Odd ball , crazy question...

in my mind for some time, I'm anxious to see the replies.

I laughed out loud. Then I figured that was enough, and erased it. Lol

but I know of people who have. It was usually at night.

I have called up coyotes, foxes, Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, dogs, Javelina and one Javelina Hunter. No mountain lions though.

I have always wanted to read Steve Matthes's "BRAVE and Other Stories" about hunting mountain lions (with dogs) in the 1940s-50s but haven't because it runs around $400. Due for a reprint? I imagine a Misfit or 2 has a copy.

Fun fact: mountain lions are big small cats (g. Felis) and not true big cats (g. Panthera.) They can purr, but not roar.

We have been getting more (although not many) jaguars coming back into southern Arizona over the last couple of decades. They range for 100s of miles. Rancher treed one near Douglas back when I was a kid.

hunt, especially with a pack of dogs and in 2 feet of snow. You have to keep up with the dogs and in heavy snow that is hard to do. The Reeder clan has taken a couple of big ones, but with dogs. You can call them in with a squealing rabbit call, but be careful. They are a cat and will come up behind you and might decide you are better eating than a rabbit. A 300 lb lion was taken about 15 miles from here a year or two ago and one about the same size was run over by a truck out near where I live, NW of town.
Colleen's was well over 200 lbs and was taken right after a big ice storm and he hadn't eaten for 3 or 4 days. So he would have weighed more on a regular day.

Rather erie was in some tall field grass, one came in from behind one in front. Bumped into one while bowhuntig was about 20 yards from it when it came out from a gully with some big holly bushes. Big ol black one. One other time was 2 young ones and their mother, she sat and watched me go up my stand never did run from me, but I got gone because my flashlight died!! Luckily I still found my stand that was in the road I was walking down, worst feeling I ever had, no moon out either couldn't see nothing! Needless to say I always have a back up light now.
The Nc Wildlife folks said, we don't have any of those around here, ha!

Me and my brother had dog packs back in the 70s and 80s and did a lot of cougar and bear hunting here in utah. Cougars are extremely smart they can hear and see and smell probably better than most critters. It still possible to call one but you’re gonna have to go all out camouflage, face paint, cat scent, the whole 9 yards if you’re going to get one close. If not they’ll come in because they’re curious but you’ll never see them. We had the best luck with a mouse squealer and believe it or not a woodpecker call. Jack rabbit call will work to if people in your area have not overused It a lot. The cougars here will shrill like a woman getting strangled after dark with that echoing off the canyon walls it will definitely send shivers up your spine. This is just been my experience I’m an old guy maybe things have changed since then anyway that’s what the Kids are always telling me. Ps. It always helps to start hunting where there’s has been a sighting or a cougar kill.

while calling.