Originally Posted By: ChupathingyOriginally Posted By: GRIZZLYONEOriginally Posted By: ChupathingyOriginally Posted By: GRIZZLYONEAll I can tell you is to make long stands and once a cat decides to walk off there's no calling it back. You may not see it come to the call it will just show up blending in to the surroundings so you have to really look hard for an eyeball, ear, head, tail. Grizz
It's a very very rare occasion that I disagree with GRIZZLYONE, but in this instance I do. I have found cats to be as dumb as a sack of axe handles and can VERY easily be called back in. If you see a cat retreating, get up and circle in front of him and start calling, very very often they will come in to the call again. I have used this tactic more times than I can count and it just plain works.
Chupa Cats are dumb as a day old @*g%$r. See there I learn something new every day. I'll have to try Chupa's trick. Sounds logical. I just never called one back to my fixed stand location. Grizz
Yep, try it. You'll. Be shocked how often they come back in. I've called them in, shot and missed, circled in front of them and called them back in and killed them. They apparently didn't learn a thing from being shot at not 5 minutes earlier.
Chupa
I am with Chupa on this. Many people seem to attribute intelligence to bobcats due to their stalking of prey or their tendency to sit and "observe." If you spend any time watching them and their behavior you will realize that they really are not at all that "wise." Coyotes are far smarter. If I call a cat in and miss, I log it into my book and will come back for them at a later time if I can't get them to come in on that same stand. Try that with coyotes and see what happens. A whole lotta nada is what happens. Coyotes will get used to hearing the same calls and stop responding, if they hear metallic noises, forget it. If you get smart coyotes you have to change up tactics, like changing call sequences or throwing out sounds that they haven't heard to trigger them.
I have found that cats like higher pitched sounds at lower volumes. Higher pitched jackrabbit or cottontail calls and bird calls are productive. Just lower the volume. Leave the big speaker at home, unless you are bucking the wind. Coyotes don't seem to mind the higher volumes, but foxes and cats do.
