Bobcat?

[deadeye]

Looks like a bobcat to me.

[dakids]

Could be. Very cool.

[Fawkinnae]

I tried to lighten up the photo thinking that might help. It's still pretty dark.

[whiteoakbuck]

i would say bobcat also

[MTCOMMER]

Definitely looks like one to me, pretty round snout.  I cant really pick out the size... so its hard to tell, but I would bet on a bobcat.

[wile e coyote]

That's a tough call, not being able to compare the height to anything definite in the picture makes it very difficult. You can tell it is of the Felidae family. The coloration, even though black and white, seems to be lacking dark spots or patches of the Bobcat. Not saying it isn't one, just saying hard to be positive. I'm curious of what the set of eyes in the background belong to.

[mathews4ever]

Coloration would make me think it is a lynx. Could be a real light colored bobcat though.

What I am more interested in is what is in the background. There are 2 animals standing in the background. The one right above the cat's head looks like a deer. It is hard to tell but you can almost make out smallish antlers, but the eyes do see what they want to.

[Wyofish]

Where was the picture taken Deadeye?

[deadeye]

It was taken in southeast Morrison County.

[Wyofish]

Seems like that is a bit too far south for a lynx, but maybe not.

[erik]

looks like a bobcat. you also have a set of eyes behind the bobcat not sure if you saw them or not.

[Goosepond Monster]

Looks like a bobcat to me.

Is there a healthy population of them in Minnesota?

[deadeye]

Erik, You are right, that does look like a deer looking at the bobcat.   We do see them from time to time.  We even have a deer stand called "the bobcat stand"