolish or hungry enough to try to catch them..

  • @jase_c-k-y
    @jase_c-k-y 2 роки тому +1

    Dude awesome channel 🤘 and I didn't know bobcats were that awesome of climbers! Even though the squirrel kept laughing at him!

  • @timmmahhhh
    @timmmahhhh 4 роки тому

    Thanks for posting, I've not see a bobcat in the wild, real time or video. Cool to watch!

  • @josephmatthews9866
    @josephmatthews9866 4 роки тому +6

    BOBCAT : ok squirrel boy , go ahead and laugh your little laugh,
    you've won this contest for today! ! 😤😤😤
    BOBCAT: but you've got to come down from that there tree sometime , and when you do..... I'll be there waiting ,I'll be there waiting , just for you ! ! ! 😼😼😼😼

  • @andrewhansen4179
    @andrewhansen4179 2 роки тому +1

    Great looking cat...so healthy.

  • @inneybaby2506
    @inneybaby2506 2 роки тому +2

    I love how in the very beginning the Bobcat was trying to charm the squirrel. It was doing that "Slow Blink" that domesticated cats do to be friends with another one. It's basically means, " it's Ok. I'm harmless. I just want to be friends ". Lol. I think that Bobcat was a lying ! What stood out for me in this video was the sound of it's sharp( & big) claws on the tree. We used to have a panther in our neighborhood when I was young. Whenever I stayed over night at my Grangmother's house, I would sleep in her bed. The bed was against the window next to her back porch. I could see it walking around at night because its eyes lite up at night. Especially if it was a full moon. At that time I was too young to realize what it was. I thought someone was walking around with 2 small flashlights. But I did know it was something I didn't want anything to do with ! My Dad was stalked by it one night when he had to close off gates in our pasture where the cows were when it was raining. He said it sounded like on like an old woman screaming. Him & my bothers went the next day & they found it tracks in the mud & it was circling my Dad. We never lost cows but we did find some dead calves.

  • @JayS64
    @JayS64 4 роки тому +8

    Bobcat is like damn, let me rest a minute and think about it.

  • @dennisparsons4656
    @dennisparsons4656 4 роки тому +2

    Great catch! Thanks for sharing.

  • @TrehanCreekOutdoors
    @TrehanCreekOutdoors 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome footage! Thanks for sharing it.
    I have a domestic house cat that was born in the wild and whom I literally plucked off a tree limb and brought home when she was a young baby kitten. She grew up on my 20 acres as a farm cat and probably has climbed nearly every tree in my forest. As a young cat she was fearless, strong, and hated squirrels with a passion. She could run up and down a tree nearly as well as a squirrel.
    One night I got to witness a similar epic battler between her and a young flying squirrel. She had already managed to catch the flying squirrel and had it on the ground when I found her with it. When I arrived it distracted her enough so that the flying squirrel slipped out from under her paw pinning it down and immediately headed for a nearby elm tree. It probably was already exhausted from fighting with the cat to get free as it only ran up the tree trunk about 8 feet and stopped.
    My cat immediately zipped after it, running right up the tree trunk and batting the squirrel off the trunk with her paw. As soon as the squirrel fell to the ground, my cat jumped off the tree down to the ground right behind it. This squirrel had no idea a cat could run right up a tree and literally knock it off the tree trunk. I'm sure the squirrel had a new found respect for cats after that.
    Naturally, once the squirrel hit the ground, it ran right back up the tree trunk, this time going up about 15 feet before stopping. My cat continued the chase, going right back up the tree trunk herself.
    The squirrel was faster obviously but my cat was surprisingly quick up the tree too, as she badly wanted to recapture her prize. This time, the squirrel dodged the cat by jumping over to another part of the tree trunk about three feet away. The squirrel clearly thought this would end the chase but my cat never broke her stride. Instead she just leaped across the gap too and grabbed the next tree trunk to continue the chase.
    This squirrel was shocked to learn that this cat was able to follow it right up any tree it chose to climb, even jumping across from tree trunk to trunk. My cat tried to bat the squirrel off the tree once more but missed it. This caused the squirrel to take a more sensible evasive maneuver of climbing as high as it possibly could go in the tree. Once it reached a small enough limb that would not support my cat, she broke off the chase and eventually backed down from the tree.
    Had I not seen all this transpire, I never would have believed it. But it truly happened. If a feline wants to do so bad enough and puts its mind to it, a squirrel just might be caught off guard enough by the cat's surprising tree climbing ability to be hit by a cat's paw. If the cat gets a set of claws into the squirrel, the chase might just be over for the squirrel.

  • @elvinfowler8185
    @elvinfowler8185 2 роки тому +1

    Nature at it's finest, that's worth the hunt in itself, thanks for sharing...

  • @norevenge11
    @norevenge11 5 років тому +6

    I’ve seen black bears go up trees faster than that bobcat which is truly terrifying! Great video!

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  5 років тому +1

      lol yes that would be crazy!!!! Thanks for watching!

    • @mircat28
      @mircat28 4 роки тому +2

      I saw a video of a mother bear with cubs who saw a bear down the side of a moutain. Don't know what she said but kids went up a tree in a split second and the adult bear went up a tree. She ran down that moutain and up the tree after it like a rocket and took a swing at it to knock it out of the tree and made that bear a scared mess. I had no idea they could move that fast! No wonder climbing a tree would be useless!

  • @ginoasci
    @ginoasci 4 роки тому +2

    about a month ago there were two squirrels, one chasing the other around and around a tree, but up side down and fast. this went on for approximately 20 minutes.
    i was so fascinated by the way they stuck to that tree, as if they were on the ground.
    it was effortless for them, and they were fast, and traveled around it in a screw pattern.
    back and forth, un and down.
    the one being chased was staying on the opposite side of the tree as the other kept chasing it. up and down that tree. facing upwards and down wards. it didn’t matter, they gripped the bark, and moved real fast.
    that bobcat never had a chance.
    two bobcats could catch one squirrel on one tree. they are too slow and sluggish compared to a squirrel.
    fun to watch though.
    nice work with the camera btw.

  • @pamelacondila7828
    @pamelacondila7828 4 роки тому +4

    Bobcat: Go ahead squirrel laugh at me, I'm still gonna continue chasing after you, until you get tired out.

  • @abhijitbadgujar2443
    @abhijitbadgujar2443 4 роки тому +2

    I am amazed how fast that bobcat can climb the tree. So agile and quick despite the big body.

  • @bpar73
    @bpar73 4 роки тому +2

    "Bobcat Chasing a Squirrel is one of the more underrated films of the year. It's a story of perseverance between a predator and prey, two natural enemies engaging in a struggle to survive, one through satiating a need to nourish, the other the instinct to stay alive. Both lead characters appear to be tacticians. One centers its life on the hunt, the other fancies about in an elusive, antagonistic, yet gregarious manner. This magnificently filmed masterpiece is a cimematic example of the winner being the loser and the winner being the loser"

    • @heavymetaloutdoors9552
      @heavymetaloutdoors9552  4 роки тому

      Thank you for watching and thank you for realizing the real life in the woods. Predator vs. Pray The Animals live their Lives in the woods that we visit and it was Awesome to be able to sit in a tree and watch real life happen

  • @TheArchiall
    @TheArchiall 4 роки тому

    Best youtube video i have seen in a very long time. Thanks..Big thumbs up.

  • @twots22
    @twots22 4 роки тому

    Thank you. Very beautiful. Great video!!

  • @jon_s
    @jon_s 4 роки тому +2

    The Bobcat's tree climbing credentials are impressive, especially without the long tail to maintain its balance

  • @vanished3306
    @vanished3306 4 роки тому +1

    I love that you kept score! Cats can climb up a tree fast, it’s the getting down that they find tricky. If the squirrel would stop chattering it could’ve been over quicker, needs to learn stealth mode. It did sound like it was laughing at Bob.

  • @fatboyfat2184
    @fatboyfat2184 4 роки тому +1

    That cat is a phenomenal climber,who knew , now I do🐱

  • @ebeb516
    @ebeb516 4 роки тому +1

    That squirrel 🐿 is actually the bobcats personal trainer, they had an appointment 😜

  • @onlyhuman1954
    @onlyhuman1954 4 роки тому +1

    What an athlete. 👏👏👏👏👏But the little critter had him beat. 🤣

  • @lamontbowe8511
    @lamontbowe8511 3 роки тому +1

    5:10 I can't believe the squirrel is laughing at the bobcat..😆👍🐾

    • @carlosmonterrojo9566
      @carlosmonterrojo9566 Рік тому

      Seriously? Give it a thought, why the squirrel is making those noises to call for the bobcat's attention, when it had already outwitted it? This is no joke for the squirrel. For the bobcat, it's just a meal. For the squirrel is either life or death.

  • @wadecooler7496
    @wadecooler7496 4 роки тому +1

    That bobcat climbs trees faster than most animals run

  • @Lue_Jonin
    @Lue_Jonin 4 роки тому +3

    Outstanding capture of Nature in action 👍

  • @senatorjosephmccarthy2720
    @senatorjosephmccarthy2720 4 роки тому

    This viewing should be in many classrooms.
    Over 1/2 of your thumbs are Dislikes. Most likely a large number of those are because of the nasty racket they encountered.
    The battle watching was truely a chance of a lifetime, congratulations, and thank you for sharing.

  • @dantrunks20
    @dantrunks20 9 місяців тому

    Stunning scene my friend! Great job!

  • @Sha-El
    @Sha-El 4 роки тому +1

    Wow the way that bocat climbs up that tree so fast is amazing.

  • @kristensorensen2219
    @kristensorensen2219 3 роки тому +2

    A fisher can always run down a squirrel. Bobcat is out of luck when the ambush fails. Cool camera work!!👍

  • @dive2drive314
    @dive2drive314 2 роки тому

    The squirrel: "I am an extension of these trees, you cannot beat me."

  • @tonyf512
    @tonyf512 4 роки тому +1

    thats pretty cool. you always see the most interesting things in nature bow hunting.

  • @ubbe1089
    @ubbe1089 4 роки тому +1

    Damn what a great video. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🙌🙌👍👍 Thanks for sharing

  • @JustMe-pu3xm
    @JustMe-pu3xm 4 роки тому +1

    😂😂 The squirrel is laughing at him, laughing hard also.

  • @jackriley5974
    @jackriley5974 4 роки тому

    The cat would have burned more calories than that meal had to offer! Once in a lifetime experience. Thank you.

  • @roscoep.coltraine6344
    @roscoep.coltraine6344 4 роки тому

    That squirrelly rascals bout as crafty as dem darned Duke boys!

  • @virginiatrailcameravideos
    @virginiatrailcameravideos 2 роки тому

    This is incredible footage! Wow!

  • @klientklient6133
    @klientklient6133 Рік тому +1

    Совершенно верно! Поражает! Рысь это что то невероятное!
    А с обратной стороны ушей пятна как у тигра! 😊

  • @printemil
    @printemil 4 роки тому +2

    It’s a tough life being a squirrel: bobcats, hawks, foxes, pine martins, and of course cars. They work and prepare so hard for the winter, bother no one, and they’re on so many other animals menus. Nice to see one win something (like their life) once in a while. Btw, I brake for squirrels.

    • @printemil
      @printemil 4 роки тому

      elliot dobson Go to Chicago and tell me the same.