Cougar Calling

[rainshadow1]

Hey guys, take a look...

http://rain-shadow.com/calls/sounds.htm


Been a LONG time coming, but I'm finally getting my act together here.

Please chime in here, and let me know what you think. I'm trying to streamline and make this really easy, useful, and a good value for guys who are serious about calling the big cats.... I'd LOVE your input.

Thanks!

[beav1980]

Wow bery well put together.  I know what i want for christmas!! Lol im just getting into it ive only had one set up but no luck

[rasbo]

sounds good steve....

[rainshadow1]

Thanks guys, the sample volumes were a bit low, so I boosted them.

[markts]

Very nice Steve, how do you find time to hunt Mark

[stumprat]

Steve,
The second edition is awesome. I really like the tutorial section. You have really outdone yourself for the price.
I'll be using it after my kids are done with thier deer season.

[Machias]

Very nice Steve, I'll be sending you a paypal on Friday.  I will really put it through the paces next month.  I guess my special permit wasn't a waste after all.

[carpsniperg2]

my late boot tag for 382 is the month of december dam fish and wildlife took my dog tag away             now we have to freeze are nuts off and call for them or find a fresh deer kill to camp out on.

[rainshadow1]

Do you have an e-call, carpsniperg2?

[rainshadow1]

Don't know if it matters (I'm going to find out someday) but this is a Pacific Northwest Cougar making these sounds.

[bearpaw]

Steve, from what I have noticed, cougar seem be pretty much the same in WA, ID, and Utah. I think if there were geographical differences in sounds they make, you would see them in the Florida or South American cougars since they are each basically a different sub-specie.

[rainshadow1]

That's my hypothisis too, Dale. I've only heard one vocal from Arizona, and I was able to interpret it based on the situation and sounds I knew. I think it's universal...

[Coasthunterjay]

looks good steve. I hope its as big as what your expecting. Looks like it most likely will.

[billythekidrock]

I got mine! Thanks for the fast turn around Rainshadow!

These are some of the best and cleanest sounds I have heard. You will not find a collection of sounds of this caliber for the money...if you could find this many that are this clean and clear.

I have numerous cougar tapes from the likes of Johnny's and Burnham ( and will probably continue to collect more ) but none are as good as these.

[billythekidrock]

Here is a little cougar story from last deer season in October 2008

I was down in a hole deer hunting one evening and watching a few does for an hour hoping a buck would show. It was getting dark due to cloud cover and I was just getting ready to head out when I heard what I first thought was a cow elk chirp. I know the area well and I know that there are not any elk for many, many miles.

I had heard rumors that two different groups of hunters had seen a couple cougars within spitting distance of this spot and the sound came from the exact spot where I tracked a shot deer the week before. I was on the far side of a small ridge and the sound came from the other side of a small draw along the timberline very near the gutpile.

After a couple seconds of processing the info I realized that it had to be a cougar. In my turkey/predator vest (yes, I often use it deer hunting because it has lots of room to pack water and it has a cushion seat attached) was a Rainshadow cougar call I had purchased (along with a cd) the winter before and I tried my best to sound off with a couple of the whistles I learned from Steve’s cd.

I don’t have this sound mastered, but it must have been good enough because the cat answered my two whistles with two of it’s own and then all hell broke loose below me. Those three does must have thought they were surrounded because they took off like scalded cats. It was too dark to if they had been bucks, but I could see them bounding off in all directions.

I let out one more whistle and got one in response from the same location, then nothing more. I tried to sneak to the top of the ridge and look for the cat, but it was too dark and I saw nothing. Even though I didn’t see the cat, it was a great experience.

The cool thing about it was that I was prepared and able to get some verbal communication from it. I just wish there was more daylight.