Gdbyrd
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This weekend we had crappy weather for 2 legged folk here in Tx. I'm warm blooded, living close as I can to the equator, so when it was 50's out and sprinkling I was pretty damn miserable. But the opportunity doesn't come up much during season to goof around.
I setup over a dry lake bed, covers rougly 10 acres of scrub type brush with some heavy mesquite trees here and there. I was settled in behind a tree, using it as a steady for my rifle. I ended up picking up a starter pack from Primos, came with a 3 hr video. After about 2 hours of that I felt like an EXPERT!
Long story short, about an hour of calling and I saw no signs of anything. I know there are coyote in this area, everytime at dusk/dawn you can hear the damn things calling...plus there's skat laying everywhere.
I'd do a short call at first, wait a couple minutes, then do a slightly longer one, mix it up a bit as the video suggested. The sounds seem ridiculous from the calls, it's as close as I can get them to the video. I've been hunting for years and I can honestly say I've very rarely ever heard a rabbit make that sort of noise. Both are rabbit in distress calls, in case I haven't cleared that up.
Without being there it's going to be hard to say..but did I do something wrong? Is there anything else I should be doing or were the fish just not biting today? I've tried to do a ton of research online about this, and it all seems so easy.
I setup over a dry lake bed, covers rougly 10 acres of scrub type brush with some heavy mesquite trees here and there. I was settled in behind a tree, using it as a steady for my rifle. I ended up picking up a starter pack from Primos, came with a 3 hr video. After about 2 hours of that I felt like an EXPERT!
Long story short, about an hour of calling and I saw no signs of anything. I know there are coyote in this area, everytime at dusk/dawn you can hear the damn things calling...plus there's skat laying everywhere.
I'd do a short call at first, wait a couple minutes, then do a slightly longer one, mix it up a bit as the video suggested. The sounds seem ridiculous from the calls, it's as close as I can get them to the video. I've been hunting for years and I can honestly say I've very rarely ever heard a rabbit make that sort of noise. Both are rabbit in distress calls, in case I haven't cleared that up.
Without being there it's going to be hard to say..but did I do something wrong? Is there anything else I should be doing or were the fish just not biting today? I've tried to do a ton of research online about this, and it all seems so easy.