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Old 12-06-2006 | 11:54 AM
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Alright, here's the deal, I have the itch to buy a couple of newmouth calls and am ready for any suggestions. Here are a few that I use most often right now. I would prefer a cottontail or woodpecker as there aren't very many jack rabbits it my area at all.

I generally use: Lohman "Circe", Crit-r-call, Johnny Stewart pitch control call, and an old wood call I think called a Fox.

Thanks for any ideas...

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Old 12-06-2006 | 04:02 PM
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Doesn't matter that there aren't "many" jack rabbits in your area, the coyotes don't know that and don't care! With that said, you should have a jack rabbit call in your arsenal of calls. Beleive me, a guy could call coyotes in an area where there are no jack rabbits and still call coyotes with a jack rabbit sounding call.
Some of my favorites are the Syco Tweety, critter call peewee, Tally Ho, and a bunch of custom calls!
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Old 12-06-2006 | 04:13 PM
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Thanks man, i appreciate it, I'm going to check it out here in a little while. Do you think it's pretty important to use a howler? I've only called in and killed about 30 dogs and haven't ever used a howler... I may go get one.
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Old 12-06-2006 | 04:52 PM
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A quote from the movie Jeremiah Johnson-

"Get behind your horse and walk up there!"

"But they'll see my feet..."

"Elk don't know how many feet horse have!"


Coyotes cannot structure logic and the triggered response will be the same from nearly any small-game distress sound. I use a jackrabbit type sound when it's windy and I have issues getting my sound to carry... each call has it's time and place.

The Crit-r-Call alone will do just about everything you're after. If you really want other calls, along with the ones you have, I'd suggest some custom stuff with unique sounds. A howler is a good idea as well.
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Old 12-07-2006 | 09:16 AM
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Most of my mouth calls are Lohman, Circe, Primos, and Burnham Brothers. I've got one that sounds like a young sheep or goat. We don't have either anywhere close to here, but the coyotes don't know that. I've also used domestic cat, prairie dog, vole, and quail sounds on my FoxPro. To a coyote, these sound like an easy meal. And even the educated coyotes will often venture into shooting range, because they haven't heard anything like these sounds before.
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