Boy ric, hand calling for lion, sounds like russian roulette to me. Have you had any close encounters where you walked away and thought that maybe that one was just to close. I read an article about a man in Arizona who has made a living on calling lions, i cant remember his name but you may know the guy i am referring to. Some of the close calls he wrote about made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I try year after year to call in a lion and have been doing so for around 10 years, maybe someday but we will see.