Fox whistles - for cats

Fellas

A South African mate of mine who now lives in Tassie thought he would do the environment a good service, so he went online and bought himself a fox whistle and off he went to shoot a fox with his .204 just like all the YouTube vids he’d been watching. Being a complete knob he was totally unaware that there aren’t any foxes in Tasmania, and the Tassie blokes at the office elected not to tell him that. (I am told they were wetting themselves the bastards... would have been damn funny though.) My mate went off with his chick and hoped to come home with a good representative Tasmanian “brush”.

Anyway, imagine their surprise when after a long and foxless while, this feral cat pitched up, clearly attraced to the whiskle, whereupon it copped a dose of high velocity Nosler. Back at the office, after much mirth and piss taking, the cat story caught the Tassie boys attention, so together they went to a likely spot near an old mine, now overgrown and rabbit infested.

I am told they whistled in half a dozen cats, all shot. It was so successful, that there’s a small posse of fox whistling cat hunters in Rosebery now. I am curious to know if any of you have tried this over here? Ferals cats are one of the absolute best damn varmints to hunt, always feels bloody great when I get a couple of cats.

If you have tried it successfully, which whistle did you use? Any stories to share?

Sorry - due to the crap editing function on this forum it won't let me delete the duplicate post.

@Matt2308 does a rabbit call with his mouth on his hands !!
It stopped a wild cat in its tracks and brought it in for a look while driving out of the St James.
Gave me enough time to dig the ammo out of the back of the truck load up the rifle and get the bugger.

Have meant to get him to show me how its done some time.

He used to do a lot of fox shooting in the UK.

I've been using these Sliva fox whistles here in the UK here's a vid on them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fMJHW0t6vyY

Had a few cats come in but haven't shot them as there all from the village that our shot backs onto. Won't be to popular if cats start disappearing:ORLY: sure works well on foxs though:thumbsup: even had a Muntjac come in on one:wtfsmilie:

try this
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh...UU3dpeHtPs_DvQ

Never tasted fox but that Muntjac sure tasted good:thumbsup: must have been all the roses it was eating.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by 40mm

try this
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh...UU3dpeHtPs_DvQ

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Thanks. I’m gonna get myself one of these, or maybe the Devestating Double, or maybe both. If I succeeded in whistling in cats I’d be right up there on top of the world.

Apart from the odd one now and then stupid enough to show itself, they are damn hard to get. The best method in recent times has been in scrubby little nooks that I see them bolting into, so I send in my Staffys to flush them out. As long as there’s no tall trees in there, quite often the dogs will catch it. The bitch will outrun a fleeing cat any day of the week. The dog is usually still looking for the cat in the wrong place by the time the bitch has caught it... (and then he runs over and claims it as his own).

The idea of being able to whistle cats out of old farm buildings, stands of scrub and native, that kind of thing, is highly appealing. Its got to be somewhere with a resident bunny population I assume.

Have called hundreds of cats in while fox whistling, use those small button whistles that used to cost 50c, good for making them sit up and have a good look at you when you spot the green eyed buggers out with the spotlight.

Ha, great timing. I spent a chunk of last week not fishing (high water and even higher winds) with a mate out on holiday from Aussie. He's been living in rural NSW for the last four years and loves fox hunting, usually whistling them in. He is going to get a fox whistle for me as I reckon they'd go great on cats.

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@Matt2308 does a rabbit call with his mouth on his hands !!
It stopped a wild cat in its tracks and brought it in for a look while driving out of the St James.
Gave me enough time to dig the ammo out of the back of the truck load up the rifle and get the bugger.

Have meant to get him to show me how its done some time.

He used to do a lot of fox shooting in the UK.

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Have done the same, made a "kissing" sound which is not too disimilar to a rabbit in distress and it made a cat come towards me

If someone can confirm these whistles work on our NZ cats, I bet there are a few of us who’d be interested in buying one. A bulk order???

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Originally Posted by SiB

If someone can confirm these whistles work on our NZ cats, I bet there are a few of us who’d be interested in buying one. A bulk order???

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Im keen [emoji106]

Surely they'd work on the NZ moggie !!

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I have 2 of the metal ones that worked real well on foxes.
Tried maybe 6x here for cats never seen one come to the whistle yet.
They should work as our over fed cats at home show interest when used.

An easy diy is to use 12ga short brass remove primers and plastic push one inside the other,not as easy to whistle but with a little practice work the same.

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This be pretty good too,sounds like a rabbit in all kinds of bother.

Cool, glad there's some interest in this, hopefully some of you fellas will experiment a bit too and see if we can come up with something that feral cats just can't resist.

I called Ron the Silva whistle guy in Aus today and he put me onto a youtube vid he did. He swears blind his whistle will bring cats in. I think its probably worth trying a couple of different options before I get too excited about this - looking at trying @john m's suggestion too.
@madjon_ what is that written on the caller you've got there?

I also spoke to my Tassie mate again today and he's trying a couple of different ones too as he reckons he's had more success alternating the whistle. He's got a Silva and a couple of homemade ones from a mate in Victoria. He's concentrating on ferals around farm buildings, derelict buildings, that kind of thing, mostly with a .22LR using subs. Tries the one whistle, waits a minute or two, then uses the other. Reckons if they are there and hungry they'll come out pretty much immediately, small young ones in particular. He walks into the wind and sets up on sticks - higher ground is the key - sits up on old machinery, piles of mullock, whatever is around that gets him a decent field of view. If they don't come out in 5-10 minutes he moves on.

I'm dead keen on this. Gonna get a trial going here and on neighbouring properties. Ron from Silva is happy to look at group buys but probably sensible to trial some options first. Would be good if some of you fellas could give it a go too.

I’m in

I would be keen also, I shoot a lot of Feral's and it could be a useful little tool in the pack.

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Originally Posted by SiB

If someone can confirm these whistles work on our NZ cats, I bet there are a few of us who’d be interested in buying one. A bulk order???

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I'm keen if someone is pulling together a forum bulk order.

I have a farm on the outskirts of a popular coastal holiday spot where there a lots of baches.
Moggy goes to the bach for the holidays and decides they don't want to go back to the big city life.
So the population is constantly being refreshed with new blood.
I shoot and trap a few each year.
But when I do see them while out hunting they are usually just slinking into cover or actively hunting and hard to get onto.
I think a whistle maybe tucked into my bino bivvy so its always on hand, would be just enough to turn them back briefly or stop them for just long enough to get that shot away.
In the alps a couple of times in the last few years I have been getting set up to take a deer meat animal and then noticed a cat and shot that in preference !

@Flyblown "CatNip" Primos,I can't remember if it is "Squealer" or "Squaler"

I am off to Tazy in December, I ll see what I can bring back in my luggages :-)

Fishing at the Tekapo Canal stilling pond and just after dark a rabbit starts really screaming - not the little scream they and hares sometimes do just before the 'Coup de Grace' but a terrified loud Helllll-p meee scream. Anyway flicked the light about in the direction and three cats and two ferrets were heading towards the noise. So in an area where rabbits are a common meal item the caller would surely work. I think the caller needs to be loud as I have not seen cats come in on wounded rabbits giving a little scream. My 2c

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Also spent a lot of time calling for no result too.

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Yup and thats the bit that my buddy has emphasised to me, if they don’t come out quickly, move to the next spot. When I get my shit together Ikm going to focus on hot bunny spots with lots of treefall, old buildings etc, good cat cover.

I know that they breed all year round but if anybody has noticed a season where you see more kittens let us know. You could then concentrate more then on cats. Mum has to feed them and she may come running in more than before. Also young ones not as experienced are easily knocked off.

cat lure? Guided cat hunts could be an option, sounds like a bit of a keen interest in them so far! Might even be a market for mounting the little bastards heads too!
I can see a few toms mounted in my hall

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I can see a few toms mounted in my hall

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I use a Bluetooth speaker and a couple of apps on my phone for duck calling so had a quick look on the play store and have downloaded a rabbit distress call which also has a kitten distress which might work well too

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Originally Posted by Brakelie

I use a Bluetooth speaker and a couple of apps on my phone for duck calling so had a quick look on the play store and have downloaded a rabbit distress call which also has a kitten distress which might work well too

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genius!

I wonder if that ap has the sound of a can opening for those domestic ones that have run wild:wtfsmilie::ORLY::XD:

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I wonder if that ap has the sound of a can opening for those domestic ones that have run wild:wtfsmilie::ORLY::XD:

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Or shaking the dry food box like in the adds on tv :D

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Fellas

A South African mate of mine who now lives in Tassie thought he would do the environment a good service, so he went online and bought himself a fox whistle and off he went to shoot a fox with his .204 just like all the YouTube vids he’d been watching. Being a complete knob he was totally unaware that there aren’t any foxes in Tasmania, and the Tassie blokes at the office elected not to tell him that. (I am told they were wetting themselves the bastards... would have been damn funny though.) My mate went off with his chick and hoped to come home with a good representative Tasmanian “brush”.

Anyway, imagine their surprise when after a long and foxless while, this feral cat pitched up, clearly attraced to the whiskle, whereupon it copped a dose of high velocity Nosler. Back at the office, after much mirth and piss taking, the cat story caught the Tassie boys attention, so together they went to a likely spot near an old mine, now overgrown and rabbit infested.

I am told they whistled in half a dozen cats, all shot. It was so successful, that there’s a small posse of fox whistling cat hunters in Rosebery now. I am curious to know if any of you have tried this over here? Ferals cats are one of the absolute best damn varmints to hunt, always feels bloody great when I get a couple of cats.

If you have tried it successfully, which whistle did you use? Any stories to share?

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I used to use a cheap squeaky squeeze toy cheap as chips and worked a treat on foxes in UK or a bit of polystyrene rubbed on the truck window.

Problem I’ve got with executing my cunning plan... is hayfever season has arrived in full force. No medication works, not even enormous cortisone injections. Anyway, watched this vid today and have asked the supplier of the yellow whistle about shipment to NZ as its not an option on the website.

https://youtu.be/KwBKPqE0DnM

Looks like he missed the last couple of foxes to me!

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Originally Posted by john m

I have 2 of the metal ones that worked real well on foxes.
Tried maybe 6x here for cats never seen one come to the whistle yet.
They should work as our over fed cats at home show interest when used.

An easy diy is to use 12ga short brass remove primers and plastic push one inside the other,not as easy to whistle but with a little practice work the same.

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we used to do that in the UK, but solder the two bases together. Good call for a widgeon, a type of duck

Fellas
I’ve been given a tip by my YouTube mate Steve in Victoria that the most effective caller he’s used for a long time is the T2 from FoxCalls.com. You can see it in action here:

https://youtu.be/xJ6R0CHdSQU

So I got in touch with Paul at Fox Calls and he is investigating postage to NZ tomorrow Tuesday.

If you would like to grab one of these callers and give them a go on our pestulet feral cats, then I’m happy to get some more units in and pass them onto you.

Let me know asap and we’ll take it from there. I think we’ll limit exposure our to say 5 units, one for myself, four to the first four to put their hands up, that should give us a decent look at its effectiveness. If they work, then we can arrange more. Paul doesn’t have a NZ postage option on his website yet.

What d’ya reckon? I’m keen as. Cats look out.

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Originally Posted by Flyblown

Fellas
I’ve been given a tip by my YouTube mate Steve in Victoria that the most effective caller he’s used for a long time is the T2 from FoxCalls.com. You can see it in action here:

https://youtu.be/xJ6R0CHdSQU

So I got in touch with Paul at Fox Calls and he is investigating postage to NZ tomorrow Tuesday.

If you would like to grab one of these callers and give them a go on our pestulet feral cats, then I’m happy to get some more units in and pass them onto you.

Let me know asap and we’ll take it from there. I think we’ll limit exposure our to say 5 units, one for myself, four to the first four to put their hands up, that should give us a decent look at its effectiveness. If they work, then we can arrange more. Paul doesn’t have a NZ postage option on his website yet.

What d’ya reckon? I’m keen as. Cats look out.

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Depending on the price for the whistle I would be very keen. Mark me down for one and let me know the price asap, cheers.

This is all I know at the moment - sorry completely forgot to put in the link to the whistle...

Tenterfield style whistle

So about $30 nz plus postage

I'm keen. Got a few wild cats on the farm that I can trail it on.

Yep Im keen too. Cheers @Flyblown

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OK thanks fellas.

ONE LEFT!

Who's gonna join the fun and games?

@Flyblown

I’m in!!

I’ll pm you