Wildlife Callers

One of our blog readers asked if there were some good books we’d read and would recommend for guys looking to improve their bobcat calling results.  Yes we do - here are two good reads. 

Hat Tip to Alan N. of Sonoita for the great question.

You might wonder why we’re recommending trapping books.  Well, both of these books are dedicated to successful bobcat locating and are full of information on behavior, travel patterns, terrain, and how to read land formations to locate more cats.  Knowing that trappers must know bobcats well enough to get a bobcat’s foot in less than a six by six inch spot to trap it, then it stands to reason their locating & trap placement tactics will get us close enough to call them (or smack ‘em with a hammer).

Bobcat Trapper's Guide by Mitchell Ricketts

The Bobcat Trapper’s Guide by Mitchell Ricketts gives a lot of information on bobcat habitats across the United States.  The level of detail this book offers about bobcat behavior and how to identify what the author calls “key activity areas” is outstanding.  I keep this book in my calling equipment box.  This book as available from Amazon both new and used. 

The Competition Line Bobcat Trapping Guide & Gray Fox Refresher by Tom Miranda is not as data-driven as Ricketts’ book, and has several photos of terrain, travel areas, lay-ups, and practical advice on how to locate more bobcats.  This book is an easy read and one that I keep with me in the field.   Be advised, Miranda talks briefly about bobcat terrain across the US, but the focus of this book is mainly in the western US.

As always, thank you for reading and posting comments.  If any of you have any book recommendations, we’d like to read them and put them on the blog.  Please put them in your comments.

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May all of your stands be productive in 2010!

Mark Healy

mark@wildlifecallers.com