FoxPro Lion sounds?

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Gander D. Bander

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We have an over aboundance of lion in our area but you can not persue them with dogs. This is due to the large ammount of private and very limited access land. So I am on a quest to call in a lion. I am going to invest in a FoxPro3 but curious as to what sounds that might be "too much" to make a big Tom to atleast come have a looksee. And NO! mouth calls are not an option because I can't find a call that sells a good pair of "brassies" to go with it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Thanks
 
Iknow Dusty Wood has called 2 with in the past month using the scrub hare i believe. FOXPRO will be releasing some new sounds shortly. Some of witch I believe will be new lion vocals. Any of the deer, goat, sheep, antelope distress sounds would be obn my list as well.
 
i have the new cougar sound .going to be good. need the rain to stop here. they have alot of good sound's. our turkey caller's call a few in .i use the gobbler distress nice sound. and the elk calf. is a good one here i bet. good luck. Rick
 
A fawn Bawl will work. I used a deer distress to call in the only lion that I ever called or I ever saw coming in anyway. Good Luck. One of the guys on my route shot a 168 lb tom yesterday. I just got to see the carcass, but he said the lion was pretty scared up from fighting I guess.
 
I was laying in bed most of the night...last night, brainstorming this.I figured the fawn distresses and such would do the job. Obviously never called in a lion but I think it would be deadly on them up here. I can honestly tell you there is only a few people that call coyotes let alone lion. So, can you tell me I assume they act similar to a bobcat coming in. Do they take their time? I am sure just like anything else every situations diffrent. How far do you sit away from the caller also does a jack in the box help? What kind of set ups do you guys run for them?Thanks HUGE Help!
 
I was set up about 50 yards from where I saw him. I was in a tree stand with the speaker hanging below me. I would let it play for about 2 minutes, off for about 1 and back on for 2. He came in within a half hour. The first thing that you will notice is that the deer will come in looking for the fawn, once the deer look around and then leave start looking real carefull, because I would bet that there is a lion real close.
 
Make sure you are well hidden and/or don't move. A coyote's primary sense is smell, a lion's is sight. A decoy is a definite plus, as is a remote e-caller.

I've heard plenty of people say they have had them come in hard (and don't doubt them), but the ones I've taken came in cautiously.

Lion's generally will travel a route. If you can do enough scouting to determine what that route is, try to be somewhere along it ahead of him where he's going to be, not where he is now.

Any prey sound should work (and lion vocals), but I like gonzaga's tip about the deer leaving. Lions can be very very difficult to spot. They are master "sneakers" and seem to just disappear into their surroundings when they're not moving, even when you are looking right at them.
 
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