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[Braz]

I'm a noobie to the sport of yote hunting and am going to be doing some hunting on private land in the next several months. I don't really know how to call or what to call with. I guess I could buy an electronic caller, but that is bucks and I want to start small at first. Several $100 is just not in the cards right now. However, the area I will be hunting in has a lot of lions. They are being seen in the area and the rancher recently found several yearling deer that had been killed and eaten. I want to be sure not to call one of those in and end up on the menu. Hence, a remote caller does sound like a good idea. Any suggestions, comments, etc from you successful hunters would be appreciated.

[ShooterJohn]

Any jack rabbit or cottontail call will bring coyotes in. But I'd recommend getting a DVD or video of calling to watch. Randy Anderson has some good videos out. It will get you started and you can even buy one or two of Randy's calls made by Primo Calls. They work.

[bowweevil]

I am a newbie as well, I have a cass creek electronic call that cost about 40 bucks. I have not called any coyotes in with it, but I have called in a fox. I am not sure how well it will work, but in a few weeks, I (hopefully) will be going out with some members here, and if I am not on the right track, I will know what to change.

[ShooterJohn]

I guess I should say I have dozens of different calls. They all do different things and sound a little different. But in the last year I've come to really appreciate my FoxPro caller when I hunt by myself. I guess the reason I like it the most is that with the remote it takes the animals attention away from me. That is the simplest reason it works so well. It frees up my hands so that I'm not caught red handed with a call in my mouth moving my hands. My hands are on my gun and hopefully I'm watching the coyote coming into my call. But I know you didn't have the money to spend on an electronic call right now. Consider one in the future you won't be disappointed. Coyotes are smart these days due to the pressure they receive from hunters. It's just a fact of life. When I started hunting coyotes they'd run you down coming to the call. I have a very fond memory of a shocked friend as a coyote ran over us. I was busy trying to shoot it, and he was scrambling for his life. Here's a site you might want to take a look at for calling coyotes. How to call Coyotes...It's hosted by Kansas State University - Research and Extension. I hope it helps. Just download the PDF file and you can read what it says.

[NVWalt]

Alpenliter, Go to your local place that sells any closed reed call. As they are the easiest to learn to use. Go to the site ShooterJohn showed you or stop in at the Pred. Masters site and read what they got there. Don't worry about the lions. They usually come in and are gone without you ever realizing or seeing them, The same goes for bobcats also. It is all about being stealthy and watching what you are doing, the wind, your approach, and not moving around to much. Sit in front of the brush to break up your outline and don't wear bright clothing, Although I often call in nothing but shorts,tanktop and sandals in the summer months.not real camo looking believe me, but I still call in and shoot a lot of coyotes dressed like that. If the ranch you are going to call on hasn't been called before than you stand a better chance than 90% of us callers that have to call public land. Just go set up where you can see, call, watch for movement and when that coyote comes trotting in don't be in a big hurry to pull the trigger,Watch what it is doing and wait till it stops as most of the time they will stop and give you a decent shot.I kill the majority of my coyotes under 50 yards the rest out to 100 yards and a few over 100 yards. Don't give up and keep at it,You will call them up even if you think you sound lousy. If you sound like a crying baby and you call in birds you are on the right track. Good luck and really, don't worry about them lions, and if you do call one up and see it, Well I am not gonna tell you to shoot it but , but, but good luck...Walt

[Braz]

I have done what several of you have mentioned. I went to a local shop today and purchased a Circe MVP-4. Don't know what it is supposed to sound like thought. Therefore, I went Randy Anderson's web site and there were two video on sale. I bought both of them. Have read some on other forums that his video's aren't very good, but hell, since I know nothing they will at least provide me with a start.The ranch I am going to hunt has never been hunted. It is in Northern Calif, just outside Burney. There are a lot of coyotes up there. When I was deer scouting this summer it looked like there were a pack of dogs running around on all the dirt roads in the area. And the rancher is having a small problem with loosing a few of his calfs. Not sure if they are the coyotes or the lions. Probably both.Hopefully, in a few weeks, I will have a chance to put to practice what all of you have told me. And what all of you talk about on this fine site. I have been reading it for almost a year now.Thanks for all the good info. It's appreciated.

[ShooterJohn]

That Lohman Circe MVP-4 is a three calls in one call. It does a jack rabbit, cottontail and is a coaxer too. I think you'll like the Randy Anderson video's. He teach you about the calls and what they sound like. Plus there is some fun stuff on there too. I wish I had his properties to hunt, but that's another story.