Any tips for calling in Bobcats
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A predator call that sounded like a rabbit under stress worked for me. My favorite was the Quaker Boy Screamin' Cottontail. In addition to bobcats, I could call in foxes and feral cats and dogs. I have not predator hunted in quite a while and I do not know if they still sell this call. The Screamin' Cottontail was so effective that I have had bobcats nearly jump into my lap.
My old wooden Circe jackrabbit model worked well when I bought it in the 1970's. And it still does.
I start out with some good loud screams. Pause, and do it again, then taper off to softer little pittiful cries with plenty of time in between. Never hunted coyotes enough to have the squeekers and coaxers, etc.
I live in Nevada and there are areas where coyotes have seen few, if any, callers. It can be quite easy. In areas where they've been called, the opposite is true---they can be rather hesitant. I trie to position myself on a hill where I can call them off a large flat and see 'em coming for a long ways. Of course, not everyone has that kind of terrain.
I start out with some good loud screams. Pause, and do it again, then taper off to softer little pittiful cries with plenty of time in between. Never hunted coyotes enough to have the squeekers and coaxers, etc.
I live in Nevada and there are areas where coyotes have seen few, if any, callers. It can be quite easy. In areas where they've been called, the opposite is true---they can be rather hesitant. I trie to position myself on a hill where I can call them off a large flat and see 'em coming for a long ways. Of course, not everyone has that kind of terrain.
High pitched, busy sounding calls seem to work best.
Cottontail, bird, and rodent sounds will all work. Avoid any coyote vocalizations when calling for bobcats.
Continuous calling is usually best for cats because they get side-tracked pretty easily when the sound stops, so an e-caller is somewhat easier and more effective to use. An e-caller also minimizes movement of your hands, and cats pick up on small movements pretty easily. If you use hand calls, call more often with shorter breaks between calling sequences, and you might want to put something on your hands to make them harder to see.
Cats are patient, and can lay there and watch for a long time before committing to a call. Some will come in hard and fast, others will come in carefully, using any cover available. Watch closely for them.
Daryl
Cottontail, bird, and rodent sounds will all work. Avoid any coyote vocalizations when calling for bobcats.
Continuous calling is usually best for cats because they get side-tracked pretty easily when the sound stops, so an e-caller is somewhat easier and more effective to use. An e-caller also minimizes movement of your hands, and cats pick up on small movements pretty easily. If you use hand calls, call more often with shorter breaks between calling sequences, and you might want to put something on your hands to make them harder to see.
Cats are patient, and can lay there and watch for a long time before committing to a call. Some will come in hard and fast, others will come in carefully, using any cover available. Watch closely for them.
Daryl
Seems i'm a great coyote caller and have shot seven since i started this adventure i'm kinda torn between shooting them when they come in i shoot them cause i figure a cat will see them dart off when they figure out it's a setup and i'm sure the blast of my rifle isn't any better. Damned if you do damned if ya don't i guess huh
While I've let a lot of coyotes escape, it's generally not intentional.
Shoot them and keep calling. If I had a dollar for every time I killed a coyote on stand, and then called in another a few minutes later...
Not that shooting won't scare a nearby critter away, but not always. Keep calling.
Daryl
I don't know if it works for cats, but if you are after coyotes and happen to call in a farm dog, as long as it is not trying to bite you, let it stay. Often the coyotes will focus on the dog and come on a run to take the rabbit from it. If you are in snake country watch out for those. They don't have ears but can pick up the vibration in the ground and come for the rabbit also.
UniversalFrost
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dying jackrabbit or the squeaker calls work for me. i throw a piece of rabbit pelt on some brush and set the caller up near it. works for all varmints in the area and bobcats down here come in running
Took me a long time to call in a bobcat in AZ, probably called in over 200 coyotes before I got the first bob. I never could resist not whacking the coyotes, a friend of mine calls in a couple of cats every year, but he lets the coyotes go, I do not have that control. He also will sit on a stand up to an hour, I move after 15 minutes.
When I did call in the cat, it was early morning and coming in directly with the sun in my scope. I thought it was a coyote when I shot it, heck I was convinced it was a coyote till I went to pick it up. Called it in with a Circe cottontail, and I was calling softly and continously, it showed up about 10 minutes after I started calling. I did shoot another bob my buddy called with a Tally-Ho, neither of us saw it until a coyote came running in, and spooked it from under a bush, and the cat took off running with the coyote chasing it. Cat went up a saguaro, and I nailed the coyote and the cat. I have a picture somewhere. Also called a lion in a canyon going up Mount Ord, and missed it.
When I did call in the cat, it was early morning and coming in directly with the sun in my scope. I thought it was a coyote when I shot it, heck I was convinced it was a coyote till I went to pick it up. Called it in with a Circe cottontail, and I was calling softly and continously, it showed up about 10 minutes after I started calling. I did shoot another bob my buddy called with a Tally-Ho, neither of us saw it until a coyote came running in, and spooked it from under a bush, and the cat took off running with the coyote chasing it. Cat went up a saguaro, and I nailed the coyote and the cat. I have a picture somewhere. Also called a lion in a canyon going up Mount Ord, and missed it.
Watch for an accomplished caller to be holding a seminar at a local sports shop-Cabelas, Sportsmas Warehouse or Gander. Ask em when there next seminar is scheduled for?? They may look at you like you have smoked something but...
Randy Anderson was in this neighborhood last weekend. He talked for nearly 3 hrs.
Get one of Randys how to DVDs and have a go at it. Shoot whatever rifle you got. Dont need a super delux. I noticed that most of Randys kills were 243.
Randy Anderson was in this neighborhood last weekend. He talked for nearly 3 hrs.
Get one of Randys how to DVDs and have a go at it. Shoot whatever rifle you got. Dont need a super delux. I noticed that most of Randys kills were 243.
Oh yes Mr Randy Anderson knows his stuff when it comes to calling and i'm not an ammature caller i think my problem is i'm hunting were there are rarely cats they seem to be all in the bottom areas that are private and just can't call them far enough so i think i'll go door to door lookin for permission