Small Wild Cats

[StefanC]

The animal in the original first post was shot in Sweden in 2013 (not Norway). Here is a link to the shooters homepage: http://www.jaktforlivet.se/nyheter/item/34-rekordlo?

Some background: All Wolves, Bears, Lynx and Wolverines must be sent in for analysis at the Swedish Veterinary Institute (SVA) whether they are found dead, killed by accident or shot under legal licence. This animal was shot legally about two hours from where I live. I don't know the shooter personally, but he is a well known and respected big game hunter in Sweden.

Here is the same animal filmed after the hunt (the final Lynx in the video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBqM7fBi3yg and here are two pictures from SVA: http://www.jaktojagare.se/kategorier/not...-till-sva/

The animal on the left is a big Lynx male, the animal on the right is the record male we are talking about. Translation:

"We received a lynx male from Västerbotten (Sweden that is) that according to the accompanying records scaled 34 kg. When we scaled it here at SVE, skinned, furless, without paws and fat, we found 27 kg -- we believe 34 kg was an accurate measurement by the hunters."

This animal is confirmed as the largest ever scaled by SVA. The previous Swedish record was 28 kg. Reply