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I'd have to have a lot of trust for someone to shoot a cat sitting just over my shoulder "hold still while I shoot this apple off your head"
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=246630&cmd=apopI learned a heck of a lot from this broadcast, well worth a listen when you got a spare 30 minutes or so. It takes patience and time to really understand and put into practice all the information that's in this broadcast. I called in three lions last year, was busted twice and a 3rd cat I didn't see until it was too late. I'm just a beginner right now, but I'm seeing the light and getting a grasp on what it takes to call lions routinely, not just stumbling into a successful call but being able to get out there and have a reasonable shot at success. Most important thing is to call areas that hold lions, then you need to know where to position yourself so you could actually see the dang thing approach, and hold rock still for a solid hour, and not get busted just walking in. You also want to hide the call so I gave up on decoys all together, opting to hide the call in a natural depression. The cat will sneak to the call until it can see where the sound is coming from then most of the time just sit and study it, eventually get bored and look around, this is where you get busted so better to have gotten your shot off already. It really makes calling coyotes child's play I think. The only real upshot is wind isn't as big of factor as with coyotes, but you can't hold too still for cats, can't emphasize this enough. I don't think I've been busted by smell alone. Mostly I'm busted walking in setting up so it's better to scout locations and approaches ahead of time then go in another day to call. Good luck, the lion numbers are greatly in your favor and I hope that calling lions is demystified, we need to put all of them we can in the dirt.
Quote from: KFhunter on November 12, 2015, 05:15:14 PMhttp://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=246630&cmd=apopI learned a heck of a lot from this broadcast, well worth a listen when you got a spare 30 minutes or so. It takes patience and time to really understand and put into practice all the information that's in this broadcast. I called in three lions last year, was busted twice and a 3rd cat I didn't see until it was too late. I'm just a beginner right now, but I'm seeing the light and getting a grasp on what it takes to call lions routinely, not just stumbling into a successful call but being able to get out there and have a reasonable shot at success. Most important thing is to call areas that hold lions, then you need to know where to position yourself so you could actually see the dang thing approach, and hold rock still for a solid hour, and not get busted just walking in. You also want to hide the call so I gave up on decoys all together, opting to hide the call in a natural depression. The cat will sneak to the call until it can see where the sound is coming from then most of the time just sit and study it, eventually get bored and look around, this is where you get busted so better to have gotten your shot off already. It really makes calling coyotes child's play I think. The only real upshot is wind isn't as big of factor as with coyotes, but you can't hold too still for cats, can't emphasize this enough. I don't think I've been busted by smell alone. Mostly I'm busted walking in setting up so it's better to scout locations and approaches ahead of time then go in another day to call. Good luck, the lion numbers are greatly in your favor and I hope that calling lions is demystified, we need to put all of them we can in the dirt.Listened to some of this last night. The guy talked about how you should watch cats because they all act the same (house cats, bobcats, cougars). So today for a bit of practice I called in my cat. It was actually a ton of fun to play with her.
I'm going to add a powerful laser pointer to my lion calling setup
I am trying to figure out how to hunt them in this thick Kitsap/Mason county country.....
Quote from: jpharcher on November 15, 2015, 01:59:23 PMI am trying to figure out how to hunt them in this thick Kitsap/Mason county country.....Same. It's almost too close of quarters to feel safe.
I'm looking to just go out, cut a fresh track and walk it out should the snow be shallow enough.I give myself a 50/50.Am I dreaming?
A Washington bowhunter went through 18 lives with one arrow on Monday when he bagged two mountain lions at the same time.Ben Hendrickson, 36, of Spokane and his friend Rod Noah, 58, of Chattaroy had been hunting the woods of Pend Oreille County for elk when the cat fluke occurred.The two had been hunting elk for several days with little luck. That situation changed Monday evening when Noah called in what he thought was a deer. “I was nearby, but Rod was doing the calling, so they were homed in on him,” Hendrickson told the Spokesman-Review. When the “deer” raised its tail, Noah immediately recognized it as a cougar. With a lion tag in his pocket, Noah took the 32-yard shot. “I’ve never even seen a mountain lion in the wild,” Noah said. “I didn’t hesitate at the chance.” Noah took the animal with a broadside shot. Then he waited.“Heck, I needed a few minutes to get my heart rate down,” Noah said. Despite the adrenaline rush, Noah knew his shot was good. “I was using a lighted nock and it looked like a flare going right behind its front leg,” he said. “The lion jumped and crashed through brush out of sight down the hill, but I knew I’d smacked him hard.”The two men followed the blood trail even though they were both sure the lion went in the opposite direction. “I thought the lion had gone left, but a blood trail doesn’t lie, so we followed it straight down the hill,” Noah said.Once they found the animal the two called a taxidermist who instructed them to bring the animal in immediately for skinning. As the two were dragging the cat up the hill Hendrickson noted that the wound on the animal didn’t match the shot he’d seen Noah take. “We look at the cat and the wound is right in the middle of his chest,” Noah explained. “I said, ‘That’s not right.’” The men went back to the site where the cat was shot only to find another dead catamount not 15 yards from where it had been shot. That’s right. Noah unknowingly shot two cougars with one arrow. “He hit both cougars with one shot and they ran a short way and died almost right next to each other,” Hendrickson said. This revelation presented a problem though as hunters are only allowed one lion per season. Hendrickson admits his first thought wasn’t very honest. “I had a tag and the first thought was for me to just tag it and that’s that,” he said. “But then we wouldn’t be able to tell the story, which is too amazing.”The men called the authorities. “So we called the game warden,” Noah said. “I didn’t know how it was going down, but we figured that was the right thing to do.”Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officer Severin Erickson arrived on scene in less than an hour, listed to the men’s story, then gave his seal of approval.“Their story all checked out,” Severin said. “Technically, it would be double-bagging – two cougars with one arrow – but it was an honest mistake. Legally, they’re required to check in with us and they did. Officers have discretion in these cases. I had to give him a warning, but there was no citation.”Honesty is always the best policy.Congratulations, Noah. That was a one-in-a-million shot.
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