Hi all.. I am wondering what call to use to try and get a coyote to hold up for a few minutes..I have seen four coyotes in two different evenings while traveling a dirt road. One of which I under shot with my bow.. The site was messed up when that had happened. The dirt road has a powerline on one side and a natural gas pipeline on the other side of it. Three of the coyotes were blonde while one was dark brown.. I am thinking they must need a good thinning out. Maybe that way I can save a deer or two.. Any ideas? Thanks..

Rabbit in Distress works well,Fawn Call,Rodent squeeking...the little Mouse Squeekers work well when a Coyote is closer...heck the light "Kissing" sound You can make with your lips will work too,they also come to most bird sounds or even a Turkey call.Go to a few Hunting Stores and see just how many different calls are out there....You'd be amazed at all the different types...one of the easiest but most expensive is to buy an Electronic Caller and a motion decoy and sit back and call them in...lots of fun and excitment in calling Predators.

When you say "hold up", are you talking about stopping a coyote from running off when you spot one, or talking about calling one in, as in HUNTING one?

If you're wanting one to stop after you spotted it, then good luck. The only sound that MIGHT work for that, like Ridge mentioned, is a Ki-yi type sound (part of a pup distress call). A high pitched coyote/pup distress call, aka "Ki-yi" (rhymes with "High-High", or "pie-pie") can make a trotting coyote stop for a second to give you a shot.

Personally, I don't believe you'll have any success spotting them, stopping, then pulling out your bow. By the time you'd stop and have a bow out, those dogs will be WAY out of range, even if you could get them to stop. With a rifle, you have at least decent chances. I've knocked down dozens of dogs by driving around until I spot one (on ground I have permission on of course), then pulling over and making a Ki-yi, then taking a shot with a rifle... Usually in the 200-400yrd range though, not really within bow range.

If you're talking about HUNTING coyotes in that area, then a cottontail distress call and a mouse squeaker will be all you need. A furry decoy will help. If you live in an area that has Jackrabbits, then jack distress works as well.

For a casual coyote caller that only wants one call, the Buck Gardner 2 Fur is a good option. It can make rabbit distress vocals (closed reed) as well as coyote vocals (open reed AND closed reed). I can make fawn distress, jack distress, cottontail distress, bird distress, pup distress, ki-yi, low howls, high howls, and barks with mine. I also drilled another hole in the bell of the call and glued in a mouse squeaker reed, so I can literally make every sound I have ever used while calling, all in one call. They may not be the best quality sound in each specific vocalization that I've ever made, but it's the most versatile call I own for sure (out of over 50 calls).

The Primos laminated wood rabbit distress double reed calls (randy anderson series I believe) are some of the best sounding rabbit distress calls I've used. Fantastic calls. These get top billing when I'm calling.

Back before my voice deepened up I could make a pretty dang good coyote howl using just my voice I would drive and if we spotted a dog I would howl it would stop for a couple of second and my brother would shoot em. But then my voice deepened up and now I have to resort to to just whooping at them which seems to work pretty good. Or you practice your running shots. We got a lot of leading practice on rabbits and are pretty decent at hitting a coyote at a lope. A full blown sprint is a whole new ball game though. Have you thought about using your deer carcasses as bait? I dont know if it is legal up there but it works really well down here for giving you a little more time to get a shot off.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I have tried a few things but nothing has worked as of yet. I have seen 6 coyotes in 7 days that I have been hunting. I have not been able to get one to stop long enough for a shot yet however. We can use deer carcess for bait but we do not have very many deer left up here. The deep snow and predators have been taking a toll on them. Coyotes being the number one predator up here. They are a hybred mix of the western coyote and the timber wolf. They 100% killing machine and unlike a wolf that will kill and eat it all before trying to kill another one. The eastern coyote as it is called will keep killing regardless of whether or not it has eatened up it's previous prey.. The one I saw today was absolutely beatiful for the color it was. It was mostly all black with gray markings..

Get him in the crosshairs and then yell out baaaa; when he stops, squezze the trigger ~ dead dog !

Just out of curiosity how far away are these coyotes when you see them? if they are within 30 or 40 yards you might also try taking a shotgun along and shoot them on the run. But it sounds to me like you really should aim at the nose of the coyote and touch one off as he is running away. It might surprise you how many you hit that way.

Good Luck with that. A few minutes?

Thanks everyone.. I was using a bow during our bow season.. Now it is rifle season which started today and when one shows itself it will surely be a different story.. I have no problem as a rule to hit a running or moving target. Coyotes though do a more zig zag motion. A But as long as I can get the site on them..

Tundra do not be so serious.. I was only meaning for a short moment so that I could nock and arrow..

PfM, I need to be serious as you asked.

Good Luck!