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Holy Mountain Lion Batman! – Why We Scout

Posted October 12, 2009 By Mark Healy and has 6 comments.

We’ve always said that year-round scouting is a critical piece of cougar calling success. This is why we scout – patiently.

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In a previous blog, we posted this scouting video from one of our trail cameras. The video shows a young lion walking down a hard-pan dry wash bottom

We noted right away that this lion was still fairly young and not going to be a ”shooter” for a couple more seasons. However, we thought the area looked promising and this particular drainage should have a more dominant lion in it. We were very right…

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Categories: mountain lion, Predator calling, Predator Scouting, Wildlife Photography

Tags: Arizona predator hunting, calling mountain lion, mountain lion hunting, Predator calling, predator hunting, Predator Scouting, wildlife callers

Scouting + Calling = Wildlife Photography Results

Posted September 29, 2009 By Marc Reindell and has 4 comments.

This is part 2 of Chad Messa’s guest post here at Wildlife Callers. Chad talks about the importance of scouting and using animal calls to get his photos. This information hopefully will help our readers in their own pursuit of that one great wildlife photo shot! This information also applies to hunting predators as well.

Photographing wildlife is very similar to hunting, although I sometimes have to get closer and be a lot more patient. This is because I have to get more than just one shot of a given animal.

I like to be anywhere from 20 to 30 yards away. This gives me the opportunity to get a good tight photograph of that animal for cover shots. When good action shots are needed I try to stay a little farther away.

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The single most important lesson I can give is this, learn about the species you are going to photograph, read all you can about that species before you even attempt to go out and photograph them.

Learn when they are breeding, what their diet consists of, and when they are most active.

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Categories: Predator calling, Predator Scouting, Wildlife Photography

Tags: electronic wildlife caller, Hunting, Predator calling, scouting, wildlife callers, wildlife images, Wildlife Photography

Wildlife Photography- Tips from a professional

Posted September 21, 2009 By Marc Reindell and has 2 comments.

Wildlife Callers would like to introduce you to Chad Messa of Mesa Sky Wildlife Phtography. We are pleased to have Chad contribute to our blog and hope you enjoy the information he can provide. Chad is a professional photographer based in the SouthEast U.S. This will be the first of a two part post as Chad has a lot of info to share with us. Please look for the second part in the next day or two.

Chad uses hand calls and would like to expand his calling by using an electronic wildlife caller in the near future. Chad is the second wildlife photographer that has agreed to contribute to our blog on a periodic basis, we are happy to share his story and his photographs with our readers.

Mesa Sky Wildlife Photography

My name is Chad Messa, I am the owner/operator of Mesa Sky Wildlife Photography and we are located in south Mississippi and Louisiana.

I got started in wildlife photography when I was about 16 years old. My older sister gave me a Yashica film camera and even though I had no idea what I was doing, I took it into the woods every chance I had. As years went by I kept shooting and always kept that camera with me in my truck. Back then I was shooting stuff like birds, alligators and turtles, just local Louisiana wildlife.

The photograph I took that made me realize I could make a living at this was of a captive jaguar. I learned that if I tried hard enough and read as much as possible about photography, I could make this a career.