No I live in the real world where people sometimes do things that offend other people . I ' m sure we all feel deeply sorry for you and your love of bobcats somewhere in our souls . I ' ve never shot a bobcat though , and I wouldn ' t shoot one just seeing it in my yard unless it posed a threat to any animals I owned . So no , no ' following footsteps ' here , but I certainly understand being that I live in reality . I would just watch it from a distance because I think they are cool . I would not however approach it thinking it was my fucking friend like you apparently do . They are very capable animals that don ' t give two shits about you and your feelings . I ' m sorry if I had family or friends growing up that decided shooting a potentially rabid bobcat frequenting their yard was a better idea than maybe having them or one of their kids mauled one day .