Does anyone have luck calling bobcats.if so what sounds do you use I've got coyotes around but really wanting to get a Bobcat 1st and deal with the yotes later.

We occasionally call one in when calling coyotes. Usually any type of distress call(cottontail, woodpecker, fawn). Just be patient and sit a stand longer than you would a coyote. I’d sit a stand for bobcats for 30 to 45 minutes but for coyotes only 15, maybe 20 minutes. A bobcat isn’t gonna travel as far to a call as a coyote will so try to find somewhere with plenty of bobcat sign to call.

I wish they sold a bobcat decoy, as I think that would help

Im no expert, but have called in several cats on purpose. I use different tactic for cats than coyotes. I believe cats will come check it out if they are within earshot, but you need to be in their area. Unlike coyote calling, I never turn caller off once I start with the calls. I switch sounds and vary the volume often, but it doesnt get turned off. Cats are goofy, you turn the sound off for a couple minutes (during a typical on/off cycle used for coyotes) and they might get bored and walk away. Over the years, I feel as though ive had better luck with bird distress sounds...particularly the different woodpecker distress sounds. The last one I called in showed up at the 52 minute mark...be patient and for crying out loud, sit still...buggers can see a knat blink at 100 yards. I do a fair amount of hunting and nothing gets my heart racing like watching a bobcat stalking in on your decoy....cat fever.

Again, im no expert, but that is what has worked for me....good luck !

I’m with midlander, I seem to do better with bird distress calls and longer sits. Eric

Most guys will call in more cats than they know. You just have to have the mind set to look for them, most times they suddenly appear at 50 yards, and you have no idea where they came from or how they got there.

That's Awesome

This. I figure if u see one out of 3 cats u call in your doing pretty good. Most cats will sneak in close enough to look the situation over and will see you before u see them. Squirrels are real good at alerting u to the presence of a cat but they don't make it easier to see them.

If on location an elevated deer stand is an advantage

Were using a elevated enclosed deer stand.

You day hunting or night hunting?

I've had lynx respond to a simple rabbit distress call while calling coyotes.

In this day and age of anyone not wanting trappers and hunters around animals, putting a suggestion on using a recording of a baby for calling is one of the most stupid things any one could do on a popular hunting and trapping forum such as this !!

So here is your blow back and hopeful that a Mod takes your reply off here !

Late afternoon during daylight hours

I took it down for you...Have a nice day GritGuy.

This is absolutely correct. I typicallly hunt from a ladder stand and I rarely go unless there is snow on the ground. That helps, but ive still had them appear out of nowhere like a darn ghost. Impressive predators in my mind....

We just got 7 inches we'd night and predicting 4 more tonight going tomorrow afternoon never tried calling bobcat but have been somewhat successful on yotes.got a foxpro electronic caller with 75 different sounds but only sound 1 bobcat angry growl iam assuming it's mating season right now but not sure.

Ive never tried the bobcat fighting or growl sounds....its mating season in my neck of the woods but season ended two weeks ago. Give it a whirl and let us know how it goes...

Thank you K C H, most would rather have argued the point I am happy to see you are a lot more educated than those !!

Guessing GritGuy doesn’t get out much, lol. If you’ve ever heard a fox, you’d swear it was a screaming baby.

Also guessing y’all’s bobcats are a lot smarter than ours. Bobcats come into just about anything. If prey sounds doesn’t produce, switch to pup distress, can’t tell you the amount of cats that have come into that. Don’t know if they’re coming in to watch carnage or pickup what’s leftover.
Bobcats will either come in hard charging or just be sitting/standing there looking at you or the caller. The cool thing is even when they come in hard, they always stop prior to getting to the call for a shot. Down here they’re generally the first to come in. As mentioned they lose interest quick, so when calling specifically for them, keep the caller playing. Posted a recent video where you can’t hear the caller playing, but in the video he stopped and started cleaning himself when the sound paused, lol.