Calling in Mountain Lions

[Schmekel]

What type of distress calls should I utilize to call in cats? I’ll use the distress sounds of obvious game in the local area like (rabbits, coyotes, fox, bobcat), but maybe put out some domesticated cats or birds?

 

[Pony Soldier]

I'm interested in this discussion but the tough part is getting close enough to be heard. I cut tracks of a big tom over three days while hunting elk. In those three days, he covered +12 miles and I was still behind him.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

I'm interested in this discussion but the tough part is getting close enough to be heard. I cut tracks of a big tom over three days while hunting elk. In those three days, he covered +12 miles and I was still behind him.

I'll second this. At a previous job I got to assist on a mountain lion radio collar study and the amount of ground they cover in their territories is pretty vast. I came away from that experience thinking that the best way to hunt a lion without dogs was to find a fresh kill that was still being eating on and post up on it. Obviously that would also be extremely difficult.

 

[jmez]

Best way to kill them without dogs is to follow fresh tracks in snow. If they are fresh you can walk one down.

Blind calling them is a true needle in a haystack situation. It is better if you can find a track. Figure out the direction they are ging, then loop way around until you no longer cut the track then they should be between you and the last track.

Lions do 2 things, eat and reproduce. They don't have a "breeding season." When they are traveling they are looking to eat or looking for a mate. Follow their tracks and you can quickly figure out which they are doing. If the tracks are wandering around they are looking for food. Traveling essentially a line they are looking for z mate.

When on wandering tracks use prey sounds, elk calf, fawn or deer in distress. When on straight line tracks use lion sounds, tending/mating sounds.

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[justin davis]

Yea think finding a kill is probably
Best bet. I found a kill last year and stumbled upon the cat at 30 yards. Unfortunately it was 2 days before the Lion season opened. Come opening day the carcass was all cleaned up.

Lions do cover some serious ground. There’s a book called the long walkers. It’s a good read.

 

[Pony Soldier]

Here was one near my barn the other night. I have seen track on my porch. They have the balls of a brass monkey.

 

[wowzers]

I worked with a guy who called two on different occasions turkey hunting.

 

[wyogoat]

Yea think finding a kill is probably
Best bet. I found a kill last year and stumbled upon the cat at 30 yards. Unfortunately it was 2 days before the Lion season opened. Come opening day the carcass was all cleaned up.

Lions do cover some serious ground. There’s a book called the long walkers. It’s a good read.

Amazing pic.

 

[HydeParkHunter]

I had two (subadults?) come in while turkey hunting. They flushed birds that I was calling to, but I didn't know what was going on at that moment. I just kept aggressively calling till I saw them staring at me from 20 yards away. After a few seconds, one of them then started quickly crawling towards me until I stood up and they spooked off.

 

[sportsmans challenge]

Look for rainshadow either on Google or other forums and see what he has done and does. I think he has some videos or seminars he has done around.

Has e calls and hand calls and explains them

 

[ThunderJack49]

Would any of you call over a kill or just sit and wait?

 

[Austink47]

I had two (subadults?) come in while turkey hunting. They flushed birds that I was calling to, but I didn't know what was going on at that moment. I just kept aggressively calling till I saw them staring at me from 20 yards away. After a few seconds, one of them then started quickly crawling towards me until I stood up and they spooked off.

Also called in a subadult while turkey hunting. It was 20 yards behind me when I stood up to change spots. We scared the crap out of each other.

 

[philson208]

I found a fresh kill years back where I was baiting for bears, so I stole my camera off the bait site and hung it on the kill site. I came back daily in an attempt to hunt off the kill, but never had an opportunity as the lion only came in at night to feed. I tried using a hand call one day figuring the lion had to be near but shot a coyote that day instead. My presence on the kill site definitely put the lion on edge, and it was overly cautious every time it came to feed. The first night it circled the kill site multiple times before feeding, and each night after would come in and watch and listen for 5-10 min before feeding. After about 5 days a mature bull elk was reduced to a bone pile, and the bears and coyotes took over the site.

 

[SleepyJones]

My buddy was cow calling at his blind last year and turned around and 2 cougars were looking at him from 20 yards away. He shot one and killed it. He said both were the same size, not too big. It was Oct 20th.