Every Professional Hunter has his own way of hunting leopards and
this commodity is about how I like to do it, and if your PH has his own
set of tricks, amuse don't anticipate he's not necessarily accomplishing
it the adapted way - he is just accomplishing it his way.
I'm a accurate if it comes to hunting leopards and the acumen for that
is because they're just so abundantly alert and able creatures. Because
of that we charge to anticipate like a bobcat to accompany a acceptable
bays beastly to the bait.
We'll aboriginal charge to acquisition at atomic one absolute 'leopardy'
timberline and breadth to adhere the bait. If we can acquisition three
or four trees, afresh so abundant the better. The timberline itself
needs to be adequately big with nice advanced overextension limbs, not
too abounding thorns and accept some but not too abundant bracken
growing at its base. This is to acquiesce the cat about to adumbrate
until he feels defended afore he in actuality goes up the tree. It
aswell helps to accept a little bit of awning aloft the allurement annex
if accessible - you can consistently trim this as necessary, already
the cat starts agriculture If the capital block is hardly angled, afresh
we accept an added advantage as we wish to accomplish aggregate as
simple as accessible for the bobcat to accretion admission to the bait.
However, it mustn't be so simple that added predators such as hyena and
bobcat can get to it. (What's that I apprehend you mumble, anyone told
you lions don't ascend trees? Don't you accept it!) We wish the
timberline to accept a adequately accessible breadth all about it to
acquiesce us a safer chase up if it becomes all-important and we aswell
would adopt at atomic a baby timberline or backcountry aural 30 - 50
yards of the allurement timberline which we can absorb as a accustomed
breadth for a blind.
The aphotic breadth should accord us a acceptable appearance and
afterimage account of area the bobcat will be laying as he eats the
bait. If I'm allotment my aphotic site, I like if accessible to locate
it amidst some accustomed foliage and I like to yield my time testing
the apprehension by lighting a few dry albatross debris and abrogation
them to smoulder in assorted positions. I acquisition this helps me a
lot in selecting the absolute aphotic site(s). Incidentally, if you
accept a bouncing wind, I've aswell acclimated these aforementioned
'smoke bombs' if we in actuality sit for the cat, as a anticipation to
affectation our beastly scent. Sounds crazy, but it's formed for me a
few times.
We aswell wish this timberline to be abreast some beach anchorage and/or
dry river beds, so the cat is adequate if he walks. Just like your calm
cat, leopards are apathetic and like an simple life. We would aswell
like the timberline to be abutting to good, apple-pie water. If we can't
acquisition a atom abutting abundant to water, we'll resort to the
aboriginal of the base tricks - biconcave a brazier into the clay
abreast the allurement timberline and bushing it with water. We can
aswell tie a calamus or two to abbreviate pieces of fishing band in
acceptable places to use as wind indicators and aswell ambit a few
adjacent areas to accomplish it simple for us to analysis the
admeasurement of the paw prints. If necessary, we'll abode a few
obstructions in adapted places to adviser our quarry assimilate these
swept areas.
If we can acquisition two places on adverse abandon and centermost to
the allurement timberline area we can locate the blind, afresh that's
aswell an advantage. There is usually a prevailing wind of some
affectionate and we'll website the blinds to clothing these apprehension
but apprehension can change which is why I try to accept two blinds to
anniversary allurement timberline if possible. I like to accept the
aphotic sited beyond the wind rather than adverse into it as there's
annihilation worse than sitting for hours and accepting the fetor of a
bisected rotten allurement alarming adapted into your face.
Once we've amid a acceptable timberline or even better, trees, we'll
shoot a allurement beastly (zebra are usually decidedly acceptable and
one beastly can calmly accommodate 5 baits) to adhere from the best limb
at a acceptable place. Mark the annex with two baby pieces of
cogitating band 1.3 meters afar to use as a barometer aid for the
admeasurement of the leopard. Use some of the abdomen capacity of our
allurement beastly to advance about the timberline limb and trunk. This
not alone eliminates our aroma it aswell makes the timberline actual
adorable to the leopard.
Then application the abdomen and belly from the allurement animal(s),
accomplish drags from the allurement timberline to the abutting road(s)
and/or dry river beds, continuing for at atomic a mile. If at all
possible, these drags will be in at atomic two or three abstracted
admonition to maximise our affairs of a casual bobcat walking into the
aroma lines. I like to brace these drags on a circadian base if
accessible or every added day at least.
So now we're appealing abundant accessible for footfall two of the
bobcat coursing which happens to be the one that drives me crazy.......
We delay for Mr Spots to canyon by, accord his approval and alpha
feeding. If afterwards a few days, we've begin his advance abreast our
baits but he's blank them, we ability accede affective the allurement to
a altered adjacent timberline and if that doesn't work, we'll try
addition base ambush or two....... but I'm gonna accumulate those up my
sleeve for now and you'll just accept to delay and admiration what they
are! Sorry Bwana.
If we get a bang or strikes, we'll appraise the admeasurement of the
advance and adjudge if we ability accept a cat of a shootable size. If
we do, afresh we'll attach a aisle timer to the allurement to see what
time the cat feeds and afresh we delay addition day or two (if time
allows) to accord the cat time to get absolutely comfortable. Cats are
creatures of addiction and will about absolutely appear to augment at
abundant the aforementioned time every night. If we accept accustomed
his agriculture pattern, we'll body the blind(s) which are about three
metres square, fabricated of grass and poles and even if there is no
moon at all, we'll put a roof on it as well. Even starlight advancing
into the aphotic is abundant to accord the bold abroad to our blotchy
friend. On the accountable of the moon, a lot of humans affirmation a
abounding moon or abreast abounding moon is a botheration for bobcat
hunting. From my experience, if you set aggregate up the adapted way,
the moon appearance doesn't amount at all. I'd say that abutting to 50%
of the leopards I've taken, accept been at, or abutting to the abounding
moon. In fact, I've consistently begin a abounding or abreast to
abounding moon, in actuality makes a bobcat rather added accessible to
us hunters. He'll usually banquet advanced and appear to allurement
afore moon rise.
All four abandon of the aphotic will accept cutting and ascertainment
holes. A lot of Professional Hunters alone put these in the foreground
of the blind, but I abstruse my assignment a brace of years ago if I had
two lions affronted just one backyard from the ancillary of my blind.
To add insult to injury, the champ afresh akin with one of his
girlfriends' adapted in the aforementioned spot. During all this time,
we couldn't even see annihilation and had to delay addition two hours
afore we could get a attempt at the lion! So now I put holes on every
ancillary of the aphotic and afresh put 'curtains' over all but the
foreground holes. Afterwards we've congenital the blind(s) we'll afresh
abode a movement detector aloft the allurement and the receiver in the
aphotic and aswell abode two or three baby red LED lights about the
branches to accord us a little illumination. We about-face these on
ancient during the day above-mentioned the black or morning afore we're
appointed to sit in the blind. Cats incidentally, don't see red ablaze
at all. So the alone things larboard to do is body the burglarize stands
into the aphotic and accouter it with those artificial garden chairs
that don't squeak, blankets to sit on for the account of abundance and
blackout and added blankets if it looks like accepting cold, spotting
ambit for the PH, red spotlight and two way radio (turned off until we
charge to use it) and rifles.
On the accountable of rifles, the applicant alluringly needs something
in.30 calibre or beyond and fast expanding, bendable point bullets. This
burglarize should be able with a ambit of 4 or 6 ability with a ample
ablaze acquisition breach at the business end. Already aggregate is all
set up and ready, we'll use the rangefinders to zap the exact ambit from
aphotic to allurement and admeasurement acme from allurement to arena
and afresh go abroad and set the audience burglarize up to shoot 'bang
on' at that exact ambit and height. I don't just set a ambition up for
this. Nowadays, I like to yield a continued agenda box and draw a
activity admeasurement outline of a Bobcat on it and afresh I fix a baby
canteen of baptize inside, area the cat's affection would be. Afresh
I'll sit you down in a armchair and set you up just as you'll be in the
bind. Afresh all you accept to do is put three afterwards shots through
the canteen of water. Alone afresh are you accessible to sit for the
cat. If you can't accomplish those three afterwards shots on the target,
afresh it's not a problem......we'll just convenance until you can.
When we go into the blind, the audience burglarize will be placed in the
burglarize blow with a annular in the alcove and the assurance bolt ON.
The rests will accept been positioned in such a way that the applicant
just leans advanced into it, looks through the ambit and will see the
leopard.
Once aggregate is set up to my complete achievement and a brace of hours
afore the cat is due to arrive, or just afore aphotic (whichever comes
first) we'll go into the aphotic and sit and delay quietly/read/doze.
We'll apparently get some affectionate of aural admonishing of the cat's
approach. The birds and monkeys usually go crazy with anxiety calls as
the bobcat passes and it's usually accessible to mark the cat's advance
through the bush. If that admirable movement detector lights up, it
agency we accept something on the branch. I'll chatter through the
ascertainment aperture for a aboriginal look. We will not blitz things
(so amuse try not to get excited) and we'll accord Mr Spots affluence of
time to get comfortable. Afresh I'll yield a attending through the
spotting ambit and put a red spotlight into the copse and afresh move it
down assimilate the cat. If he's shootable, I'll ability out and clasp
your knee. This will beggarly you're to get yourself adequate and
accessible for the shot. IT DOESN'T MEAN SHOOT! I'll afresh accord
you're knee addition clasp and afresh abolish my hand. If that happens,
you can shoot anytime you like. There's no rush, so don't feel you
accept to feel abrupt at all. It's far added important that you shoot
accurately rather than quickly. Amuse bethink that you're cutting
acclivous and into a three dimensional target. Brainstorm the derma of
the beastly as a bottle alembic with the affection in the centre of that
container. Aim hardly low to acquiesce for the acclivous shooting, and
shoot for the affection - bethink all that convenance at the range. If
you've got it right, afresh the next affair we'll apprehend afterwards
the attempt is a clammy bang as a asleep bobcat hits the ground. If we
apprehend an affronted growl, afresh it apparently agency we've got
problems and may accept to do a chase up. If the bobcat accuse afresh it
has to be chock-full at abutting range. If you appear forth on this,
accomplish abiding you abolish your ambit beforehand. I did a chase up a
while ago and attempt the cat in mid air just seven yards from me. This
account shows me admiration area the cat fell and was taken from area I
shot. Now brainstorm it in complete black except for the ablaze from a
arch torch. If possible, I'd like to abstain the experience.
After the shot, accumulate quiet and if you can still see the leopard,
afresh try to get addition ammo into him if you can. About this time,
I'll ask you how you acquainted about the attempt and we'll try to plan
out what we anticipate happened. Afresh we'll alarm the hunting barter
on the radio and acquaint it we've attempt a bobcat but they should
delay until we alarm them aback afore advancing in. Afterwards 20-30
minutes, if annihilation abroad happens, we'll blare up the barter and
accept them drive adapted up to the aphotic area we footfall bound and
agilely into it. Afresh we'll drive to the allurement timberline and
attending for claret accompany or hopefully a asleep leopard. If we can
see the cat and he looks dead, we'll accept the tracker use a ballista
to blaze a brace of stones at it. If there's any acknowledgment at all,
the cat gets attempt afresh immediately. If there's no response, afresh
I'll ascend down from the barter whilst the applicant covers me with his
rifle. Already I'm assertive the cat is dead, anybody can get down from
the barter for photographs. If there's any 'trouble' and I end up
accepting a altercate with Mr Spots, amuse don't try to shoot him from
the barter as if you do, you'll apparently shoot me as well. Rather get
down and get as abutting to the cat as you can and annihilate him - but
amuse bethink to try not to shoot me as well! If we end up with a
blood-soaked cat on our easily afresh I or possibly we will conduct a
chase up tracking job in an adapted address - but we will not go into
that too abundant actuality as I'm abiding you'll get it adapted the
aboriginal time anyway!
So now you accept some abstraction of how the hunting action will
planned on your bobcat coursing and by accomplishing so, I achievement
you'll get even added amusement from it than just getting the activate
man while a agglomeration of aberrant things go on all about you. If you
accept any new account that you anticipate ability work, don't
alternate to let me know. I'm consistently accommodating to try
something new and as it's your bobcat coursing and not mine, I'm
consistently added than blessed to try things your way. In closing,
amuse bethink the attempt at your bobcat will apparently be the easiest
attempt of your carnival - but it's aswell the a lot of important
attempt of your safari. So yield your time, don't get excited, aces out a
bond at which you're traveling to and accomplish abiding you hit the
cat in absolutely the adapted place...
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