QuoteOriginally posted by Arrow k9:
Live cats.

Oh yeah.......now your talking!  

Not a good idea, after 15 minutes of walking the neighbors cat really wants out of the back pack, after 30 minutes he is quite a chore to get out with out him balling up on your arm. Then you have to tie him to the ground, he is not to keen on that either.
Plus the next morning when your neighbor asks " hey jeff seen our cat, he didn't come in last night" is a really awkward moment.    

I just got back from a Texas ranch hunt this passed Sunday. My friend who owns the ranch said to me that he would be very surprised if I even saw a yote, because he has lived on the ranch since he was young and has only seen two of them. He got a shot at one with a rifle but missed, and here I am hunting with no bait and a recurve bow. Well one afternoon as the sun had already dropped below the trees, I see something come into the area real fast and looking side to side for something to eat. I think it's a fox at first glance, but then realize it's a little too big to be a fox. Our yotes are big up here in the Northeast and it threw me off. This is the good part, He walks within 6'-8' from me and doesn't see me, even though I'm on the ground and he looks side to side passed me twice. He then starts to move again and he gives me a broad side shot at about 18 yds., and I blew the shot. I didn't pick out a spot and shot just over him, the funny part is earlier in the day I shot a quail with my bow, oh well that's part of Trad. hunting.

I have heard that kittens work great!! I'm told that you just shake them a little while holding them by the scruff of the neck and they cry real loud. Can't say I've tried it myself but to each his own. Frank

One of the most effective calls for my johnny Stewart is "distressed housecat".

Not near as good as the real thing though.  

Fox distressd and pup distressd works out here now . We can not bait in any way shape or form. Would love to use the chawawa down the streat.
Never had any good luck with decoys but lots of guys get them with them. The coyotes out here are real edgeucated so you have to be creative.

Meow...I sure would hate to be a cat right now.

I couldn't use my cat. He's gotta be 15 pds. and would rip my face off if I tried to pick him up. There was a pretty big coyote climbing up on my front porch a while back and "Big Boy" was up on the rail looking down on him and I could tell he was ready to pounce on that 'yote until I interrupted him. Wasn't scared in the least. The frozen bait sounds like a better plan for me....Phil

Some of 'em like roadrunners.....