logo
 

Go Back   HuntingNet.com Forums > General Hunting Forums > Small Game, Predator and Trapping

Small Game, Predator and Trapping From shooting squirrels in your backyard to calling coyotes in Arizona. This forum now contains trapping information..

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 09-25-2005, 07:24 PM   #1
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location:
Posts: 41
Default Best predator call

What is the best dying rabbit/rabbit in distress call. I am using it for bears and coyotes.

I have a Flextone Dying Rabbit call, but it sounds bad sometimes. For those of u who dont know what it is, it has a rubber end where the sound comes out so u can squeeze it closed to muffle the call and make it lower to coax predators, and just leave it open for long distance calling. When i just leave it open though it doesnt sound at all like it does when i close the end.I listened to what the call should sound like and that what it sounds like when i close the end. The long distance calling almost sounds like a duck that squeels sometimes. Are there better calls out there or is that what its supposed to sound like?
Murph999 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-26-2005, 03:16 PM   #2
Nontypical Buck
 
Howler's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth Colo. USA
Posts: 4,371
Default RE: Best predator call

Quote:
What is the best dying rabbit/rabbit in distress call.
There is no such thing!! Honestly, if you were to ask 100 different die hard predator hunters this question, you' get about 100 different answers. The best call on the market, is the one that is working to bring in predators. One day it may be one call, a week later it may be a differant call.
This is such an array of differant calls on the market, all of which will work sometimes, and most will work most of the times, if the caller simply puts emotion into his calling.
Also, a caller needs to take into account what it is that the predators normally feed on in his/her area, and usually, that is what you want to mimic. This is not to say that a jack rabbit sounding distress won't call a coyote, or bear, where there are no jack rabbits. BUT it stands to reason that if a predator has had experience with hearing a dying cottontail, then from then on, it will respond to that sound with " a free lunch" on it's mind. How ever, if a predator hears a sound that it has never heard before, it may very well respond because of curisoty.
After all of that, some of my favorites are the Verminator Tweety and Physco Tweety, Tally Ho, Cronk Killer Jr., and a few of my own custom calls that I hae built and decided to keep, most of which all open reed calls!
__________________
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.

Thomas Jefferson
Howler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-26-2005, 04:39 PM   #3
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location:
Posts: 41
Default RE: Best predator call

I shouldnt have said which is the best predator call, i didnt mean to confuse people. What I should have said is "what dying/rabbit in distress call do you think sounds the best. Which brand or which one would you recommend?"

sorry for the confusion
Murph999 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-27-2005, 06:12 PM   #4
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Lititz, Pa.
Posts: 175
Default RE: Best predator call

I've pretty much gone to all custom made calls, but a couple good brands are Circe and Quakerboy... find a shop that stocks them and try'em before you buy'em...
__________________
PA Predator Hunters Association
Rockfish1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-04-2005, 09:28 PM   #5
Spike
 
sean665's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Arizona
Posts: 77
Default RE: Best predator call

Currently I'm using the Primos cottontail distress call with the flexible plastic piece to vary pitch and it sounds great, very versatile. I also like the Sceerys.
__________________
Semper Fortis
sean665 is offline   Reply With Quote
 
 
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Predator Call 13pointjomc Small Game, Predator and Trapping 2 07-08-2009 05:26 AM
PHANTOM PREDATOR CALL GOOSEBUSTER80 Small Game, Predator and Trapping 0 03-23-2008 07:07 PM
ASAT or Predator... you call it Dubbya Bowhunting 20 08-19-2006 09:09 PM
Predator call question hunttones Small Game, Predator and Trapping 6 02-02-2006 05:17 PM
how do i use an phantom predator call? coyotehuntingaddict Small Game, Predator and Trapping 2 03-03-2005 03:53 PM

 

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:50 AM.