The Five Mistakes Commonly Made Calling at Night

1. Most callers will be calling and get a set of eyesand it hangs up and moves back and forth
at long distance and have the animal coming insideways, at this point he is done and has decided
and take the light off for seconds to look in otherit is not his game. Your only shot will be then, and
directions for additional eyes and the predatoryou have to take it.
coming in will see them in the back of the truck5. I find one of the most important mistakes is
or in the high rack and go off.using the light, I always move slowly in circles, if
2. As the animal is located with the light you canyou move fast and the predator has any
make no noise, the sound of metal against metal,elevation coming in he can see you as you make
or whispering will give your location away and turnthe fast turns with you hand and light, and will
the animal back in the bush.hang up, or leave.
3. A lot of predator hunters keep the mechanicalI have had the opportunity to observe all of this
call going once the animal is located, it is myfirst hand through 3rd Generation Night Vision. In
experience that as soon as the animal eyes arethe last ten years I have called in at least 750 to
located, shut the call off and make the animal1000 predators each winter and watched the
come on in and find where the thinks the soundswhole animal not just the eyes and the body
is coming from.language on every set. I have called in Javelina's,
4. An animal will give away his intentions onlions, fox, bobcats, coons, coyotes, wolves and
coming in or hanging up by his body language andbeen able to observe all their behavior coming in.
movements. Most hunters get an animal coming in