Coyote Calling Survey
06-24-2013, 06:45 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fairport ny USA
Posts: 1,055
Coyote Calling Survey
Gang,
I am compiling some data for upcoming written works. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey on Coyote Calling.
Here is the link..... http://srvy.it/1a1rxrt
Thanks in advance,
BHW
I am compiling some data for upcoming written works. Please take a moment to complete this brief survey on Coyote Calling.
Here is the link..... http://srvy.it/1a1rxrt
Thanks in advance,
BHW
07-29-2013, 09:57 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,905
Argh, polling bias is always unavoidable!!!
I took the survey, and love the idea of collecting information like this, but it did make me cringe a little bit when I gave some of my honest answers.
For example: what time of day did you harvest most of your coyotes? I had to honestly answer 5-7pm, even though my experience doesn't support that the evening is the most productive calling time around here. Mornings are FAR more productive than evenings in terms of rate of success, but I ended up doing a lot more hunting in the evenings last season because my wife's (my calling partner for life!) work schedule pushed us to the evenings.
Or does your typical routine consist of one sound or several sounds? My first thought was "I used 50 different hand calls last winter and a dozen different E-callers"... But yes, I generally only use one or two sounds on a set, even though I rarely use the same sound 2 days in a row.
Polls have to keep it simple, but inevitably, it can produce incoming data that might not tell the whole story.
One question that you might include next year that they always have on our State parks and Wildlife surveys: How many days did you hunt last season? If a guy goes out 20days and kills 20 coyotes, that says a lot more about the population and success rate than hearing that a guy went out 100days and killed 5 coyotes.
For example: what time of day did you harvest most of your coyotes? I had to honestly answer 5-7pm, even though my experience doesn't support that the evening is the most productive calling time around here. Mornings are FAR more productive than evenings in terms of rate of success, but I ended up doing a lot more hunting in the evenings last season because my wife's (my calling partner for life!) work schedule pushed us to the evenings.
Or does your typical routine consist of one sound or several sounds? My first thought was "I used 50 different hand calls last winter and a dozen different E-callers"... But yes, I generally only use one or two sounds on a set, even though I rarely use the same sound 2 days in a row.
Polls have to keep it simple, but inevitably, it can produce incoming data that might not tell the whole story.
One question that you might include next year that they always have on our State parks and Wildlife surveys: How many days did you hunt last season? If a guy goes out 20days and kills 20 coyotes, that says a lot more about the population and success rate than hearing that a guy went out 100days and killed 5 coyotes.
