Some hunters are also into photography and will pass up a shot for a good picture. As a member of a calling club I had a chance to meet all sorts of people involved in the sport. My last year there our club president was voted the 2nd place champion of the world and another member was voted the world champ at the yearly gathering at Chandler. There was buffalo barbecue and other goods eats, competition etc as mentioned before.
There were always stories about the hunt. The one that stood out in my memory was told to me by the guy that was the central character in the adventure. Three hunting buddies took a long Jeep ride into an area with lots of dry washes, where there was reportedly a large coyote population. The "dogs" were making a dent in the local sheep herds and there was a pretty fair bounty to be earned for each set of ears.
The hunters studied the lay of the land and decided that each would slip into a dry wash so that he could see the area around each of the others and that way they would be able to focus on their front, and stay out of sight aware, that at least one of the other two was watching his back. One did the calling so as not to confuse the "coy-dogs" with mixed signals.
The fellow with the call started wailing his rabbit squalling music and in the failing day light, each hunter was watching for any sound or sign of movement. the fellow doing the calling, told me that he sensed or felt a movement behind him and ever so slowly turned his head to see if there was reason for alarm. The second his ear was turned to where the back of his head had been, he felt something warm and wet touch his ear and jerked around just in time to see a coyote jump about six feet straight up and fifteen feet horizontally away from him. That hairy sucker had licked his ear!!! He was laughing so hard he was crying at the memory! He admitted that at the time he couldn't tell who was the most surprised, he or the coyote!
Most of the predators in the desert environment have responded to a call. Even owls, hawks, and eagles have come in for a look. It is not unusual to call in wild hogs or Javelina too (one hunter I heard about got attacked and hurt by a herd of Javelina and barely escaped with his life!) Once in a while a hunter will be surprised by a domestic animal that is attracted by the racket.
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