Any tips for calling in Bobcats

knoxville · December 31, 2009, 11:33 PM

Just starting this adventure and from what i hear they are tough to call in figured to ask some pro's that had done it a time or two

FALPhil · January 1, 2010, 12:53 AM

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.

Nnobby45 · January 1, 2010, 01:04 AM

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.

Daryl · January 1, 2010, 07:17 AM

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

knoxville · January 2, 2010, 12:08 AM

Thanks for the tips everybody i'll put it all to the test. Good hunting

knoxville · January 22, 2010, 04:08 PM

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

mr-geep · January 22, 2010, 04:34 PM

I use an electronic call of a Wood Pecker in distress...but it brings in the coyotes as well, and even the crows.

Daryl · January 23, 2010, 03:56 AM

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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

sserdlihc · January 23, 2010, 12:04 PM

Have you tried...

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knoxville · January 24, 2010, 12:13 AM

Oh yes just monday i called four in and got three in an hour i've got that part down. Two snuk in within five and ten yards it was a rush. I'm thinking about saying the hell with the bobcats...

257 · January 24, 2010, 12:35 AM

I know a guy who was calling turkeys and had a bobcat come up behind the tree he was against, reach around with a paw and claw his face. There might be something to that.

jimbob86 · January 24, 2010, 12:50 AM

I called one in accidentally while calling turkeys...... he was 20 feet away and fixing to pounce before I saw him.

Chaz88 · January 24, 2010, 01:02 AM

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 · January 28, 2010, 11:23 AM

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

hagar · January 28, 2010, 02:12 PM

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.

knoxville · January 29, 2010, 10:22 AM

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Noonan · January 29, 2010, 11:37 AM

How bout a live chicken tied to a stake?

Morgoroth · January 29, 2010, 01:17 PM

Sounds like Jurassic Park...

langenc · January 29, 2010, 02:22 PM

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.

knoxville · February 1, 2010, 09:28 AM

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

GWIZZ777 · February 8, 2010, 04:40 PM

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December 31, 2009, 11:33 PM	#1
knoxville Member Join Date: December 31, 2009 Location: pocatello,Id - rock springs,wy Posts: 83	Any tips for calling in Bobcats Just starting this adventure and from what i hear they are tough to call in figured to ask some pro's that had done it a time or two

January 2, 2010, 12:08 AM	#5
knoxville Member Join Date: December 31, 2009 Location: pocatello,Id - rock springs,wy Posts: 83	thank you !!! Thanks for the tips everybody i'll put it all to the test. Good hunting

January 22, 2010, 04:34 PM	#7
mr-geep Member Join Date: January 15, 2010 Location: Northern Idaho Posts: 46	I use an electronic call of a Wood Pecker in distress...but it brings in the coyotes as well, and even the crows. __________________ "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." John F. Kennedy

January 23, 2010, 12:04 PM	#9
sserdlihc Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2008 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,454	Have you tried... HERE KITTY,KITTY KITTY!! __________________ Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. Aupleius If someone doesn't like you, that's their problem! Milton Childress

January 24, 2010, 01:02 AM	#13
Chaz88 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2010 Posts: 1,243	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. __________________ Seams like once we the people give what, at the time, seams like a reasonable inch and "they" take the unreasonable mile we can only get that mile back one inch at a time. No spelun and grammar is not my specialty. So please don't hurt my sensitive little feelings by teasing me about it.

January 1, 2010, 12:53 AM	#2
FALPhil Senior Member Join Date: September 10, 2007 Location: Racoon City Posts: 934	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.

January 1, 2010, 01:04 AM	#3
Nnobby45 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2004 Posts: 3,150	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.

January 1, 2010, 07:17 AM	#4
Daryl Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2008 Posts: 2,350	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

January 22, 2010, 04:08 PM	#6
knoxville Member Join Date: December 31, 2009 Location: pocatello,Id - rock springs,wy Posts: 83	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

January 24, 2010, 12:13 AM	#10
knoxville Member Join Date: December 31, 2009 Location: pocatello,Id - rock springs,wy Posts: 83	Oh yes just monday i called four in and got three in an hour i've got that part down. Two snuk in within five and ten yards it was a rush. I'm thinking about saying the hell with the bobcats...

January 24, 2010, 12:35 AM	#11
257 Member Join Date: November 21, 2009 Location: SW PA Posts: 26	I know a guy who was calling turkeys and had a bobcat come up behind the tree he was against, reach around with a paw and claw his face. There might be something to that.

January 24, 2010, 12:50 AM	#12
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	I called one in accidentally while calling turkeys...... he was 20 feet away and fixing to pounce before I saw him.

January 28, 2010, 11:23 AM	#14
UniversalFrost Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,300	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 __________________ Lifetime member VFW and NRA "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (when all else fails play dead) -Red Green

January 28, 2010, 02:12 PM	#15
hagar Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2000 Location: Colombia, SC Posts: 745	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. __________________ I don't have time for busy people

January 29, 2010, 10:22 AM	#16
knoxville Member Join Date: December 31, 2009 Location: pocatello,Id - rock springs,wy Posts: 83	dang coyotes 4ebcd8039d3a.jpg bdb205dcdb94.jpg __________________ To hunt the ghost in the darkness you must first find were he sleeps

January 29, 2010, 11:37 AM	#17
Noonan Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2007 Location: Georgia Posts: 155	How bout a live chicken tied to a stake?

January 29, 2010, 01:17 PM	#18
Morgoroth Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2010 Posts: 198	Sounds like Jurassic Park...

January 29, 2010, 02:22 PM	#19
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	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.

February 1, 2010, 09:28 AM	#20
knoxville Member Join Date: December 31, 2009 Location: pocatello,Id - rock springs,wy Posts: 83	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 __________________ To hunt the ghost in the darkness you must first find were he sleeps

February 8, 2010, 04:40 PM	#21
GWIZZ777 Junior Member Join Date: December 23, 2008 Posts: 1	tucksturkeycalls.com Check out Tucksturkeycalls.com for some great predator calls.