predator hunting

went friday night 7-10:30. first area,first calling, nothing. first area after moving a few hundred yards called again. heard a few snaps in the brush but saw no eyes or anything. deer or 2 maybe. whatever it was it did'nt show itself.

we left and went to another area,first call, nothing, moved to another spot in the area, called, nothing. moved again to a final spot called with everything he had,electronic and several mouth blown. the guy i went with his last call was a coyoye howler, i had to hold back my laughter because when he let loose with that howler call,way out across the lake we were near a few spotlights came on and were shining all over,someone got spooked in the gravel pit that butts up to the lake.

even though nothing was seen,i still enjoyed that i went with someone with knowledge of predators,and they took the time to hunt with me,and set me up with the first shot at it oppurtunity. if you are reading this on here as well as the site we met on,again thank you very much.

i just got back from going out solo from 3a-6a, first area i went to was where i went friday, sat close to the first spot we sat and called from. when i paused during my first set of calling, i heard CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH behind me so i sat still for a few second,slowly turned my head so my lamp would shine that way,nothing there. called some more,whatever it was might have been coming on to me,and maybe got a whiff and realized what i was,and hauled outta there.

left there to try another area, called, waited heard and saw nothing left for a third area second set of calling in there i heard something moving slowly towards me in the brush,could not get any eyes to shine. no idea what it was. called some more,and still something was moving towards me i turned on my spotlight and slowly scanned, nothing. but my heart was racing because whatever it was, it sounded like it was right on top of me, and that there was no way i could'nt see it. but i could'nt see it.
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I too am setting up to start hunting these crafty animals. From what I understand they normally try to get down wind sorta like a buck would if you had his interest. I had one good hunter express this and then express it again saying when you set up that it was more important to get in the right position to counter them coming down wind then it was to make a good call.
I feel sure it will take awhile before I get the hang of it here mostly we dont have that many around here yet but sounds like they multiply pretty quickly.
 
i'm sure i'll bag one,just have to be patient. which i am being,my shot will come. and if it don't its a lesson for next year. i did learn a little bit more info on this earlier today.

its not a good idea to go to the same spots/areas day after day, night after night. they can and will get wise. trouble is the spots i went to may have been hunted the day or night right before i went in and i don't know unless i try.

if it gets too much pressure they may not come out or come out but hang up out of shotgun range at night. would have to setup in a different spot and or use different calling sounds. i was toying with the idea of going to areas i have not hunted them yet,to see if i get lucky there. but didn't yet i'm thinking of doing a daytime hunt and use my m/l. which i can use during the day for them.
 
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