Bobcats can only eat about 3 pounds of meat at a time, so if they get a big animal like a deer, they will drag it to a safe spot and cover it up. Later they will come back, eating again and again, until the meat rots. They see and hear very well. This helps them hunt. The soft pads on their feet help them to sneak up on an animal quietly.
Bobcats also hide in a bush and leap out when a rabbit or a squirrel runs by.
They use their claws to catch the animal, then kill their prey by biting the animal's neck. Bobcats can run at up to 30 miles per hour, but they would rather walk. They put their back feet in the same spots where their front feet stepped. That way, they don't make so much noise by snapping extra twigs under their feet. Bobcats climb well.