Thread: Fox whistles - for cats

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.