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International Sportsman’s Expo Predator Calling Panel – Full Seats & Lots of Questions!

Posted March 5, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 3 comments.

The first-ever predator calling panel at an International Sportsman’s Expo was a huge success. The seats filled up quickly and there was no shortage of questions for panelists. Predator hunting is on an upswing! Here’s a quick recap:

The Wildlife Callers' Crew - Marc Reindell, Dave Martens, and Mark Healy

This past weekend at the University of Phoenix Stadium, thousands of fishermen, hunters, and outdoor enthusiasts from around Arizona and neighboring states turned out for the Phoenix International Sportsman’s Expo. Three hundred vendors from around the world were on hand to show & sell their products, offer advice, and entertain the Expo guests with various breakout sessions. Predator calling was a very popular breakout session and we’re hoping to offer it in future ISE events.

The Predator Panel Members (from left) Rich Higgins, Mark Healy (standing), The "Beastmaster" Gerry Blair, Ron Day of AZ G&F, & Dr. Frank Turkowski

The world-renowned predator hunter, author, and calling veteran, Gerry Blair, was in good spirits and entertained the audience with his quick wit & humor. When asked about scent control on a predator calling stand, he said hunters need to pay attention to their downwind side at all times and take a shower at least once every seven days. Sage advice from an industry original! (more…)

Categories: Books & Education, Predator calling, Shows and Expos

Tags: Arizona predator hunting, calling coyotes, calling mountain lion, coyote, Hunting, International Sportsman Expo, mountain lion hunting, predator callers, Predator calling, predator hunting, wildlife callers

Coyote Howling Techniques – Northern Iowa Callers Jim and Justin Blauwet Turn the Tables on Wary Dogs

Posted February 12, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 1 comment.

You’ve just dropped a bunch of money on a new caller. People around town tell you that the local coyotes just won’t come to a call anymore – “they’ve all heard a call a dozen times”. What do you do? Jim and Justin Blauwet use coyote vocalizations and leave the screaming rabbit sounds alone. Here’s their tactic that’s worked several times.

If a regular dog comes a runnin’ when it hears a can opener in the kitchen (a conditioned response), then it stands to reason that a coyote can also be conditioned by fooling it with a prey distress call, and then allowing it to barely escape with it’s life amid a hail of bullets.

That lucky coyote might still come to investigate a screamin’ rabbit sound, but the chances of it running in full-blast time and again are diminished with every negative encounter or impression – simple conditioning. Because of Mother Nature’s mixed message – sometimes the screamin’ sound is natural and associated with food – sometimes the screamin’ comes with smelly lumps of camouflage shaped like humans and loud bangs from predator rifles – coyotes naturally become conditioned to be cautious.

Justin Blauwet and His January Iowa Coyote

Using their new Wildlife Technologies Mighty Atom 15 electronic predator call, the Blauwet’s have called several of the “uncallable” coyotes. If you own Other Brands of Predator Callers you most likely have a series of sounds that will allow you to recreate this sequence.

Here’s how they do it:

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Categories: coyote, electronic callers, wildlife technologies

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New Year’s Resolution – Introduce Kids & Adults to Predator Calling

Posted February 3, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 4 comments.

Since a peak in the mid 1980’s, the number of hunting licenses sold in the United States has been on a decline. Source: ESPN Outdoors. Anti-hunting groups are relentless in their legislative attempts to take away our legal & ethical American pastime. Our best defense is to make sure our voter ranks are filled up with new/ethical hunters every year. Take a kid or neighbor predator calling and get them addicted too!

I’ve always had the hunting bug, but my father was not a hunter – not even a little bit. He used to take me deer hunting and tell me to “go look for some over there” pointing to a mountain. He’d nap in the truck and I’d wander around aimlessly. Then, a local teacher and predator caller, Ken Brink, took me hunting in 1986. Bang!! Three coyotes on the first stand and I was forever hooked. After a good day calling, there was never a string of bad days that could deter me from going again – I always knew my next good day was eventually coming.

Here are a few predator callers who are passing the fun and addiction to people who can spread the word and keep the fire burnin’.

Ned and Liz Burris spent a cold November Sunday calling together, and Liz called in her first bobcat. Liz could have been discouraged after 5 gray & rainy stands without seeing anything (she didn’t even see the coyote Ned shotgunned on the first stand until it was dead & down), but Ned kept her spirits up and it paid off. What an outstanding day calling!

Liz Burris and Her First Arizona Bobcat - Nov 2009

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Categories: Books & Education, Predator calling, bobcat, coyote

Tags: Arizona outdoors, Arizona predator hunting, bobcat calling, calling coyotes, coyote, electronic predator calling, predator callers, Predator calling, wildlife callers

Win Free Tickets To The Phoenix International Sportsmans Expo

Posted January 27, 2010 By Marc Reindell and has no comments yet.

Want to go to the upcoming Phoenix ISE show for free? Wildlife Callers, In conjunction with John Kirk of the International Sports Expos, are offering 20 free tickets to the upcoming ISE Expo at University of Phoenix/Cardinals Stadium February 26th-28th. Mark Healy of Wildlife Callers will be part of a panel discussion on predator calling, we will announce the schedule soon!

All we ask is for you to answer a predator hunting trivia question! The first 20 correct responses will be awarded one free ticket to the show, a value of $15.00, tickets will be good for any single day of the show! Parking to the show is free and children 15 or younger are admitted free as well!

All answers need to be submitted to us by no later than February 19th, we will award the tickets to the first 20 correct responses we receive.

Ok, so here is the trivia question:

In 1957 the first “World Varmint Calling Championship” was won by Jim Dougherty of California.

Where was this event held?

Sacramento, California
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Chandler, Arizona
Kansas City, Missouri

Please send your responses to info@wildlifecallers.com no later than Feb.19th, ticket winners will be notified by e-mail with details to pick up their tickets.

Good luck! We look forward to hearing from you and awarding 20 lucky readers their tickets!

Thanks!

Marc Reindell

info@wildlifecallers.com

Tickets cannot be exchanged for cash value – this contest is void where prohibited.

Categories: Books & Education, Shows and Expos

Tags: Arizona outdoors, Arizona predator hunting, International Sportsman Expo, predator callers, Predator calling, wildlife callers

Gray Fox & Bobcat Calling – What Sounds? When? How Long? How Loud?

Posted January 11, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 6 comments.

We get asked often what our “sequences” are when we’re calling predators. It’s truly more than just a sequence of sounds that calls critters in, and I’ll explain my process of choosing sounds on a stand, the volume, the length of time I play them, etc. To kick this series of posts off, I’ve chosen Gray fox and bobcats as the target animals. I’ll write additional blogs about my successful processes and sounds for coyotes, mountain lions, and bears shortly.

Choosing gray fox and bobcats to write about was an easy choice. The hard & fast way gray fox come to the call is a confidence booster for any predator caller, and I’ve never met anyone who didn’t want to call more bobcats – ever. And, the truth is, bobcats aren’t terribly hard to call – they are terribly hard to see. I absolutely believe that most bobcats called in go unseen by the caller.

Generally speaking, bobcats come slower to a call and use cover all the way in. There are always exceptions to this rule, but more often than not they will be slow and methodical about their approach. Also, if you’re serious about harvesting more bobcats, take binoculars on every stand. Once a bobcat has gotten a visual on the speaker or the bush it’s in, they will stop coming and sit down. A motionless bobcat in a bush at 30 yards is nearly impossible to see without binos.

Here is my fox & bobcat method and my typical sound list: (more…)

Categories: Predator calling, bobcat, electronic callers, fox, wildlife technologies