I have never been coyote hunting before, just smaller game in my big backyard. I've been looking into calls, and I guess handcalls are the small plastic things with reeds in them. I guess audio calls are a moresurefire way to call in yotes.

How do audio calls work, and what do people usually do to play them when hunting ?

As a first time yote hunter, any advice you could give ?

Here's where the calls are;

Foxpro is the best electronic caller IMO !

http://www.allpredatorcalls.com/

if you have coyote hunting questions, go to predator talk .com forums and read there is a lot of information on subject over there. and lots of members that will answer your ?s


if you have specific ?s, I will do my best to answer but if just want general knowledge , all the info you need is already in the threads over there.

First off there are a lot of hunters who use mouth calls with great success. Many find the problem of carrying a large number of mouth calls and the limited amount of sounds the reason to go with a E Caller.
E callers are expensive but you can have many call sounds on it and use it for coyotes, crows, ducks and geese even.

There are ways to cut the cost of a Fox Pro or other E callers, Make your own.







The guts is the small amp.



I have 50.00 dollars in mine, all the parts except the speaker are Radio Shack which is out of business around here. A friend just built one and got all the parts from Amazon.
Sounds are on my Sansa Clip 2 MP3 player. The sounds were down loaded from Wind river site and varmint al's web site.

I have lost count of all the varmints that have been called to the gun with it.
If you want information on building your own PM me.

Al

Hey Kid - Have you ever read through the "Sub-Forum" at the top of this section above ??

More information there than you will find in most ANY other forum..................... just saying.


Plus we have one guy (btw) who is nationally recognized - many a article has been written by him and about him.

He "piles-up" more fur in one evening than most guyz do all season !!!


NoMercy has a fondness for killing dogs also, and has provided more information on the subject than you will find in most book !!!

I have not . one more source for him. I can only recomend what I know

Just thought I'd point it out..........................

We got "a couple" of good guyz on this site !

"Audio calls" - rather Electronic callers - are NOT a "more surefire way to call in coyotes." Calls, callers, and calling is an obsession of mine, and frankly, that statement is just not true.

Here's a link to a piece I wrote here a few years ago that summarizes the differences between hunting with handcalls and electronic calls.

HNI Predator Hunting Sub-Forum Thread - Handcalls or Electronic

Electronic calls are viewed by many today as "turnkey solutions" to make a newbie into a master caller overnight, which simply isn't the case. There are no free meals - you have to learn to use electronic callers just as you have to learn how to use handcalls.

There are lots of theories/ideas/opinions about e-caller use. You can be successful when calling very little, or when letting it run continually. In general, you should not have an E-caller playing continuously if it's sitting beside you - it draws attention to your position, giving predators an opportunity to see you before you see them.

The big mistakes people make: calling too loud, forgetting how the remote works, unmuting the call at the wrong time, switching sounds too much, failing to place their caller effectively, getting busted while placing their caller, moving around too much to pick up or put down their remote, etc etc. It's VERY easy to get complacent or reliant when using E-callers and ruin your hunt before it starts.

Read some of the threads on the Sub-forum I've linked below. I've done several pieces over there that give advice on how to set up for the wind, using an E-caller, using hand calls, playing the terrain to your advantage, etc etc. Plus, a lot of other folks have asked questions and given advice. If you have questions, there's a thread there to ask them, and someone will be along to answer it too.

HNI Predator Hunting Tactics, Strategies, & Reference Sub-Forum

General rules:

• Read the wind
• Read the terrain
• Don't move on stand
• Don't do anything that can draw attention to your location (calling too much included)
• Be patient

About the only advantage I've had using e-calls vs hand calls is I use a remote caller that I position at an optimum spot to "bring in" the yote for optimum shots. I also use a remote "flagger" at times. There are times when location is at a premium that I have to use hand calls to get them into a visual range. Your location will dictate what you should use. If I'm in a generally "populated" area and have to use a shotgun, then I use a hand/mouth call. Usually a distressed rabbit. If I've broken out the .22/250 or the .220 swift then NORMALLY I break out the e-call. Like Nomercy said, you need to learn when and how much calling is needed. In other words, know when to shut the hell up as my dad always so politely put it. Some people mistakenly compare yote calling to turkey calling. In a FEW respects it's the same but a yote has a couple more senses that a turkey doesn't have in abundance. There are times it is so easy it's almost not fun, "ALMOST", and other times that you will see tons of yotes laughing at you from out of range.

I'm not big on calling, but have had some success at it, kind of. Most of my Yote and Fox hunts were successful, either in the dark or at dawn. Most were accidents, I'd see a Fox or Yote while I was sitting for Deer.

When I went out for Fox or Yotes, bait worked best ( Kentucky Fried Chicken leftovers, in a bucket, hung in a bush). For the simple reason you knew where the Yotes or Fox were likely to appear. When I was calling they might come in from any direction except down wind.

Many times I'd call in low light and a Yote would be in my lap before I ever saw or heard it coming. By the time I got the shotgun swung in the right direction, they were gone.

I had good success using a Hawk call a few times, then waiting a few minutes and then using a wounded Rabbit. I don't really know whether it was the free meal bell ringing or Yotes just hated Hawks or both, but it worked. I bought a Hawk mouth call and can do a good wounded Rabbit with my lips (whistle).

Another good bait I've used is Kentucky Fried leftovers under pile (hundred pounds or more) of Horse manure. Works especially well in the winter. Takes a few days for it to get cooking well, but when it heats up, it throws out a good scent cone for a long ways.