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I must admit that some years ago, I did actually call a possum in. I was sitting in a pasture overlooking a wooded drainage with my back to a big bois d'arc tree. This particular spot was always good for a coyote, but looked quite "catty", too. I had my rifle in front of me and my 12 gauge loaded with 00B beside my left thigh. Just in case.
I don't recall what sound I was using, but I do remember vividly seeing something grayish white coming in from my hard right, probably at about my five o'clock. I froze and tried my darnedest to see him out of my extreme peripheral field of view, but I couldn't quite make it out. All I know was that it was coming in reeeaaalllllll slow. Thus, my conclusion that it had to be a bobcat (always the optimist).
At about ten feet, I couldn't take the suspense any longer, so in one smooth motion, I grabbed the 12, shouldered it and swung around until my "'cat" was down the bead.
That possum just stood there giving me this dumb look. I busted up laughing. Didn't have the heart to frag him all over the pasture, so I let him waddle off into the tallgrass.
That is the one and only opossum I have ever called.
To their credit, neat animals. Give 'em a break. The only marsupial in North America. More teeth (50) than any other North American mammal (we only have 32). Although you'll occasionally find a few fleas here and there, possums are said to be relatively devoid of parasites compared to other mammals. And, finally, the number one reasons opossums are cool (drum roll) - they're one of only three species of mammals that have fingerprints, and the other two are primates - humans and either chimps or bonobos.
