OhioPredatorHunter
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Predator Masters Forum
Hi guys. New member here. Thanks to skinney's Predator Masters Forum PODCAST.
I’m OhioPredatorHunter from NE Ohio. I feel I have a lot to contribute to this Forum. I have been hunting/trapping predators for over 50 years. I had a 100 trap trapline when I was in grade school. I would get up every morning at 4am to check my traps. I walked miles to tend my trapline. Rain, sleet, snow and ice. I carried a 22-cal revolver just in case I had to dispatch an animal I caught. I was also hunting mostly fox back then. Calling with a mouth call and using my dad’s Model 1897 Winchester 16-gauge shotgun. I made plenty mistakes along the way. We didn’t have the internet back then, so gaining knowledge was reading books and magazines. My mentor back then was Dennis Kirk of Laurens New York. If you guys are around my age, you would probably remember Dennis Kirk. He wrote predator hunting books, sold many predator calling cassette tapes and talked at many National and State Sportsman’s Shows about calling predators. He was a contributing writer for Trapper & Predator Caller, Furtaker and Fur Fish Game Magazines. He invented one of the first electronic game calls as well. I would write him letters in grade school about predator hunting and how to correct my mistakes. Dennis would always return my letters with answers and solutions to all my questions. I wrote him so many times, I guess he decided to just give me his phone number. I’ll never forget when my mother and father received the long-distance phone bills. I started out using an old Mallardtone cottontail rabbit in distress mouth call. I called many foxes to within 30 yards of me. I shot quite a few, but got busted more times than not. I decided I needed to get my distress calls away from me so the fox wouldn’t focus on me and any movement I had to make to make my shot. I took my mothers RCA cassette player that had D batteries, added 15 feet of speaker wire I bought at Radio Shack and attached an old car radio speaker. I recorded myself using my hand call and off I went. What a game changer that was. Now my distress calls were away from me and from that point on I didn’t get busted as much. Eventually, after selling my trapped furs I made enough money to buy a Johnny Stewart cassette game caller. That caller worked very well for me. I still have that caller and it still works.
Guys, I don’t shoot hundreds of fox and coyotes a year like some of you guys. But what I’m good at is calling in and shooting fox/coyotes that are educated and call shy on public hunting areas. I do hunt many private farms but most of my hunting is on public hunting areas. I have many tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years that make me successful. I sell all my fur but I’m not in it for the money. Calling in an educated fox/coyote and outsmarting him is my reward. I’ll be posting tips and techniques I’ve learned throughout the years on this forum. I was also thinking about posting videos on YouTube as well. I’m retiring soon and should have plenty of time on my hands to get my posts out.
Thanks again skinny for directing me to this forum. If I can help just one predator hunter, my time here will be worth it. I’m just a guy who enjoys hunting predators. I don’t claim to know more than the next guy. I have techniques and tips that work for me that I’m willing to pass on.
Always remember. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Hi guys. New member here. Thanks to skinney's Predator Masters Forum PODCAST.
I’m OhioPredatorHunter from NE Ohio. I feel I have a lot to contribute to this Forum. I have been hunting/trapping predators for over 50 years. I had a 100 trap trapline when I was in grade school. I would get up every morning at 4am to check my traps. I walked miles to tend my trapline. Rain, sleet, snow and ice. I carried a 22-cal revolver just in case I had to dispatch an animal I caught. I was also hunting mostly fox back then. Calling with a mouth call and using my dad’s Model 1897 Winchester 16-gauge shotgun. I made plenty mistakes along the way. We didn’t have the internet back then, so gaining knowledge was reading books and magazines. My mentor back then was Dennis Kirk of Laurens New York. If you guys are around my age, you would probably remember Dennis Kirk. He wrote predator hunting books, sold many predator calling cassette tapes and talked at many National and State Sportsman’s Shows about calling predators. He was a contributing writer for Trapper & Predator Caller, Furtaker and Fur Fish Game Magazines. He invented one of the first electronic game calls as well. I would write him letters in grade school about predator hunting and how to correct my mistakes. Dennis would always return my letters with answers and solutions to all my questions. I wrote him so many times, I guess he decided to just give me his phone number. I’ll never forget when my mother and father received the long-distance phone bills. I started out using an old Mallardtone cottontail rabbit in distress mouth call. I called many foxes to within 30 yards of me. I shot quite a few, but got busted more times than not. I decided I needed to get my distress calls away from me so the fox wouldn’t focus on me and any movement I had to make to make my shot. I took my mothers RCA cassette player that had D batteries, added 15 feet of speaker wire I bought at Radio Shack and attached an old car radio speaker. I recorded myself using my hand call and off I went. What a game changer that was. Now my distress calls were away from me and from that point on I didn’t get busted as much. Eventually, after selling my trapped furs I made enough money to buy a Johnny Stewart cassette game caller. That caller worked very well for me. I still have that caller and it still works.
Guys, I don’t shoot hundreds of fox and coyotes a year like some of you guys. But what I’m good at is calling in and shooting fox/coyotes that are educated and call shy on public hunting areas. I do hunt many private farms but most of my hunting is on public hunting areas. I have many tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years that make me successful. I sell all my fur but I’m not in it for the money. Calling in an educated fox/coyote and outsmarting him is my reward. I’ll be posting tips and techniques I’ve learned throughout the years on this forum. I was also thinking about posting videos on YouTube as well. I’m retiring soon and should have plenty of time on my hands to get my posts out.
Thanks again skinny for directing me to this forum. If I can help just one predator hunter, my time here will be worth it. I’m just a guy who enjoys hunting predators. I don’t claim to know more than the next guy. I have techniques and tips that work for me that I’m willing to pass on.
Always remember. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
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