Get a good quality electric call with a remote and set speaker in a small brush pile where you want them to come in. Stay downwind from your kill zone and watch, coyotes will come in a little more brash than the cats and often at the same time. I have yet to kill a cat, they come in too sneaky and usually by the time I see them, they were well aware of me and running. Another little trick is a wobbler, piece of hide or tail on a wand that wiggles it back and forth. You put it right by your speaker and when they predators see it start thrashing it they lose it and charge right in after it. Ive been using one of the tail balls from Cracker Barrel on a 2x2 plywood sheet with 2x4 walls it sits there and thrashes around like a squirrel or rabbit stuck in a trap.
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Cats are as dumb as dirt and have no care what so ever of your scent. Continous play on a electronic call (where legal), rabbit distress, woodpecker distress, grey and red fox pup distress are the best sounds. You need to setup in areas that the cat sign is in and a decoy works well, I use a Mojo critter and a Outfoxed whirling woodpecker. The colder the day the better they burn more energy on these days and have to eat more often. I have had better luck right at dusk. Do not get discouraged if you don't get him in the first few trips keep trying, they do not come to the call that often. Stay on stand for 30 to 45 minutes while you let the sound play without stopping it and keep your eyes peeled back they are some sneeky animals.
Yotes are the smart ones and when it hears the sound, straight down wind he is going and when he scents you he is gone. Set up with the wind in your favor, and play short blasts with your e caller are mouth call. I have a Foxpro e caller and a ruffdawg jr. mouth call. Foxpro's are expensive but are the best and have a remote control that works out as far as 100 yards. Yotes are usually fast to come and usually respond with in 10 minutes but need to stay on stand up to 20. The same sounds work great but they will also respond to coyote vocals. Foxpro has came out with a new fairly reasonable call (200 bucks) called the Spitfire I ordered one yesterday and customized the sounds for a friend, I will report back on its performance when I try it next week. Some great information on hunting these predators came me learned by visting predatormasters.com The cats below were killed with 22 mag. and 12 gauge 3 1/2 dead coyote load by hevi shot. The yotes were shot with a 22-250 in a 50 grain bullet with no exit.
cats will definately feed on turkeys, coyotes will too. I'm impressed Razorback. I have never taken a cat but did call one in to 20yds with a mouth call. Scope was off on the .22mag and the head shot missed. i would love to hear back on the preformance of the new Spitfire call. Let us know please. We have some cold days coming and I got the itch.
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Taylor,
Thank you for starting this thread and to everyone else for the tips. I've decided to get into the coyote, javelina, maybe bobcat hunting myself, starting from scratch. Dove is all I've ever hunted, I really enjoy shooting the shotguns. Pretty good read in the NRA American Hunter Dec. 09 issue, check it out if you get a chance. Some really nice photos showing up here, hope I can add some soon.
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