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[Stiff Neck]

Anybody interested in sharing their calling tactics? I'm sure we can all learn something from the next guy. I'll let somebody else with more expertise cover the basics, but I have had some good results lately by throwing in some crow sounds about 5-7 minutes into the stand, and then returning to my regular distress sound. Has anybody else experimented with this?

[NVWalt]

Stiff Neck, The only thing I can contribute to this is to call with feeling.......Walt

[Thumper Dunker]

dying rabbit , fox barks and maybe a howel and maybe a fox fight. or just squirrel chirps. in the hills fawn bleats.I like what NV Walt said.

[ForkedHorn]

I usually just whistle and give a little, "here doggie, doggie, doggie... here doggie, doggie, doggie... C'mon boy, here boy, good boy".

[NVWalt]

I usually just whistle and give a little, "here doggie, doggie, doggie... here doggie, doggie, doggie... C'mon boy, here boy, good boy".

You give it one of them copper and lead doggy treats when they do come in?

[Stiff Neck]

Let's say you're on a stand with good visibility. You see a dog approaching from about 200 yards at a mild trot. Do you alter your calling sounds now or continue with what you're currently doing? Do you stop calling and start with the mouth squeek? Or turn your e-caller down to a whisper?

[Thumper Dunker]

pannick and miss I never see them that far out most of ther time. at 200yds I would take a shot wait tell it stops.

[NVWalt]

If I see them coming in from a distance like you mentioned I stop calling and get ready to shoot. He will most likely keep coming in til around 50 yards and stop to look and check things out. Then after they look around again to check and see if any other coyotes are there they usually come on in closer. I make most of my shots anywhere's between 20 to 30 yards. They tend to stop within 20 yards and sometimes less. Like right in your lap. Patiance really does pay off with coyotes and not being to quick to pull that trigger. I also very seldom make a stand any longer than 10 minutes, my experiance over the years has been that I usually get them within the first series of calls and within 5 minutes. I know I maybe missing some late comers and I have had them take 20 minutes to get to the call when I have been out cat hunting and making my usual 30 minute stand. As for howling, it depends on how I happen to feel when I get to the stand. In the January-February months a lonesome howl works great and if you get one to answer you you can talk smack to them and they will come in. If they don't answere they usually come in looking for a fight and may take anyweres from a couple minutes to 7-10 minutes. When I do decide to use the howler on a stand I blow a lonesome howl and then wait a minute and go into a series of rabbit squeals. I do this mainly to divert their attention away from me and try to make them think there is another coyote around. This works pretty good in areas that are called heavily, for me anyways. You would have to come over here and go hunting with me to see what I am getting at as it is hard to put into words, even for one so gifted at gab as I am. LOL....Walt

[CA Desert Dog]

The best advice I can pass along to you is don't always rely on the fact that the yotes are hungry. There is more to calling than ringing the chow bell by blowing rabbit calls. Work their instincts. Have a plan to appeal to their territorial nature and ring their bell on a more basic, uncontrolled response level. Choose a howler that is not pitched too low or too aggressive. Find out as much as you can about the nature and responses of coyotes and put that info to work for you. You'll find that the coyotes will teach you more every time you hunt them. Lock & load.