Tips to Find Lynx
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I don’t usually use a scent eliminator for Lynx, especially if using a tree stand. As long as you are not in their SW quadrant you should be good. From observation with Arctic foxes, scent spooks at around 30-40m or so if you’re upwind of them. As Aethuviel says getting a call to locate one is the best start. If I’m using a tree stand I’ll put it around ~150m or so away from their location and put the caller 10-15m away from the stand with a good view of the approach from the known marked Lynx location. They seem to travel around 10m per game minute on the approach to the caller, so I allow that plus a few extra game minutes for good measure.
As with Bobcats don’t always expect a straight line approach from the last known location to the caller. If I think it’s overdue or spooked for some reason I’ll switch the caller off and wait. Sometimes you get a call nearby confirming that it was coming in and it’s real close. The worst thing is switching the caller off and getting up and moving only to spook it.
If you spook the animal you can track it back to where it went. Like Roe deer they only flee around 150m, so you can follow the tracks at a slow crouch-walk, then a crawl. You could re-set the caller back up after a time and try again. I have no idea at the cooling down time for a spooked Lynx though so that is a guessing game. Coyotes is around 6 game minutes, so it will likely be longer than that. If you’re patient and wait and you hear another call then it should be good to try again.
You can hunt them from the ground, it does work if you have a vantage point like a rise or a rock with good view of a clear approach path. It’s certainly harder as ideal vantage points are harder to find, as there’s often something that blocks the view or gets in the way.
The predator caller also works but as said only within 100m so you will likely be crawling around, and they approach that caller at a trot, so they’re more likely to be spooked if you’re not careful. They approach the predator caller spot and stop there. With an e-caller they approach and if they get too close, certainly <5m and spot the caller they will spook and run, sometimes wildly around, although the wild circular fleeing action may be a bug that occasionally occurs and doesn’t just apply to Lynx.
A big problem with ground approaches is usually moose. I joke that they are the guardian angels of the Lynx, as I’ve had them appear nearby at the worst times while the Lynx is coming in, and been charged and injured. Moose don’t always appear but it will annoy you when they do. Bears can also be a similar problem. I think bears will spook Lynx if they are between you and the lynx coming in, which makes sense.
Ptarmigans can also spook them, if your vantage point is in a ptarmie perching zone and one comes in and spots you and goes all flappy bird spooked towards the Lynx it will likely spook it. I wondered if flapping ptarmies spook animals, and having seen it happen, yes they can if they are spooked and ptarmies fly wildly around, so that’s a spooked flapping bundle of chaos just waiting to happen.
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