Question For JJ On Predator Calling

[Glanceblamm]

Does anyone that you know of ever try to call anything in with mouth calls 
I know that one could get a lot more than  bargined for but there may still be some applications. How about while in a blind waiting for a Lepard to show? Or how about those Jackal dogs? How about a Baboon that has become a dangerous nuisance?
I would also bring up the hyena  but have read Mag articals that most guides wont let the client shoot one because of it bringing extremly bad luck to the point of being mauled?

Perhaps with the game-rich plains, to try to call something in just isnt worth the bother when one can be hunting for food?
Thanks

[JJHACK]

I've called more game then I can count with a predator call in Africa. However the statement comes to mind, ...... Be careful what you ask for.

After the first year I chose against a hand held mouth blown call. The animals your calling are coming to an easy meal. And you are it.

Lions leopard and hyena  are nothing to fool with in Africa in the thick bush. Maybe in the open plains where you can see them coming from a ways off, or while in the truck. But hidden in the bush at dusk is more then most folks will try a second time. I've been surrounded by Hyena trying to jump up and get in the back of the Toyota truck. I've had lions trot by us headed to the speaker up in a tree. What would that have been like with a mouth blown call while on the ground?

Jackal can be stopped and called with a lip squeak, so can a caracal cat. They are the most common targets. I know nothing of this bad luck you speak of with Hyena. I'm not superstitious about anything so They are just another trophy to me. I strongly suggest against blind calling in thick bush. Spot an animal first and call it, or use a remote control speaker in a tree.  It's gotta be off the ground or the first animal through will bite it and run off with it.

[Glanceblamm]

Thanks for the reply JJ
I really don’t have any plans to do this & realize that it could turn out to be a fool hardy notion unless it is done right. Once one gets into calling, it is like a disease that wont go away so I just had to ask!. My own senario would be to use an open reed just for the variety of sounds that can be made. My blind would be in the open in a small natural pocket but yet close enough to an outcroping or finger of brush, timber, or drainage to make the predator feel secure while it is closing in.

Thanks for pointing out the realities. I guess that if something like a Lion, Lepard, or Heyna is coming in it really doesn’t matter whether it catches your scent or not?
I imagine that you have had some great experiances calling in the smaller predators that you can see along with watching the bigger ones head for the speaker in the tree!
Do You Guys ever have any conflict with the predators while tracking wounded game or while doing field dressing/quartering chores?

[JJHACK]

There have been a few memorable events with lions in my career after game has gone down and it's getting dark. Nothing life threatening but still gets your adrenalin flowing.

Because you will be with a PH when doing this, I suggest that you ask the back ground of those you're considering when doing research. Not many have done it, and those who have may not want to do it again. You may not get all the choices to set up where you want to. So talk to the folks about this before you send a deposit.

I'm leaving for the season tonight be back in July