Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: BIGINNER on September 21, 2009, 11:29:08 AM
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i have a question about coyote calling, might be a stupid one, well if i go coyote hunting, and i use a rabbit in destress call, and it doesn't seem to work, would it be fine to switch to a different call without changing my position? or should i find a new spot to try a different call, :dunno: will the coyotes get scared off if you use seceral different call from the same location?
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My limited experience has led me to believe changing sounds up is MORE effective than staying with one sound. Bobcats and Coyotes do not think like humans so switching from cottontail to woodpecker doesnt raise any flags.
I have had good luck with the sequence. It starts with mouse squeaks then goes to woodpecker then rabbit. At the end of the sequence there is bobcat in distress. I usually restart the sequence before the bobcat sounds starts for the first couple times through.
http://www.mscustomcalls.com/mp3/Mixes_from_hunters/Naithan_Kain/Vantuckykains_bobcat_medicine.mp3
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Mixing up your calls and sequences can usually help more than cause any negative issues.
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No problems in changing your sounds from the same stand. I would only bother doing this if you are in an area that is a really good producer, especially in the early part of the season. In other words, I wouldn't spend 20 minutes with a rabbit distress, and then another twenty minutes with a bird distress, if nothing came in to the rabbit. I would rather use that time to make an additional stand somewhere else. When you are to late December through the spring and the coyotes have been called to and the young ones thinned out, then I would spend the time to switch up sounds, if it is a quality spot.
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I like to use a howler called the hot dog by primos, and then follow it up with the cat nip by primos. It produces mixed results, depends on where i am hunting and how much pressure has been on them.
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i have a real good pic of when i called in yote using the hot dog, but afraid the picture is too graphic for the website. It was my 30.06 with 165 GR vs small yote! :bdid:
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one more question, if i use a jackrabbit call in an area where there is only cottentails, would i get any results? i know its only a small difference betwean the two calls, but just wondering. i went out coyote hunting for the first time on saturday, called in a coyote pretty quick, less than 10 min, he got within 30 yards before i got dive bombed by ravens and he ran off, what would the chances be that he would come back if i kept calling?
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You don't need to match distress calls with natural prey in the area. If the coyote wasn't spooked by you the chances are good he will come back. If he was running off because he caught movement or your scent, then you should have a good chance of stopping him with a bark or a call for a standing shot.
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I always bark if they bust me before I've taken a shot. You'd be surprised how many stop. Many times they fall down right where they stop.
If you have already shot and missed, blow a "hurt pup" kiyi type sound. Sometimes that will stop them too.
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If he got to 30 yards he shoud be dead. Larry
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If he got to 30 yards he shoud be dead. Larry
YEAH, I KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, "WHY ISN'T HE DEAD"
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we mix howels with distress all the time and use rabbit and fawn distress calls together all the time and our finisher is the good old trusty lip squeak.
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Have many different sound's a must. yes i mix sound's bear and cougar i use goat, deer and crow stir's thing's up. i have a special magnum squeaker only i and Arky have them also Weasel. in called area's use something different. Rick
