Post by: ivarhusa on March 20, 2009, 11:41:49 PM
In your remarks, feel free to expound on your general call selection, or perhaps on specific favorites. A one-question poll doesn't allow for getting much detail! Does anybody carry only distress calls or only coyote vocalization calls? I presume most or all would carry both, but I could be surprised, eh?
How many calls do you own (and don't use?!)?
Post by: rasbo on March 21, 2009, 03:42:07 AM
Post by: billythekidrock on March 21, 2009, 06:04:59 AM
As for coyote hunting. I take at least two hand calls and my FP Scorpion. The calls I use are typically rabbit and fawn distress. Mostly custom calls, some closed reeds that I made, some by Bearmanric, Rainshadow and ArkyYoter. I still use a Burnham Bros. production call as well. Nothing worse then setting up and having dead batteries.
For bear I take the same calls, but also add cow/calf sounds.
Post by: boneaddict on March 21, 2009, 06:09:39 AM
Post by: Bofire on March 21, 2009, 08:50:34 AM
I probably own 100 calls, mostly customs, some one of calls, I just like them.
I dont see where it says "pro"??
anyway
Carl
Post by: ivarhusa on March 21, 2009, 09:47:15 AM
I haven't called in enough dogs to know if one works better than another, but I like the idea of presenting a variety of sounds, if one doesn't bring them in.
On second thought, perhaps a more interesting question might have been: Have you bought more calls than coyotes shot?! Rookies start out "behind" (having to buy calls before the first coyote is shot), but will we ever catch up? I doubt it.
Post by: rainshadow1 on March 21, 2009, 10:06:54 AM
I put the last option because I usually have the e-call, unless I'm doing a desert style quickie stand 200yds from the truck.
I have multi-drop lanyards, and I carry a squeaker, at least one open reed, and one or two closed reeds. The closed reeds are usually one deep and one high, but around here I do one distress and one Cougar vocal.
Post by: tlbradford on March 21, 2009, 01:25:53 PM
Post by: Big10gauge on March 21, 2009, 02:40:44 PM
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Post by: jdb on March 21, 2009, 02:48:51 PM
Post by: AWS on March 24, 2009, 05:15:20 PM
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Post by: firecrotch on March 24, 2009, 10:32:33 PM
Post by: JoshT on March 25, 2009, 06:40:39 AM
I usually have two calls with me: The Crittr-Gettr (or a custom open-reed of similar size) and one of Bearmanric's "Magnum Squeakers". I don't use my calls like most guys though...
Post by: tlbradford on March 25, 2009, 08:35:07 AM
I don't know if "tone" is the right word for it. Maybe BTKR who is a recording techie can comment on what the digital signature looks like for two different sounds coming from the same call?
Here is another handy tip for my fellow callers. I have a call on my lanyard that I use specifically to try to stop running coyotes after I have blasted their buddy. Either a ki-yi, a chirp, or a warning bark. This is if a coyote is still visible. If I called in multiples, and one is down and the other has dropped into a draw or is around a hill, then I will start back up with the distress call that brought them in the first place. Anyway, if the coyote is visible still I want to try to stop them for a shot. I need to be able to grab that call immediately and without looking down. To do that, I have it on one of those retractor reels with my call on it, clipped high up on my lanyard. It is always in the right spot and I can get to it instantly. Here is an example of what I am talking about.
Post by: ivarhusa on March 25, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
Half the voters claimed rookie status, and most of them carried between 1 and 3 calls with them. About one in five reported either a *censored*load of calls or an e-caller. It stands to reason that the old hands tended to have more calls and were twice as likely to own an e-caller (as best I can infer).
It is perhaps interesting to note that a third of the old hands carried three or fewer calls. That suggests that it is possible to resist the temptation to keep buying more calls. Actually, the poll only asked how many we carried, not bought, so there is some wiggle room in that conclusion. I haven't resisted very well (and am lusting for an e-caller).
Ivar
Post by: JoshT on March 25, 2009, 09:53:15 AM
20 years ago I carried 5 or six calls with me, and I did a lot of the 20 min. on the stand then move kind of hunting. That was long enough ago that the dogs heard very little calling so they weren't nearly as call shy... I just changed calls so I could find out what worked best. I figured out the Crittr-Gettr worked the best for me... then after that it was the only call I took.
Once I moved to Gunnison, CO and there were guys out calling, I figured out I needed to change up the sounds now and again... so I learned how to use 'coyote talk'... still with the Crittr-Gettr, and killed quite a few dogs in areas that were well hunted.
Now... I'll sit in one spot for hours... glassing and throwing out a howls or a few pup distress calls then watching what happens. For the guys who call a lot... and move a lot... and hunt areas that are called a lot... you'll need a lot of calls. E-callers are cool... and effective... I just won't hunt with one, it takes a lot of the fun out of it for me. I'd rather kill one dog that I glassed up, than 3 that were called in by a machine.
Post by: deaddog on March 25, 2009, 11:09:42 AM