Predator Hunting Advice

[Breeves13]

Going predator hunting this weekend. Just interested to see if anybody has any tips or special things they do when the predator hunt. Lets hear 'em!

[LWD]

Don't do it real close to your buddy who is bowhunting. Seriously, this is opening weekend on bow season so be sensitive to that.

LWD

[Breeves13]

Don't do it real close to your buddy who is bowhunting. Seriously, this is opening weekend on bow season so be sensitive to that.

LWD

Not a problem where I'll be. I definitely respect other peoples spots. Nobody else hunts on this land or near it so I'm in the clear with that.

[hully1029]

What kind of call you using? Electronic or mouth?

[Hunter Dan]

I use a call by Primo with a bushy tail that waves in the air and it works really good. It will bring in bobcats and foxes in less than 5 minutes almost every time.

[Breeves13]

What kind of call you using? Electronic or mouth?

I'm using an electronic call.

[Breeves13]

I use a call by Primo with a bushy tail that waves in the air and it works really good. It will bring in bobcats and foxes in less than 5 minutes almost every time.

I'd love to see a bobcat! I've only killed one and it was awesome.

[Hunter Dan]

I stuck a huge bobcat last year that I got a full body mount on and it looks great on my wall. I had that one wander in while I was deer hunting and not when running the call.

[hully1029]

I'm using an electronic call.

Okay. One thing I learned is that predators lock on to movement. Take a dowel rod or something straight, put it into the ground next to the call and tie a turkey feather onto it and let the feather flop in the wind. They will lock on to that. Play wind. Have fun. Stay in ome spot no longer than 20-25 mins. No action, move a few hundred yards and try again

[Breeves13]

Okay. One thing I learned is that predators lock on to movement. Take a dowel rod or something straight, put it into the ground next to the call and tie a turkey feather onto it and let the feather flop in the wind. They will lock on to that. Play wind. Have fun. Stay in ome spot no longer than 20-25 mins. No action, move a few hundred yards and try again

Thanks for the advice! I hope I see a lot this weekend. Last time I hunted this place is when I killed the bobcat.

[okrattler]

I set up with the wind in my face (you'll get different opinions on that) preferably on a hillside where I can see coyotes coming from a ways off. I make 15-20 minute sets for yotes. Go through a call sequence,wait a minute or so and call again. I set up in the thick stuff for cats and call nonstop for 30 minutes to an hour. I call for one hour if it looks like a good spot or if I know a cat is in the area. Start out with the call on a lower setting at first then crank the volume up a little. That's how I've always done it and had pretty good luck doing it that way.

[npe001]

Check your wind before you set up. Try to keep the sun to your back. Have fun and wait even after you shot one at a sit.

[catslayer]

I set up with the wind in my face (you'll get different opinions on that) preferably on a hillside where I can see coyotes coming from a ways off. I make 15-20 minute sets for yotes. Go through a call sequence,wait a minute or so and call again. I set up in the thick stuff for cats and call nonstop for 30 minutes to an hour. I call for one hour if it looks like a good spot or if I know a cat is in the area. Start out with the call on a lower setting at first then crank the volume up a little. That's how I've always done it and had pretty good luck doing it that way.

You sit longer than anyone I know... 20 mins is my standard, 3 sets an hour roughly, really 2.5, travel time... Move about half a mile, go again...

If your hunting at night, Nightvison and thermal makes the game EASY. They get dumb.

If your doing light, I'm a red light fan. And try to spot them as far off as you can. Also make sure the truck bed is clear of beer cans and loud things to step on.

My experience with the FoxPro is they come like CRAZY the first couple times, but they get used to it and get wise, so if you get it in KILL IT. Hand calls tend to call in pressured critters better...

If your going in daylight, the turkey feather is SAGE advice... also... you need to camo up more than if your hunting ducks... war paint and all...

Have fun, it is THE most addicting hunt I have been on... Pretty soon you'll have a heavy barrel match AR in 204 and be talking about competitions lol

[CTB]

Main thing is have fun, it's a frustrating sport. Learn from your mistakes, your going to make plenty. Everyone calls different and everyone has a different strategie, figure out works best for you and your area. Play the wind right, decoys aren't a must, but do help in daylight. Few things to remember.. You'll fool a coyotes ears, you'll fool a coyotes eyes, but you'll never fool a coyotes nose. To me wind direction is your #1 thing to pay attention to. I've been doing it a long time, won numerous competitions and filmed several predator hunting TV shows and I still learn something every stand. Good luck!!

[okrattler]

You sit longer than anyone I know... 20 mins is my standard, 3 sets an hour roughly, really 2.5, travel time... Move about half a mile, go again...

If your hunting at night, Nightvison and thermal makes the game EASY. They get dumb.

If your doing light, I'm a red light fan. And try to spot them as far off as you can. Also make sure the truck bed is clear of beer cans and loud things to step on.

My experience with the FoxPro is they come like CRAZY the first couple times, but they get used to it and get wise, so if you get it in KILL IT. Hand calls tend to call in pressured critters better...

If your going in daylight, the turkey feather is SAGE advice... also... you need to camo up more than if your hunting ducks... war paint and all...

Have fun, it is THE most addicting hunt I have been on... Pretty soon you'll have a heavy barrel match AR in 204 and be talking about competitions lol

I only stay ten minutes at the most during predator calling tournaments but depending on time of year too. Earlier on if i don't see anything within that time frame I lose confidence in that stand. Later on in the year when dogs are call shy and cautious I've called in coyotes over 30 minutes into a stand. Last year I called one in at the 37 minute mark. We can't call at night in Oklahoma so whether or not its easier I don't know. Probably is because bobcats are mostly nocturnal and so are coyotes. I do know that cats that aren't under the cover of darkness creep in very slow. I've called them in at over 45 minutes into a stand and one in less than 2 minutes.