predator hunting questions?

[glpoe1]

I use a Foxpro Fury and a variety of mouth calls.

If you're gonna try to shoot them with a bow you're gonna really need a partner to call while you sit ready. When you get a coyote or bobcat in bow range you're not going to have time to put down a call, pick up your bow, draw, get on target and then pull the trigger. We stopped allowing hunters to try it because it didn't work and just made everything call-wise. After two years without bowhunters calling we're just now starting to have some real success with calling at the ranch I work for.

With a good e-caller like the Fury you can set up long sequences and you may be able to pull it off solo with a good sequence that can run the full set, including pauses. But you'll have much better luck with a calling partner. I usually hunt with at least one other person and preferably 2. It's hard to know where they'll come from and it's better having more eyeballs covering about 300 degrees around you. They have great eyes and movement means a busted opportunity.

I would consider a decoy like the Mojo Critter for what you're trying to do because it will distract them and help you draw.

I'm not saying it can't be done but you're blighting off a big chunk trying to get I to calling and doing it with a bow. Good luck with it. Just remember, it only takes once or twice to educate a predator and make him VERY hard (if not impossible) to call.

X2 on this response. Bowhunting a called up critter is about the ultimate in bowhunting. When they come in they, the varmint, are alert and looking, looking, looking for the opportunity. It is tough with a rifle, extremely tough with a bow. Good luck.

[Clintbow]

It's a lot more rewarding to use a hand call. Don't call too much.

[glpoe1]

Predators are naturally wary animals and fast learners. You can hunt / call on a place too much and teach the predators what to respond to and what to ignore or keep their distance from. In the spring and early summer is the best time to kill the young hungry Coyotes. Calling during the day can be productive and by far the most exciting. Calling at night is my preferred method: go out about 11:00pm or later, no moon, cold overcast with little to no wind. Set up on a low hill facing up wind. Kill truck and get all the moving around out of the way while you get in the bed of the truck with everything ready. Let the noise settle, no talking and no moving around for a few minutes. Make your first calls facing up wind and call for about three to five minutes then stop. Wait a couple of minutes then turn the light on (red or green lens) pointing the light straight up into the air and then bring it down to brush top level and slowly make a circle around your perimeter looking for eye reflection below the light. If you see something close and your shooter is ready let him find the eyes in his scope then slowly drop the light on the animal to identify it. It it is shootable then make the shot. If you know it is a good hit turn the light straight up again and turn it off and get quiet again. Wait a little while and call again and repeat the process. If you don't call anything up in a 15/20 min. time then move at least a 1/2 mile (depending on thickness of brush and trees ) to the next good spot and try again. Sometimes the critters will come barreling in and other times they have to be coaxed in. If you do see something in the brush and can't get a shot turn the light off and gently continue to call with intermittent light. My experience has been to keep the light out of their direct eyes until you are ready to shoot and point the light up when turning it on and off. Sorry for the length but this use to be one of my passions from childhood. Good luck and have fun.

[HAWG DAWG]

I'll take that bet.

Lets make that a 3 way bet.

[CTB]

If you going to bow hunt go with the e caller. Put it out at 20 or 30 yrds with a decoy. A predator is going to focus in on where the sound is coming from and any movement is going to spook them. If you can get their attention on a decoy you will be better off. You will have a lot to deal with trying to blow a call, watch for predators, and get ready to shoot. With an e caller you can let it play.

[Loreva13]

Predators are naturally wary animals and fast learners. You can hunt / call on a place too much and teach the predators what to respond to and what to ignore or keep their distance from. In the spring and early summer is the best time to kill the young hungry Coyotes. Calling during the day can be productive and by far the most exciting. Calling at night is my preferred method: go out about 11:00pm or later, no moon, cold overcast with little to no wind. Set up on a low hill facing up wind. Kill truck and get all the moving around out of the way while you get in the bed of the truck with everything ready. Let the noise settle, no talking and no moving around for a few minutes. Make your first calls facing up wind and call for about three to five minutes then stop. Wait a couple of minutes then turn the light on (red or green lens) pointing the light straight up into the air and then bring it down to brush top level and slowly make a circle around your perimeter looking for eye reflection below the light. If you see something close and your shooter is ready let him find the eyes in his scope then slowly drop the light on the animal to identify it. It it is shootable then make the shot. If you know it is a good hit turn the light straight up again and turn it off and get quiet again. Wait a little while and call again and repeat the process. If you don't call anything up in a 15/20 min. time then move at least a 1/2 mile (depending on thickness of brush and trees ) to the next good spot and try again. Sometimes the critters will come barreling in and other times they have to be coaxed in. If you do see something in the brush and can't get a shot turn the light off and gently continue to call with intermittent light. My experience has been to keep the light out of their direct eyes until you are ready to shoot and point the light up when turning it on and off. Sorry for the length but this use to be one of my passions from childhood. Good luck and have fun.

Great advice n the use of the light!

[boh347]

Im beginning to think I should take a scatter gun and a rifle.