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tors and prey prosper here in greater numbers. This land of thicker, dense cover also holds both coyote and fox as residents, but bobcats find it a decided preference for their living and hunting because intense cover matches their secretive daily movements and lifestyle. They are not the open country animals that coyotes are, or the travelers like fox, and that’s an important difference to understand when choosing where to make your stands for them. Cats, far and away, are also the


most cautious of the three species when coming to even the most convincing calling. That means you must be pa- tient, giving them every opportunity to reach you. Thirty minutes is not too long to stay on stand when calling. It also means setting up in cover where you’ll generally see a cat only at the shortest range, sometime so short it’s a bit scary when it happens. There are two ways to avoid these “close encoun- ters of a furry kind.” One is to set up in any small clearing surrounded by thick cover. This way a bobcat must come out into the open, showing itself to come to your calls, giving you a clear shot and


the time to take it. A second way is to use elevation of any kind and for more than just one reason, too. Any low tree, rock pile, or hummock that gets you up off the ground, even just eight or ten feet, is a big plus. With elevation, most approaching cats are much easier to see even in thick cover, and you can also look down into cover and see a cat when you would not at ground level. Although I don’t believe cats use


their noses to detect trouble to the degree that fox and certainly coyotes do, with elevation you’re keeping your scent up in the crisp, cold air above them which can only add to your suc- cess in getting them closer in. For all three predatory animals, once winter sets in, calling can be successful at any time of the day. I would add here that even in


all close cover situations there always are some small openings, and using a decoy in a spot like this such as a quivering rabbit to match your call, or a bird decoy with flapping wings and a chirping song box in its stand base, really is a solid clincher that keeps the cat’s attention on the decoy and not you


as it closes in. Set in a small opening, a decoy stands out which only adds to its appeal as an easy meal, coaxing cats all the way in. MIXED LANDS


Fox, including kit fox, red fox,


and grey fox, are all players and largely found in mixed lands including lower river valleys, rolling hills, farm and brush lands. They must have cover although they fall somewhere between coyotes and cats on the scale of how much. Fox also have an endless curios- ity about predator calls and how they respond to them, which can be their greatest downfall. The old adage that


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