Calling Cougars?

[KFhunter]

Just pulled the trigger on a custom fawn bleat. The red one Can't wait for it to get here. Can't wait for the snow either. It's nice to have clear roads but not cutting tracks. I might just head into the forest and do some cold stands while scouting.

My call settled down after a while,  at first it was pretty raspy and chirpy, but now it's smoooooth and sounds great!


There seems to be a break in period.   


@Bango skank    did you notice a break in period?

[Bango skank]

Nope.  Just gotta play with them and find the right air pressure to use to get the right yone, and slightly blocking the front with your hand can change the tone significantly too.  And they can still make good rabbit squaley noises too if ya put more wind into them.

[KFhunter]

huh, maybe I just got better with it because it seems smoother now then when I first got it.   I assume he and all other call makers just use pretty much the same guts, all you're buying is the art.   I like the dense wood over plastic so you definatly get different resonation...like your call is going to sound different than mine even with the same internals.

[hunter399]

What kind of tracks are these?
Went out to do some calling this afternoon and discovered a few things.

[hunter399]

So went out today and found this deer dead ,all cat tracks lots of bobcat tracks which were smaller than the one pic above .Then one set of tracks from pic above , So instead of calling I started following those tracks.No coyotes tracks around kill site but coyotes in the area for sure.Few times about 1/2 mile from kill site tracks above got intersected with coyote tracks.Then I started finding blood in the tracks above followed for about a mile maybe more intell they left public land.But then circled out planing on going back at first light set the Fox pro out .Good idea or not.

[bearpaw]

Those are cougar tracks, good chance you might see the cat when it comes back to the kill, if it hasn't been spooked out of the area, right before dark in the evening is an excellent time, the sooner you can get on the cat the better, I'm thinking your local coyotes will clean up that kill quickly since it's not hidden.

[hunter399]

Those are cougar tracks, good chance you might see the cat when it comes back to the kill, if it hasn't been spooked out of the area, right before dark in the evening is an excellent time, the sooner you can get on the cat the better, I'm thinking your local coyotes will clean up that kill quickly since it's not hidden.

Do you think I should call,or just sit on that kill site.Snow is three days old , and only the one set of cougar tracks .But a lot of bobcat ,looked like a whole litter of bobcat been going to it the past three days.

[kukusya]

So help me to get straight. You guys hunting cougar by your self? And calling cat to come at you not decoy? Thanks

[Bango skank]

So help me to get straight. You guys hunting cougar by your self? And calling cat to come at you not decoy? Thanks

Yessir.

[gramps]

 

and it is very exciting to know one has fooled a very large predator

[kukusya]

So help me to get straight. You guys hunting cougar by your self? And calling cat to come at you not decoy? Thanks

Yessir.

Thanks, make me feel a lot less about myself.

[Bango skank]

So help me to get straight. You guys hunting cougar by your self? And calling cat to come at you not decoy? Thanks

Yessir.

Thanks, make me feel a lot less about myself.

Just go for it.  You probably wont get eaten. 

[KFhunter]

Those are cougar tracks, good chance you might see the cat when it comes back to the kill, if it hasn't been spooked out of the area, right before dark in the evening is an excellent time, the sooner you can get on the cat the better, I'm thinking your local coyotes will clean up that kill quickly since it's not hidden.

Do you think I should call,or just sit on that kill site.Snow is three days old , and only the one set of cougar tracks .But a lot of bobcat ,looked like a whole litter of bobcat been going to it the past three days.

Hopefully your sitting on it, I wouldnt call just sit and wait. Little late now I guess, hopefully your skinning it!

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[rainshadow1]

Those are cougar tracks, good chance you might see the cat when it comes back to the kill, if it hasn't been spooked out of the area, right before dark in the evening is an excellent time, the sooner you can get on the cat the better, I'm thinking your local coyotes will clean up that kill quickly since it's not hidden.

Do you think I should call,or just sit on that kill site.Snow is three days old , and only the one set of cougar tracks .But a lot of bobcat ,looked like a whole litter of bobcat been going to it the past three days.

Hopefully your sitting on it, I wouldnt call just sit and wait. Little late now I guess, hopefully your skinning it!

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Oh, I'd call on it. Definitely. Submissive cougar vocals, like the whistle. Nothing aggressive, but definitely vocals, and I'd definitely call. Nearby, not right on it.
    Looks like tons of predator pressure in the area, it might not hang around. But it's a good opportunity right away, and if you go in and set up right, calling won't blow anything, it'll just speed things along!


Also, on the fawn bleat, several of the loud voice double reeds make a great fawn bleat, especially the way I blade the first reed over the second one, but you have to blow it gently and mournfully. Same exact reed makes a great raspy panicky loud distress when you go crazy on it!

Liter pic is definitely a lion, but a smaller one... unless it's a big bic! Tiny spots of blood in the tracks is kinda common in snow. Weird, I know, but it's not unusual at all.

[hunter399]

 I wish I was skinning it.Like said followed tracks to where they left public land.I will be heading back there at first light .Maybe I will do both ,first sit on it a few hour at dawn,then if nothing seen I will move like a 1/4 mile away and see if I can bring something to me sounds like I better spend most of the day.I will see if I can take a different approach some snow was a little crunchy.Try to take it quiet going in.I have some cougar sounds on my Fox pro but no sure if that would be any good.I do have some hand calls for the fawn bleat.