Great information! Thanks for sharing and taking the timeIMO the most important thing with calling cats is patience. If you are in an area where you know there are cats, sit for 25-30 minutes. From my experience, cats seem to like the softer calls like cagie cottontail, but will also come to louder calls like rabbit stew and bird distresses.
Around here it seems that if I find a place that has an abondance of rabbits (thicker brush, brush piles, briars, etc) it will also have cats. I have also called more cats out of creek bottoms and along beaver ponds.
Place your call in an opening. Just a few weeks ago I didn't see a cat until it was just a foot away from my call. It belly crawled through the tall grass all the way up to the call.
Be still. Again, it usually takes cats a while to come in so if you are moving they will see you.
I have also experienced the same thing that Spurchaser mentioned. They will creep in, get about 50 yards from your call and just sit there on their butts and look around.
Because of their slow movement and great camouflage, if you have a thermal scanner, use it. Even during the day time.
Any time.Great information! Thanks for sharing and taking the time
From my experience at night they tend to move a little faster, but daylight it usually takes a while.I think the most important thing is setting up where a cat is. People talk about patience but every cat I’ve ever called in has come pretty quick
I'm pretty sure I've seen you post this before, and though I have called in fewer cats than you, I think you're on to something.It looks to me like setting up within 500 yards of a bobcat is more important than what sound you use.
Those are some legendary pictures!Most of the bobcats that I have called in have shown up in less than 10 minutes. It looks to me like setting up within 500 yards of a bobcat is more important than what sound you use. I have had many bobcats walk right up to my e-caller with the volume on full blast.
I think decoys work better on bobcats than they do on coyotes.
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