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[predatorhunter]

What do you use to call in bob cats?

[bnow0707]

I've never had to use a call they always just show up!!

[catmando]

Loudmouth with a wooppicker sound or the flicker sound at nite and a red lens spot lite.

Day lite same sound but i like to use the decoy too.(woodpicker) decoy.

[predatorhunter]

Ok thanks ill try that. i have used the wood pecker before but had no luck.

[sdeshazo1]

One of the Rabbit Distress, works everytime!

[hunter777]

Nice :thumbsup1:

[predatorhunter]

With all the snow we ahve been getting i really want to go out and get a kitty. i will use my foxpro.

Predatorhunter

[Hiker]

A few suggestions for you who just starting out.
They like rabbits and rocky terrain with thickets. With fresh snow on the ground you can find their tracks pretty easily if you cover some ground. If the snow gets hard and crusty they stay on top and their tracks don't show as well. They take a lot shorter stride then Coyotes and never show claws.
Cats tend to be more cautious then coyotes but they are much more curious. If you can get a rabbit decoy that moves, it will help. Expect the unexpected, quite often bobcats will climb a tree or a rock and check out the situation before committing and coming in. Many times like Mountain lions they see you long before you see them and slip away before you get a crack at them and other times they stay put for quite a while listening, so mix up your calling to entice them. Call longer at each site, up to an hour before giving up and moving on. Use a rabbit distress call and also try bird distress calls, like a woodpecker. Hope that helps, Jeff

[predatorhunter]

yeah i have had them come in and them we levee and there is a cat on the road some were comming to our call

[psychowolverine]

It can take up to an hour for a cat to fully come to a call

[Hiker]

It's true not all of them will take an hour but some sure will. Sometimes they'll sit and watch for an hour and as soon as you move....they slip away and you never knew they were even there....that is until you see their tracks or as PH said you see them on the way out of there but then it's to late.

[RidgeRunner_07]

I have got a buddy that is making his own home made predator calls. His website should be up here pretty soon. it's www.ProwlerFoulerPredatorCalls.com. He makes them himself on a wood lathe.....pretty tedious process.....the results are phonomenal though. When we had some good snow he killed a good share of cats this year with them.

[steeliekingfisher]

I use a rabbit in distress call, modified a little bit. Typically I start with a yellowhammer woodpecker soft for first two call sequences. I call for 30 seconds pause for 15 seconds and call again for 30 to 45. Then If I don't see anything, I switch to the cottontail distress. The woodpecker is a bit softer, so it won't be to loud to scare any close by cats away at first. Cats will evacuate if the call is too loud for them. I call for 30 to 45 seconds and pause for 30 seconds. I call each set for a minimum of a hour, some cats come fast, some come slow. A cat when coming into the call doesn't loose its curiosity, the slightest movement in the woods can distract them. Keep calling, if he is in the area, he will come. I have taken many handfuls of bobcats calling this way. some in the day but most at night. Keep at it, sooner or later you will call a cat. They are fun to chase and even funner at the fur auctions.
heres a couple I took like the method I explained.

[Bearhunter59]

Dang it!!! That's it, Steelie.....you have to take me out cat huntin' with you. My two kittie cats at home would friggin' freak big time if I ever came in the house with a bobcat, let alone one that big....NICE!

[BigCallin]

Steelie, beauty cats, eh!!!!

Didnt get to hunt em this year, i strolled into my licence dealer the day after the deadline. I didnt know I had to buy my trappers license before a deadline to hunt cats. Learned a valued lesson, let me tell ya. Save a few for next year, i suppose.