Does this qualify as Big Game?
05-10-2018, 06:24 AM
#51
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 4,264
I'll have to remember that, Muley. Does it work in the fall, or just the spring? We Eastern hunters lack spring bear seasons.
And do you just do a high-pitched doe bleat with your mouth, or do you have a specific call you use?
And do you just do a high-pitched doe bleat with your mouth, or do you have a specific call you use?
05-10-2018, 06:55 AM
#52
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Our spring bear hunt was taken from us by the tree huggers. So, yes it works in the fall. It's hard to describe, but what you want is the fawn to sound distressed like a predator is already on the fawn. You'll get any big boar in the area come running in ready to fight for the meal.
I use custom calls. Get ahold of this guy and tell him what you want. He makes the best calls i've ever found.
http://rrcalls.com/custom-calls.html
I use custom calls. Get ahold of this guy and tell him what you want. He makes the best calls i've ever found.
http://rrcalls.com/custom-calls.html
05-10-2018, 07:47 AM
#55
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
No, not really. A bear will come just like the other predators but sometimes more aggressive. Some bears will sneak in, so will circle behind me and catch my scent and be gone. Some boars will come charging in throwing caution to the wind. Those are the ones to be ready for. You'll almost always have a frontal shot. Use good bullets. I use a muzzleloader and use Barnes. 290gr T-EZ. It will bust through a shoulder.
Another trick is to use a fawn or calf call and then after a while use a coyote howl. The bear will think a coyote beat it to the fawn/calf and come charging. Be ready.
Also, look for mountain lions. They'll come to a call but are so sneaky you'll hardly ever see them.
Calling isn't recommended to do alone but that's the only way I hunt, so I take the chance. Two hunters back to back is safer.
Another trick is to use a fawn or calf call and then after a while use a coyote howl. The bear will think a coyote beat it to the fawn/calf and come charging. Be ready.
Also, look for mountain lions. They'll come to a call but are so sneaky you'll hardly ever see them.
Calling isn't recommended to do alone but that's the only way I hunt, so I take the chance. Two hunters back to back is safer.
05-10-2018, 10:50 AM
#56
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,605
No, not really. A bear will come just like the other predators but sometimes more aggressive. Some bears will sneak in, so will circle behind me and catch my scent and be gone. Some boars will come charging in throwing caution to the wind. Those are the ones to be ready for. You'll almost always have a frontal shot. Use good bullets. I use a muzzleloader and use Barnes. 290gr T-EZ. It will bust through a shoulder.
Another trick is to use a fawn or calf call and then after a while use a coyote howl. The bear will think a coyote beat it to the fawn/calf and come charging. Be ready.
Also, look for mountain lions. They'll come to a call but are so sneaky you'll hardly ever see them.
Calling isn't recommended to do alone but that's the only way I hunt, so I take the chance. Two hunters back to back is safer.
Another trick is to use a fawn or calf call and then after a while use a coyote howl. The bear will think a coyote beat it to the fawn/calf and come charging. Be ready.
Also, look for mountain lions. They'll come to a call but are so sneaky you'll hardly ever see them.
Calling isn't recommended to do alone but that's the only way I hunt, so I take the chance. Two hunters back to back is safer.
