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Rare Moment of a Bobcat Hunting Caught on Camera
The video highlights the bobcat’s hunting skill as it prepares for winter, needing to consume up to 100 squirrels or 60 snowshoe hares to survive, experts say.
- A video taken by Joe Genest in Addison County, Vermont shows a bobcat quietly approaching and pouncing on a squirrel, framed as a rare close-up in the report updated Dec 2, 2025.
- Because winter increases food demand, Vermont Fish and Wildlife furbearer Brehan Furfey says bobcats must eat two deer, 60 snowshoe hare, 3,600 small mammals, or 100-plus squirrels during the next FOUR months of winter.
- Wildlife experts say the bobcat's elusive hunting combines stealth and patience, and the footage reveals its `mastery of the element of surprise`.
- Vermont Fish and Wildlife furbearer biologist Bree Furfey says bobcats don't pose a threat to people and advises getting big and making noise if a bobcat doesn't shy away.
- As a public education moment, the report updated Dec 2, 2025 said the rare clip offers an educational glimpse into bobcat hunting behavior usually hard to witness.
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