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<blockquote data-quote="John Klingenberg" data-source="post: 2353515" data-attributes="member: 107749"><p>I hunted them in Texas and New Mexico by calling. I learned that they are near impossible to spot, they come in but they stop and look a lot from a long way off. In high country find a ledge you can get up high and send your sounds down into the valley. Watch super close. They walk in and stop in cover to look for long periods. They wont compete, if a coyote comes in they'll leave. Use full camo and lots of break up. During the varmint hunts in Texas we would get a few at night but they always hung up way out. They'll never come into an open field. In the flat Texas country I've never been successful in the day time. To hunt cats by calling you have to be super, super patient and accept for every 100 setups you may just see tracks. Persistence pays off. It helps if you have a long view you can watch over. I had one close call. I had been calling over a canyon ledge in Tijeras NM for a few hours. I turned to look behind me as I was getting up to leave and a young cat was crouched at the side of a tree not 20 yards behind me. I was in a full on gillie suit so i dont think it recognized me as human so it didnt run far off. But I never got a shot. I was fairly shook up. I'm convinced that I probably would've been attacked in the next several minutes, maybe not killed once it realized I wasnt normal fare but definitely some exploratory bites. Pay super close attention and carry first aid, they're apex predators and the challenge is very rewarding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Klingenberg, post: 2353515, member: 107749"] I hunted them in Texas and New Mexico by calling. I learned that they are near impossible to spot, they come in but they stop and look a lot from a long way off. In high country find a ledge you can get up high and send your sounds down into the valley. Watch super close. They walk in and stop in cover to look for long periods. They wont compete, if a coyote comes in they'll leave. Use full camo and lots of break up. During the varmint hunts in Texas we would get a few at night but they always hung up way out. They'll never come into an open field. In the flat Texas country I've never been successful in the day time. To hunt cats by calling you have to be super, super patient and accept for every 100 setups you may just see tracks. Persistence pays off. It helps if you have a long view you can watch over. I had one close call. I had been calling over a canyon ledge in Tijeras NM for a few hours. I turned to look behind me as I was getting up to leave and a young cat was crouched at the side of a tree not 20 yards behind me. I was in a full on gillie suit so i dont think it recognized me as human so it didnt run far off. But I never got a shot. I was fairly shook up. I'm convinced that I probably would've been attacked in the next several minutes, maybe not killed once it realized I wasnt normal fare but definitely some exploratory bites. Pay super close attention and carry first aid, they're apex predators and the challenge is very rewarding. [/QUOTE]
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