gearsnagger Report post Posted January 18, 2012 I have been out calling twice for lions at night - Is There anyone else that has tried this other than the guy written up in the wildlife callers blog? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rclouse79 Report post Posted January 18, 2012 I have been out calling twice for lions at night - Is There anyone else that has tried this other than the guy written up in the wildlife callers blog? You are not getting any responses because the people to try calling lions at night have been eaten. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearsnagger Report post Posted January 18, 2012 I have been out calling twice for lions at night - Is There anyone else that has tried this other than the guy written up in the wildlife callers blog? You are not getting any responses because the people to try calling lions at night have been eaten. +1 LOL 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted January 18, 2012 Recommend some night vision before they take it away possibly in next year regs! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reezenhunter Report post Posted January 19, 2012 How do you set up when calling at night? I don't get it lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearsnagger Report post Posted January 19, 2012 How do you set up when calling at night? I don't get it lol I would strongly suggest the use of a remote caller and set up with something solid to your back with a good amount of open/visible ground around the ecaller! I don't think I want to try hand calling at night , for any thing! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearsnagger Report post Posted January 22, 2012 So none of you great white hunters have the cahonies to hunt for Pumas at night..... I'll be out there next week! Lot's of squawkin on here about killing things - Only see one post of a night kill and it don't look like he is even a member of this site! Arm chair quarterbacks! :lol: The pucker factor is more than most can handle! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unit_master Report post Posted January 22, 2012 What, you didn't kill one your first time out? You're the only one that seems to be a great white hunter, apparently not so much though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearsnagger Report post Posted January 22, 2012 What, you didn't kill one your first time out? You're the only one that seems to be a great white hunter, apparently not so much though. I ain't tryin to be white but I would like to get a lion! :lol: 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted January 22, 2012 I don't know how the guy who posted his nighttime lion kill story set up, but when we called jackals and African wildcats in South Africa I stood in the back of a pickup truck and had a 1-million-candlepower light on the cab pointed straight up. This lit up a wide circle about 30 yards around the pickup. We didn't touch the light when the animals came in (they didn't seem to mind the indirect light). We could see their eyes long before we could see the animals themselves, and there was enough light to find them in a riflescope and shoot them. This was a legal method where we hunted. I tried it in several places, but quit after a leopard circled us one night. As I understand Arizona's regulations, you must get away from your vehicle and the light can't be fed by a vehicle. If I were doing it, I would set up in the morning with the highest candlepower light and batteries I could carry to an open area away from brush, and come back just before dark and wait an hour before calling. I'd also have the light on, pointed up, when I started calling. Getting the lion into shotgun range could be the problem. Bill Quimby 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearsnagger Report post Posted January 22, 2012 I don't know how the guy who posted his nighttime lion kill story set up, but when we called jackals and African wildcats in South Africa I stood in the back of a pickup truck and had a 1-million-candlepower light on the cab pointed straight up. This lit up a wide circle about 30 yards around the pickup. We didn't touch the light when the animals came in (they didn't seem to mind the indirect light). We could see their eyes long before we could see the animals themselves, and there was enough light to find them in a riflescope and shoot them. This was a legal method where we hunted. I tried it in several places, but quit after a leopard circled us one night. As I understand Arizona's regulations, you must get away from your vehicle and the light can't be fed by a vehicle. If I were doing it, I would set up in the morning with the highest candlepower light and batteries I could carry to an open area away from brush, and come back just before dark and wait an hour before calling. I'd also have the light on, pointed up, when I started calling. Getting the lion into shotgun range could be the problem. Bill Quimby Thanx for the advice - I have been setting up slightly above open sandy wash's and working the light in a similar fashion , calling in lots of everything but lions. I guess I will just have to put my time in! As I understand the new regulations rifles can be used at night for lions! On that note Bill how far do you think an ethical 12gauge #4 buck shot would be for a big Puma? I wonder what unit the posted night killed lion was in , the post was by Mark of Wildlifecallers Blog and I don't think he made the kill or was even there. I am curious to know more about how those guys call at night! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
111 Report post Posted January 25, 2012 I believe the lion was harvested in unit 16A. The story may of been posted on the campfire forum; they had scouted and found tracks and knew the lion was using the area. They hunted on a full moon where they could still see the outline of the cat coming into the call. The lion took around 30 mins to come in, also they set up about 20-25 yds from the call and used a shotgun to harvest it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted January 25, 2012 Me and my son spotlighted a lion at 40 yards last year. Whenever I would mouth squeak, it would sit up from behind some brush and look at us and then lay back down. It never got scared or ran away from the light. We spotted several lions that weekend with a spotlight. We found two together at one time and kept the light on them for almost ten minutes at 100 yards. One of them actually layed down and the other sat next to him. This was the same weekend when I shot my lion at 8 in the morning. I don't think they are all that afraid of lighting. I am trying to get Game and Fish to add this unit to the night hunting. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted January 26, 2012 "On that note Bill how far do you think an ethical 12gauge #4 buck shot would be for a big Puma? " I have no experience with #4 buckshot. I would suppose that a mountain lion would be no more difficult to kill than a whitetail, and there are lots of them killed with buckshot in the midwest and east. Try Googling something like "using No. 4 buckshot on white-tailed deer" to see what hunters there say about it. Bill Quimby Bill Quimby 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azoutlaw Report post Posted January 27, 2012 I dont think calling lions at night gives u much of an advantage. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
