Coyote call

[Bottom Fodder]

Do you guys mainly use electric or mouth calls for open fields / pasture hunting for Coyotes

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

The last few years I have used my ecaller less, higher pitched lower volume closed reed calls have been more effective? I think more hunters, mostly using ecallers= less or slower responses.

 

[Shifty6br]

Been using e-caller more frequently the past few years..foxpro.

Last season I had a male damm near pick it up and take off with it during a distress sequence. This was at night, open field of about 400yd sq.....they tend to be more fearless at night

 

[1lessdog]

I use a double closed reed call in a wood body. I don't like the sound in a plastic or had rubber call. Years ago I found the Big River predator calls and it was unbelievable how well they worked. I would buy 2 or 3 when ever I would find them. Then they went out of business. I started calling around and found out they were putting JC double reed in there calls. So I order them 25 at a time. And they fit perfectly in the calls.


JC Products Stainless Steel Reeds. These are loud voice double reeds, .002 thick. Used by many call makers as high pitched cottontail, jack rabbit, etc. The 1VDR double reed can be "bladed" (slightly bending the reed up with a razor blade to achieve that sweet sound you are looking for/ change the pitch and tone of the call). JC Products reeds are the industry standard and used by almost every manufacturer of game calls (Circe, Primos, Sceery, Modern Call Products, Dan Thompson, Johnny Stewart, etc) . Voice bodies have a true diameter of .200" with a .010" taper for a snug fit. Great deal for the hobbyist call maker.

 

[nmkid]

Here are a few of my babies. All custom-made.

 

[RegionRat]

It is good to keep both at hand.
Sometime you may need to use one to bring them in, and another to confuse them into giving you a shot.

I typically don't want them to look at me till it is too late for them, but you get the idea.

 

[1lessdog]

Here are a few of my babies. All custom-made.

I will take a closed reed anytime over a open reed. With a closed reed you can put so much more emotion in the call, than a open reed. My brother's would say, they always knew when I had a animal coming in. They said, it sounds like you were begging the animal to come eat you.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Thanks guys, I haven’t hunted them in over 30 years and back then it was in the woods with shotgun and month call. A friend of mine (none Hunter) said he seeing them regular in his open field and pasture and ask if I would help him kill them which this open pasture hunting is somewhat new to me. So I thought I would ask for a little advice

 

[JB10]

I have only used e-callers with very good results. I have been with a friend that used mouth called and worked good also. I think main thing is not blasting exact same sound as someone else that might have called an area. I like to use distress sounds but my caller sounds different than foxpros and almost every time the coyotes come hauling ass in.

 

[AWS]

I use both depending on the terrain. I hunt alone and if the cover is tight I depend on an ecaller as I need to be ready to shoot and when coyotes are in close I don't need to be moving. In more open country where I can see them coming I like to use a hand call. I've never found one to be better than the other but in close cover I kill more with an ecaller less with a mouth call getting busted or not being ready to shoot when one appears. I do run 3 different brands of ecalls.for.the reason above. When the CS 24 goes stale I'll switch to a WT or Minaska.

 

[Treerat-sniper]

20+ years ago I used a variety of mouth calls, anymore I grab the foxpro inferno when targeting furbearers.

 

[AckleymanII]

This is an incredible hand call, set on long range, hand muffled over the end, you can really make it sound like an animal has its balls caught in an electic fence. I called in coyotes, foxes, bob cats, two Tule Elk, numerous deer, and two black bears with this call.

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A good second choice that is darn hard to find is the Weems Wild Call-Duo Tone.

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A Tally Ho is another had call that is so effective, we named it the Wacker. Again, hard to find.

I have two large bags of hand calls, use in different circumstances.

Probably nothing is as effective as Bill Austin's Howlers on the Dominant Males and Femals that are call wise.

I too prefer closed reed calls, most of the time.

Where Legal, use an attractant, and in some states, it is called "Bait". If you have a trappers license you can be legal in some states to use the bait. Trappers have all kinds of attractants they use to get the Coyote to step on the Pan of the trap. I used two cans of Sardines in Oil per blue sock, with two socks used, placed 10 yards on each side of me. Not only are the coyotes attracted to the smell of the sardines, but it also puts out more parts per million of scent than your own scent. Foxes will not leave; they just keep coming back. I transport the sardine socks in a 1 lb coffee can. I have wiped the sock on the bottom of my boot as I leave the truck and start walking, and have a coyote run wide open to within a foot of my gun barrel on several occasions. I really like to pull this trick with novices!

I had a fox get behind me, unbeknownst to me on a large rock, and scared me to death with a WILD sounding bark-howl...made my blood curdle.

With the Weems, we were in the Arizona Dessert, in an area with giant bolders. I was sitting up against a big rock, looked over to another Giant Rock, and a bob cat was sitting on top staring at me, 200 yards. He disappeared at the shot, then 5 minutes he was back on top of the rock. Again, he disappeared at the shot. Walked over to pick up the cat and it ended up being a double!

On blue bird days with not a cloud in the sky, when barometric pressure was rising, All I could call in was crows, so we changed out our buckshot for High base 6's, it rained crows for a while...gotta love that Weems Duo tone!

 

[WyleWD]

For open fields & pasture in daylight, mouth calls 100%. And keep movement very slow and to a minimum. JME. WD

 

[markT]

Very fortunate to have two champion custom call makers fairly close to me. These are pieces that I provided the wood and he made these. Never used them but they sound great.

 

[AckleymanII]

Beautiful calls, Mark! I bet some of those calls would sound great as a female or young yearling howling with great results!

 

[17cal Fan]

I used mouth calls for over 30 years. Got a pile of them. While I don't like carrying E-Callers or buying batteries I sure like the facts that they work well and the yote has no clue I'm there until it's too late.

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[Downhill]

We have went back to mouth calls. Seems everybody has an e caller now, resulting in coyotes becoming educated or "call smart". Have better luck with the mouth calls.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Thanks guys because this may just be a one or two time thing and not sure we’re this will lead and my son reminded me that he has a E- call thats what we will start with and go from there if it in fact it does happy

 

[J_idaho]

My experience is that the problem when calling any animal in is possibly the most obvious but overlooked reason for being unsuccessful. You are not in range. 2nd reason would be your set up didn’t work. You get winded or you couldn’t see or hear the animal coming in. Animals have their own reasons for not showing up to a call but the quality of sound doesn’t really play in until they’re well within viewing range. So quit questioning your call or your ability to call and make more stands. Most the time all it takes is getting into range. I have had equal success with E-calls and hand calls. I’ve even called them in just by howling with my mouth. And I doubt that I sound better than an E-call.

 

[ohlongarmisle]

Do you guys mainly use electric or mouth calls for open fields / pasture hunting for Coyotes

Ecallers almost any decent brand will produce coyotes as well as other types of game,I disagree that reed calls will produce better results,too many variables to factor in to definitively say that.However whatever brings them within shooting range is what one needs to use.I haven't used reed callers in many years exclusively, HOWEVER I carry a high pitched one in my pocket when in a deer blind or squirrel hunting and at times it did its job.