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Read an article many, many years ago. The author was talking about game calls.
He had taken a couple of brothers bear hunting and they weren't having much success.
One of the brothers saw a bear and began making "squeaking mouse" sounds.
It wasn't long before the bear came onto range and he bagged it.
The callers name was Johnny Stewart.
Anybody remember Johnny Stewart game calls?
His electronic calls were awesome! They were also heavy and cumbersome.
They ran on D cell batteries and played 45rpm records!
Run one very long and you'd need another 10 pounds of D cells! LOL! I still have one and several of the 45 records and the spesker. Still works. I believe the Burnham (sp?) folks had one also.
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Danged things can come in with an attitude.
Far different behavior from just wandering around tearing into stumps and logs or digging up roots & such.
I had one come in really quickly, within minutes of me starting to call with a "doe/fawn bleat" mouth call. We had a little stare-down as he was smaller than I wanted to shoot. He wasn't at all pleased to find me instead of an injured deer. He woofed, went back into the trees & brush and started circling, I'm sure to get my scent. But... I left the area, keeping a good watch all the way back to my Jeep a couple of miles away. I got a bigger bear a week later.
Have fun with it. Interesting for sure, and yes it works.
Regards, Guy
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I believe the top-ranked SCI black bear, taken by bowhunter Robert J. Shuttleworth Jr. was called in with a predator call.
It was arrowed during a self-guided September hunt in California’s Mendocino County. The oversize blackie had a skull length of 14 inches, width of 9 4/16s, for a total score of 23 4/16s.
I've always thought that the next time I bear hunt, that is the way I want to do it. Anyone I've talked to about it says to not do it alone. Have someone to watch your back.
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I believe the top-ranked SCI black bear, taken by bowhunter Robert J. Shuttleworth Jr. was called in with a predator call.
It was arrowed during a self-guided September hunt in California’s Mendocino County. The oversize blackie had a skull length of 14 inches, width of 9 4/16s, for a total score of 23 4/16s.
I've always thought that the next time I bear hunt, that is the way I want to do it. Anyone I've talked to about it says to not do it alone. Have someone to watch your back. That is one HUGE black bear skull! Ya, I too figure it's best to have a competent hunting partner when trying to call in predators. Particularly if bears are around. I suppose the mountain lions could be quite dangerous too. Recently bought a fox pro electronic caller and I like that I can position it well away from me, let it attract the critters to it, not to me. Guy
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How successful would calling be in areas that the bears are baited heavily?
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Had a small Colorado bear come in to a cow elk call while bowhunting.He seemed real interested in what I was doing.
" It ain't dead.As long as there's one cowboy taking care of one cow,it ain't dead ! "
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I’ve considered trying it but not interested in a brownie coming in. I think having a back up is a good idea. Had a friend in Nome that accidentally called a brownie in. Spooked him pretty good.
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watchout where you are hunting. here we have grizzly and they re coming on the call as well.
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I've called in a few in the summer with a critr gtr open Reed mouth call doing fawn in distress calls
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