drhart
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I went out this afternoon to a place that I called in three bobcats last winter. I shot two but only got one because the other one got into a deep sinkhole that I couldn't get into.
The first stand produced nothing. I only walked about 400 yards over a big ridge and set up again. I was on a steep gumbo hillside and could see a lot of really rocky, rough country. I started calling with a Wounded Weasel because I had read on here that they are effective on cats. I had been calling about 10 minutes with only a magpie or two showing up.
I saw a coyote coming from the bottom of the steep hill. I got turned toward him when he was out of sight. He came into view and stopped at about 200 yards.I got on him and then he started running up the hill toward me. At about 100 yards, I woofed to get him to stop but he was coming hard. I knew that if I let him come too close, he was going to get out of sight and be right in my lap when I could see him again. I shot him at about 60 yards running. He spun around and went down the hillside.
As soon as I shot, I saw something move between me and him. It was a bobcat and he was leaving fast. I tried to get on him and call again but he made it over the hill. I ran after him to see if I could see him going away but I never saw him again. When I walked back over the hill, another coyote was standing at the bottom of the hill but he saw me when I saw him and he took off before I could shoot him. The bobcat couldn't have been more than 40 yards from me when I shot the coyote but he was just over the curve of the hill so I couldn't see him. I must have shot almost directly over his head.
I had to crawl into a hole and use a loop on a cord to get the coyote out of a sinkhole he fell into. I sure hate missing the chance at a cat but it was pretty exciting there for a little while.
There is a Tony Tebbe howler, Kerry Carver open reed, Dustin Ford closed reed and the Wounded Weasel all on Tony's Stealth Lanyard.
The first stand produced nothing. I only walked about 400 yards over a big ridge and set up again. I was on a steep gumbo hillside and could see a lot of really rocky, rough country. I started calling with a Wounded Weasel because I had read on here that they are effective on cats. I had been calling about 10 minutes with only a magpie or two showing up.
I saw a coyote coming from the bottom of the steep hill. I got turned toward him when he was out of sight. He came into view and stopped at about 200 yards.I got on him and then he started running up the hill toward me. At about 100 yards, I woofed to get him to stop but he was coming hard. I knew that if I let him come too close, he was going to get out of sight and be right in my lap when I could see him again. I shot him at about 60 yards running. He spun around and went down the hillside.
As soon as I shot, I saw something move between me and him. It was a bobcat and he was leaving fast. I tried to get on him and call again but he made it over the hill. I ran after him to see if I could see him going away but I never saw him again. When I walked back over the hill, another coyote was standing at the bottom of the hill but he saw me when I saw him and he took off before I could shoot him. The bobcat couldn't have been more than 40 yards from me when I shot the coyote but he was just over the curve of the hill so I couldn't see him. I must have shot almost directly over his head.
I had to crawl into a hole and use a loop on a cord to get the coyote out of a sinkhole he fell into. I sure hate missing the chance at a cat but it was pretty exciting there for a little while.
There is a Tony Tebbe howler, Kerry Carver open reed, Dustin Ford closed reed and the Wounded Weasel all on Tony's Stealth Lanyard.
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