Blind Calling for Lions

[FairWeather]

Hey all,

With cougar and coyote being pretty much the only hunting that’s still open at the moment, I’m hoping to get some pointers on what works best for calling them in.

I don’t have cameras set up since I took them down in the fall, so I don’t have any actual info on where might have cats moving through regularly. That said, I’m pretty much looking at blind calling.

My questions:

1. Is there a particular call that works best/better? (Rabbit vs fawn vs mating call?).
2. How long to stay in a spot when nothing is showing up? Is it like deer where patience will win the day, or should I move on after 30 mins or so?
3. What sort of terrain tends to work best? I’m in western Oregon, so it’s all dense timberlands. Should I focus on open clear cuts, overgrown logging roads, 10-20yr old reprod stands?

Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice or recommendations!

 

[MTLabrador]

I’m far from an expert, but I have called in one lion using a calf elk call when I was trying to call wolves.

 

[Bonasababy]

No help here, but that would be a bucket list item for me! If they are anything like bobcats you will want to try and set up where'd it's hard for them to sneak in behind you. I didn't have much luck with that but we have little elevation difference to work with

 

[Ben Long]

I called in a lion this fall with a Primos can doe call. I had another come in to a bugling bull elk that I was also stalking. Not sure if either would work outside the rut, but the doe call got the cat's attention big time. I would think a fawn bleat would be the ticket. That's all I know about calling in lions. I would try the edge of cutting units.

 

[Ben Long]

I would also cover ground looking for tracks over sitting in one spot but that's just me. I hate sitting for more than an hour.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Fawn bawl

 

[ccc23454]

Calf and goat distress and also actual lion calls.They like to hangup or just sit in cover watching where sound is coming from. Best guess of advice I can offer is just keep calls and decoy constantly running. As spots go I just target areas know they frequent or obviously tracks in snow. LOW ODDS, good luck

 

[FairWeather]

I ordered a Mojo super critter. We’ll see how it does. I’m hoping it’ll at least call a ‘yore in. I’ve yet to actually see one while hunting.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

They say mountain lions are aggressively territorial. I just found a collection of mountain lion sounds someone put into an app. A Bluetooth caller or speaker and see what happens?

 

[FairWeather]

They say mountain lions are aggressively territorial. I just found a collection of mountain lion sounds someone put into an app. A Bluetooth caller or speaker and see what happens?View attachment 360054

Worth a try!

 

[Gr8bawana]

I would think you would need to call at night since that's when cats are most active. And I would most certainly have my back against a big tree.

 

[FairWeather]

I would think you would need to call at night since that's when cats are most active. And I would most certainly have my back against a big tree.

Funny enough, I just got the most recent issue of Game & Fish and there’s an article in there from Scott Haugen, who lives about 25mins from me. He recommends hunting with a partner and sitting back to back while calling.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Probably a bigger issue than call selection is cat concentrations. If you drive and hike enough in the snow, you'll find out that there may not be a cat within hearing distance.

I think it would really neat to see one come into a call.

 

[Beignet]

I remember an older thread by @WyoDoug that might have some useful info:

Hunting Lions Without Dogs

I am starting this thread more along the line with sharing hints that I picked up over the years on hunting lions without the use of dogs. I started hunting lions in the 80s when a rancher offered me permissions to hunt on his land near Eagle, Colorado in exchange to helping get a lion that was...

www.hunttalk.com

 

[Rie Bread]

I’d say if your not tracking from a kill or den that finding sets of tracks though an area would be the spot to call. Water, travel corridor, pinch point etc. I’m not sure I’d call near a kill site though.

 

[GratefulHorticulturist]

Going to have to try something new out. Been glassing for weeks and tracked two sets of tracks as long as I could with no luck.

 

[GratefulHorticulturist]

If anyone here in NEW MEXICO wants to hunt and knows more than me I have two tags and zero experience besides doing what I’ve read to try. I’m willing to travel anywhere in New Mexico if someone wants to show a South Carolinian use to hunting squirrels, ducks, and bucks.