Electric Coyote Call

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My brother and I are in the process of gearing up for coyotes. We have our rifles and we know where the buggers are. I'm looking for recommendations on a fairly cheap call to get a couple yotes in our sights. They prey mostly on rabbits here and a simple unit with a couple distressed rabbit sounds would probably sufice.
 
I think that's where you are wrong to buy a CHEAP call. not true sound call and are prone to not lasting long. If you r serious about calling out dogs in numbers get a call with a reputation of durability and long service. Yes , it costs more but the end result is you have a quality call for many years and the more yotes taken will pay for your high grade call. I use a "Wildlife Technologies" call and am very pleased with the 121 different high quality calls that r not produced by digital mastering , but are true life calls. The remote control is an awesome touch as well. Do yourself a favor and buy one. You can't go wrong
 
After 40 years of coyote hunting we still use mouth calls. They work just as well as electronic, they're cheap, and they are easy to carry. Two or three on a lanyard around your neck is simple, and provide a variety of sounds. Electronic calls have only one advantage, and that is the "distraction" from your position that they provide. I like hunting in pairs for the pure companionship, and because it allows a set up where one calls from concealment, and the other can cover approaches that may be used by cautious coyotes. Electronic calls work, of course, but the cost and inconvenience makes them just not worth it for us. Of course, we walk lots, so that influences our choices.
 
You don't have to spend a pile to get an edge.
I bought a Johnny Stewart Predator One as my first E caller. I think I paid $40 to my door off the EE. The first time I fired it up, it brought 9 Magpies a Bluejay and a Coyote.
It's not super loud and the remote is only good for about 20-25yds, but used in conjunction with mouth calls, it's a good way to get eyes off your position for a shot.
 
I'd go with the FoxPro wildfire or inferno. Both are under $300 and easier to walk around with. Plus you can still download more sounds if you want to. A buddy convinced me to go half on a prairie blaster and although it works fantastic, once you load it with 8 D cell batteries its like having a cinder block in your backpack.
 
I use a FoxPro Wildfire 2 with decoy and an E.L.K. howler and a Dan Thompson red desert howler.

This time of year a howler can work better IMO, due to breeding and the associated territorial issues.

Don't get hung up on which is the best, use them both at the same time in combination(hand and e calls)
 
DVXDUDE said:
I used my fury 2 for a few hours in -25 yesturday. No problems but the screen on the remote was getting sluggish.

Only seen two owls though. Too dark to tell what kind
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Good point. I have had to hang my Wildfire 2 on short corn stubble, place it on a foam pad or use hand warmers below about -20C. Eveready Lithium batteries made a big difference in cold temps also. Sitting it on frozen ground would cause it to quit working in about 30 minutes.
 
Thanks everyone. I know you can't get quality cheaply, but money is tight and something is usually better than nothing. We hunt ducks over a dozen decoys bought for $100 at Canadian Tire. Maybe not the best but it's all we needed to get out and learn.
 
look up "black beauty" its a hand call might cost you $20 nice and loud, and easy to use. also a dog toy speaker(sounds like a mouse), taped to your sling is good for getting them even closer. thing is with cheap electronic calls you are getting into cheap sounds, that abruptively end, coyotes (not coyote pups) are too smart for that. and if the sound keeps playing over and over in the same way they can tell and might come for a look but its likely you'll never see them. hand calls like the black beauty are good because you can never have the exact same sound, and they are very easy to use. howling calls are harder and if you just want a call to do rabbit distress i wouldn't spend all the money on some fancy outfitter series e call, because the cheaper e calls can get as little as 20m in range for the remote. also they eat batteries like a mother and freeze at not all that cold of temps. hope this helps you save some money.

PS it is a much better feeling when you can consistently call by hand, you'll know when it happens and will have no regrets going for a hand call
 
Google "varmint al's"...... he has free downloadable MP3 on his site..... anything that can play an MP3 loudly would be suitable......

I agree on hand calls..... you can get a good howler and s good distress call under $50...... and even with the electronic caller, you are going to want hand calls to mix it up so you don't educate them.....
 
So for you guys that call coyotes in all the time. Whats the success ratio? How many stands before you call one in? I know it depends on population and area but I'm just asking your experiences.
 
Here in this part of Ontario from a very rough estimate of other hunters, about an average of 12-14 calling sets per dog taken.

I have been short a person on an odd terrain set and naturally the yote circled where that missing person would have been placed. We saw the tracks on our way back out. So you can unintentionally call in more than you actually "see"/shoot around here.
 
Superbrad said:
Google "varmint al's"...... he has free downloadable MP3 on his site..... anything that can play an MP3 loudly would be suitable......

I agree on hand calls..... you can get a good howler and s good distress call under $50...... and even with the electronic caller, you are going to want hand calls to mix it up so you don't educate them.....
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Lol, AND never hump in without hand calls lest the e caller freeze or the batteries die.
 
don't skimp on a e call. I did twice. 3ed time I got me a entry level FoxPro its simply better that the 2 others I had before, and they were just as expensive. I like it for its small size. I will get another for more volume in the future, again a FoxPro but there a lot bigger physically so ill also keep this one. only really need the higher volume on windy days.

if money is tight get mouth calls. I always carry them and use them often. if you want pm me and I can recommend a few I love mostly due to there ease of use. for instance I have 3 howlers. one is easy to blow. the other 2 need a ton of air, I don't like tat. and there much harder to make a good howl with.
 
I purchased a Primos Alpha dog from Cabela's all said and done it came to .338, oops I mean $338. Very loud, comes with preloaded sound tracks (hunts) on it, made 35 stands so far with her but still nothing (Seen two owls aswell!). Most likely upgrade to a higher end fox pro next.
 
Kiiiyote30 said:
I purchased a Primos Alpha dog from Cabela's all said and done it came to .338, oops I mean $338. Very loud, comes with preloaded sound tracks (hunts) on it, made 35 stands so far with her but still nothing (Seen two owls aswell!). Most likely upgrade to a higher end fox pro next.
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its not the alpha dogs fault.......a fox pro does not attract animals any better.............
 
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