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Seldom Ever
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posted May 15, 2003 02:04 PM
the Bobcats, if they come sneaking in as they do,like I've read on these boards ?
Ever had one pop up in your face and scare the whiskers off of ya ?
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posted May 15, 2003 04:47 PM
You have to look for the shape. Chances are good that the first time you see one, he will be motionless. More often than not, they move very slowly, unless they are coming in so fast that you think it's a coyote. Many times, you won't see a cat until he is leaving, and he isn't nearly as stealthy when he has lost interest and is leaving the area. But, all is not lost. You can get a cat to check up a lot easier than a spooked coyote.
Good hunting. LB
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posted May 15, 2003 04:50 PM
This is valuable stuff,thanks!
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posted May 17, 2003 07:56 AM
When calling cats. I am looking for ears. Weather they are moving are still. I always seem to pick up the ears first. On rare occasions you may get to see them twisting that little tail.
I was bowhunting in Kingsville Texas. I was in a prickly pear cactus flat. The first sign of a cat. Was a pair of ears sticking up from a cactus pad eight yards away. No amount of lip squeaking could move him. He just did that magic fade.
A little tip on cats. Before leaving your stand. Walk in slow circles till you have circled out around forty yards from your stand. A lot of times a cat will sit you out. Be ready because when this works, He will flush like a Quail.
One more tip. Cats are very visual. Before you start your stand. Twist a piece of aluminum foil in the shape of a bow tie. Hang it by fishing line about three feet off the ground. Works like a magnet.
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posted May 17, 2003 08:00 AM
varmit,wouldn't a motion decoy work just as well ?
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Leonard
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posted May 17, 2003 08:10 AM
SE, that is a motion decoy. Perhaps for coyotes, you might need something more realistic, but a feather, or the foil described is plenty enough to attract a curious cat.
Good hunting. LB
edit: Ronnie, that's an interesting comment about the ears. You're right. :B
[ May 17, 2003, 08:12 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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posted May 17, 2003 08:12 AM
ok,another thing to remember. how about a strand of white cotton blowing in the wind,maybe it would make a yote think cottontail ?
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Leonard
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posted May 17, 2003 08:23 AM
I seriously doubt that would work? Wrong concept, for coyotes. LB
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posted May 17, 2003 09:09 AM
ok,thanks.Someone told me to tie a bit on the motion decoy,can't remember who.
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posted May 17, 2003 01:53 PM
Anyone use one of those furry, grayish/brown decoys that have a stick you can stick in the ground? It looks like a furry bunny without the long ears?
Would a stuffed toy that resembles a rabbit work as a decoy?
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Leonard
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posted May 17, 2003 02:42 PM
Sure they work, under the right circumstances. For a cat, if you are willing to lug that stuff, he will pay attention to it, if you locate it where it shows....which lets out a lot of places I hunt.
For coyotes, a qualified "yes". Limited value. You really want the coyote focused on the sound. If the terrain is clear enough that he can see the movement from within reasonable shooting distance, fine. Most of the time, they are well within shooting range by the time they spot a mechanical decoy. By that time, he should already be dead.
Some value for multiple animals. Same deal; if you are willing to lug it. I'll put it another way....it can't hurt.
Good hunting. LB
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posted May 18, 2003 06:20 AM
The last two cats I called in were the most exciting ever. Called in same spot two months apart. Each cat came up on a fence line around 250 yards out. First one I squeeked him in quick after seeing him. From start of call until the shot was less than 5 min. The 2nd came up in same area on the fence after 20-25 min of calling. Took another 25 min. to get him in. That was nerve busting, watched him slink in the entire way in. Most that I get though are never seen until, boom, there they are. Pop up ot of nowhere. I look for the head and chest
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posted May 18, 2003 06:25 AM
Thanks P220,I am really looking forward to the fall! Can't wait to get started!
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posted May 18, 2003 11:06 AM
Seldom. I have a big box full of decoys that flop, Jump, Vibrate, And gyrate. When it is cat time. They all stay home. Nothing I have ever used can touch the tin foil.
Purple, I know what you mean about slow. At night they seem to cut the response time in half. The only time I have had cats come in fast. Has been when I have been rattling horns for Deer. They seem to blast in to the horns.
I was tied off in my bow stand rattling one morning. The biggest Bob I have ever seen blasted in. He looked up at me and started up the tree. I filled my manly chest with air, And did a perfect imitation of a six year old girl screaming. Some how my vocal cords failed me at the moment. He took off, And I stretched the safety belt to it's limit.
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posted May 18, 2003 11:14 AM
Well,I'll have to try it. Can't hurt,and if you boys are pulling my leg,I'll come back to haint ya in the afterlife!! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Bryan J
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posted May 18, 2003 09:32 PM
I have always said that I have never knowingly called in a cat. After a conversation with a fellow hunter and some of the things mentioned here I believe I may have.
I was calling on a rocky hillside mixed with a little brush. I had been calling for about 5 minutes or so when I noticed a Great Horned Owl on the rocks kind of behind me. He wasn’t there when I first sat down, I never saw him fly in, and I never saw him fly away. I guess I should have put some glass on him.
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posted May 18, 2003 10:18 PM
That WAS NOT an Owl!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
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posted May 19, 2003 12:50 PM
That's funny!
I can't tell you how many times I have flushed jack-rabbits on my way to the stand and my heart near explodes because I think they're a coyote! LOL ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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posted May 19, 2003 01:52 PM
The other day I was out calling, in a position where if something showed up, it was going to be there RIGHT NOW. I was ready. My side vision caught a bird flying right by me. When that happened, there had to be at least 3 feet between my ass and the ground and probably 4 or 5 years off my life. My heart still stalls when I think about it.
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Leonard
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posted May 19, 2003 05:23 PM
That's a little TOO wired, Brad. What you need is to get up a lot earlier. By the time you get on stand, you're more than a little tired, and a lot more mellow.
Good hunting. LB
But, guess what? When that first dog starts romping in to the call, that adrenaline rush will perk you up, right now!
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Bryan J
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posted May 19, 2003 08:55 PM
Let me modify what I have always said to what I will have to say from now on. Ya…I called a bobcat in once, but…I thought it was a FREAKING OWL!! LMAO
I guess I better go get my eyes checked, or quit concentrating so much trying to make out that white-plastic-grocery-bag that I hope is floating through the brush in my direction.
It doesn’t matter. I couldn’t have shot it if I had recognized it for what it was. From what I understand, I may as well have been in Nevada.
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posted June 08, 2003 01:31 PM
Bryan J, there was a time when we could take bobcats in Nevada as non-residents, and I did my share of bobcats out of that state. It's a pitty they won't let us take them anymore. Man, them Nevada cats were large and pretty, I remember club check-ins when guys would came back with ( legal at the time)Nevada cats, non under 25 lbs. I got a couple over 30 lbs from there, those are big cats in anybodys book. Leonard can back me on this one maybe. I was told by a member of SG chapter ( Leonards chapter) that two guys named Rick O and Lyle B took a 45 lb bobcat out of Nevada years ago? Leonard did you hear that one? Good Hunting.
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posted June 09, 2003 12:09 AM
I will pay closer attention when I’m over that way. Even though I won’t be able to shoot them it would be interesting to watch them. I don’t think I will ever end up taking one in Utah either, with the hoops you have to jump through to get a tag and all. I might be misinformed there though. I haven’t really researched it to find out what tags and licenses are required for sure.
Will that foil trick spook a coyote?
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posted June 09, 2003 09:03 AM
Bryan J, I take it you hunt coyotes in Nevada. Do you hunt at night or just in the day? Do you have a varmint rig (truck) set up for coyote hunting? I have seen Utah hunters in Nevada set up like California hunters years ago, I'm just wondering how you do it. Bryan J, I use to love hunting Nevada for coyotes and badgers, it was a great place and had tons of coyotes. I recal so many great hunts in northern and the central part of the state. However, in recent years I have seen the coyote population go down and down. People can tell me Nevada still has lots of coyotes, but I know better, because I use to hunt it when it did and it don't anymore. Rich cattle ranchers and a state goverment that wants every coyote in the state dead has put up big money to do just that. But don't let it stop you from enjoying yourself there. You can still get a few coyotes, it just ain't what it use to be thats all, Good Hunting.
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posted June 09, 2003 04:38 PM
Seldom Don't forget the catnip.
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