Probably true. I bet more often than not they come sneaking in instead of trotting in, I don't know

I would concentrate on beaver ponds. Head end ponds generally got good characteristics Hit the ridges coming into the dams. Dark and knarly with tipped over trees is good. If you have rock outcropping mixed in that’s a bonus.

I trapped a few beaver after deer season. Never saw so much cat sign

If I find a beaver pond in this area, I'll set it nimzy

Everyone who targets bobcat in this country does it one of two ways. The way I do, with traps in exposed walkthrough sets, or the other way, with hounds. I know people who have called one in while calling coyotes but it’s an oddity, not a regular occurrence.

You might try to find a local guy with cat hounds and see what he’d charge to get you on one. A guy with good hounds on a reasonably fresh track has very good odds of success.

Hounding would surely up my chances of getting 1, big time. I haven't decided about wanting to go that route yet.

You wanna do it or have some dog do it for ya?

Throw some rat or beaver carcasses in some Dark Rugged country, bottoms, cedars, hemlocks, blow downs, rough rock outcroppings.

Find any trAcks??

I want to do it.

I did finally find tracks on one property this season

Set it. Dead man walkin

I did. I put a cage right next to one of the sets of tracks- it almost has to stick its head in there to get by. That's been a week. I haven't seen any track since

(This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) b back. Perhaps add another set and change it up. Dirt hole or cubby.

What county u in?

It's on a property where the owner has dogs and will only allow me to use cage traps

At some of my other locations I have Beaver carcasses out but nothing has found them yet- they might be too frozen for a cat's liking

If you’re calling with an E-caller and cats aren’t coming in, then you probably aren’t going to catch any either. Y’all must have an extremely low population. Have you caught one in previous years and had to release any? If not then trapping the same areas isn’t going to catch any.

Never have I caught a bobcat. It's tough in my area. I did call 1 in 1 time but it wasn't while predator hunting- it was while turkey hunting. I think that's the only Bobcat I've ever seen in my life, other than a rare sighting on trail camera here & there. It's not easy getting a bobcat tag, but when we do draw they give us 5 weeks or so for the season.

If y’all have snow then it looks like boot leather is in order. Then again if your population is that low it could be weeks before that cat makes its rounds even if you find tracks.

Calling one in is just about unheard of from the people I talk to

Patience is key in cat trapping. Females will usually pass back through in 2-3 weeks here, some old toms can take as long as 6 weeks. They have very big home ranges

I feel like I'm chasing a ghost but I'll keep at it daily until 1/31.

Funny i was thinking about trying to call bobcats this weekend and this thread pops up.

I’d sit right in the middle of the biggest field around and start scratching on a turkey call…