Electronic Calls for Coyotes

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Hi all,

I am working on a permission to hunt some coyotes in Dufferin County. The farmer says she only sees and hears them come through at night so it sounds like I will have to work hard to get a shot at them during legal hours. I hear great things about the FoxPro, does anybody have one? Ideally I'd like to start with a more basic one and work up but maybe just biting the bullet is the best thing to do. I will likely use this in conjunction with some bait.

What has worked for you in southern Ontario? Cheers!
 
rral22 said:
Doesn't answer your question, but why not start with some mouth blown calls as "basic" ones that will absolutely work?
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Funny you should say that, I have purchased two mouth calls and they both sound like Daffy Duck with a really bad speech impediment, I feel that they don't sound realistic. I think I have mastered the pursed lips squeaker (though I say so myself) but its not loud enough and is hard to keep up all day ha.

Should the mouth calls sound like a struggling duck? One was from Cabellas and the other from a renowned company in the US. I forget the name.
 
Son of a Woodcutter said:
Funny you should say that, I have purchased two mouth calls and they both sound like Daffy Duck with a really bad speech impediment, I feel that they don't sound realistic. I think I have mastered the pursed lips squeaker (though I say so myself) but its not loud enough and is hard to keep up all day ha.

Should the mouth calls sound like a struggling duck? One was from Cabellas and the other from a renowned company in the US. I forget the name.
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Is it a predator call, or a duck call? Mouth blown predator calls work very well, and there are many different sounds available in a good outdoor store, so I don't know what you have without specific names or pictures. We use mouth calls the vast majority of the time, mostly because we walk a lot and don't want to carry more than we have to. Electronics certainly work too, but are more expensive and a pain to lug around for what we think is a very small advantage.
 
I started out with an Icotec caller (forget the model but it was a base model) to save some money because I was just getting into coyote hunting last year. I absolutely hated it. The antenna design was flimsy and snapped after a few uses (they shipped me a new one quickly but that's not the point), the buttons were so small and closely spaced you would press multiple with gloves on. The range was nothing close to what was advertised and the remote took a special battery that didn't last long in the cold and was very expensive to replace. Not sure if you plan on hunting in the winter but dead batteries ruin a hunt pretty quickly, ask me how I know.

Primos had a rebate earlier this year so I bucked up and bought their Alpha dogg caller and I couldn't be happier with it. The remote is much sturdier and both it and the caller take AA batteries so you can use rechargeables and top them up every few hunts. The hot buttons are very useful when trying to get a coyote to stop moving and the preset 30 minute hunts are great if you're new to coyote hunting.

When you're just getting into something I know it's hard to justify dropping so much money but looking back I wish I had've. They also offer the turbo dogg which is a cheaper option with many of the same features.
 
I have a fox pro inferno, like it just fine. It's small and easy to carry, wasn't too expensive. One advantage electronic calls have over mouth calls is they focus the coyote away from you. I actually use both together.
 
I hunt dufferin as well. Ive called more coyotrs with hand calls then my foxpro fury2. Not sure why but ive killed lots with turkey call and decoy and only a few with the foxpro and decoy. I always have better results using my howler and doing high pitched barks and howls.
 
Son of a Woodcutter said:
Funny you should say that, I have purchased two mouth calls and they both sound like Daffy Duck with a really bad speech impediment, I feel that they don't sound realistic. I think I have mastered the pursed lips squeaker (though I say so myself) but its not loud enough and is hard to keep up all day ha.

Should the mouth calls sound like a struggling duck? One was from Cabellas and the other from a renowned company in the US. I forget the name.
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if it is from a renowned company then it should by no means sound like a duck. i would wager it is an open reed call and you are not using it correctly. look up videos from randy anderson and you will learn a lot. i have had 3 different foxpros and one primos E call and i still use %90 mouth blown calls because the realism and versatility.
 
Lucky Duck got me my coyote last winter in about 10 minutes. He came running and wasn't even paying attention to me, lol
 
I have a Foxpro Crossfire, and downloaded (purchased) a bunch of extra coyote calls, varmint calls, bird calls etc... for it.

I've got something like 175 calls on it? As to 'realism', you cannot get more realistic than the calls on the Foxpro. I would say a mouth blown call would allow you to vary the call tone, inflection and such.

An advantage to any electronic call is that you can situate it some distance from yourself, and especially if used in conjunction with a decoy, it really makes the coyote key in on that, and that makes the coyote less likely to see you.
 
To answer your question a fox pro is a good call.
I have the wildfire 2. I believe my mouth calls are louder though.
For coyote you won’t be sitting there all day at the same spot calling and usually you won’t be blowing non stop so hand calls are fine too.
Most important thing is to have confidence in your call. If you don’t believe you’ll call a coyote in you probably won’t. If your call is made as a predator call it will make a noise that will call coyotes in. I’ve cobbled together homemade ones and used frozen calls with success. Be confident, don’t move, stay downwind and eventually something will show. It may take a few days or weeks at first but once you get the hang of it the frequency will improve.
Make sure you’re hunting where there are lots of coyotes. You can’t shoot them if they’re not there.
 
I've had the FoxPro prairie blaster for a half dozen years or more and like everything about it except the weight. A buddy bought the FoxPro patriot this year, has a lot of the same calls and easier to carry, not to mention less than a third of the price. The only downside is you don't get the volume out of it. If I bought another one it would be a smaller unit but still like one with the double speaker.
 
I like to have a good set of hand calls and I use the cheapest FoxPro. The hand calls sound better but it's nice to be able to put the FoxPro 30-40yrds way so they are not staring right at you.

Best hand calls you can get for the money, each one hand made with a life time warranty.

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Son of a Woodcutter said:
Hi all, I am working on a permission to hunt some coyotes in Dufferin County. The farmer says she only sees and hears them come through at night so it sounds like I will have to work hard to get a shot at them during legal hours. I hear great things about the FoxPro, does anybody have one? Ideally I'd like to start with a more basic one and work up but maybe just biting the bullet is the best thing to do. I will likely use this in conjunction with some bait. What has worked for you in southern Ontario? Cheers!
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A Foxpro is a very useful tool, but don't substitute it for a collection of mouth calls. They have built-in flexibility, and don't need batteries.
 
I have a primos electronic call some Kerry Carver hand made calls and a couple of the Les Johnson ruffy dawg calls.
I'm no expert but I get my share and truthfully I use the hand calls most often.
Easier to carry. Take one with me even just going out back to go for a walk about with a rifle cause you never know when you see something and ......Crap no call with you.
 
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