The male does not participate in parental care. Young remain with the mother until the following winter's mating season and siblings may remain together for a while after separation from the mother. Male home ranges may include the range of a single female and her young. Ranges vary in size from 11 to 300 square kilometers. Adults typically avoid each other except during the winter breeding season.
Lynx are primarily visual predators but also have well-developed hearing.
They hunt mainly at night. Prey are normally stalked to within a few short bounds and then pounced on, although some animals will wait in ambush for hours. Females and young sometimes hunt for hares cooperatively by spreading out in a line and moving through relativley open areas. Prey scared up by one animal is often caught by others in the line. This method of hunting can be quite successful and may be important in the education of the young in hunting technique.