Favorite coyote mouth calls?
- Thread starter Grizzlypeg
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These are the calls that I use the most.
E.L.K. power howler with white or grey band for deeper sounding howl (male).
E.L.K. yote howler with a green band for higher pitched howl and hurt dog yelping.
Primos green LiL dog.
Verminator tweety.
Sceery snowshoe hare closed reed
E.L.K. power howler with white or grey band for deeper sounding howl (male).
E.L.K. yote howler with a green band for higher pitched howl and hurt dog yelping.
Primos green LiL dog.
Verminator tweety.
Sceery snowshoe hare closed reed
primos lil dog (white one) the smaller green one works good as well.
I use a handmade one from a guy in the states. Made from cow horn and I like the sound from it, I still use the white lil dog one to sound like 2 coyotes. Ones got a little higher of pitch. The only distress hand calls I got are a johnny stewert PC-3. Works because I called a coyote in on my first attempt ever.
I use a handmade one from a guy in the states. Made from cow horn and I like the sound from it, I still use the white lil dog one to sound like 2 coyotes. Ones got a little higher of pitch. The only distress hand calls I got are a johnny stewert PC-3. Works because I called a coyote in on my first attempt ever.
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I also always have a bulb mouse squeaker with me.
I have a piece of fuzzy side velcro glued to the camo tape on the right side of the forearm of my Tikka 22-250 and the curly side velcro glued to the bottom of my squeaker.
This allows me to squeak at close coyotes by only moving my finger tips when I have the rifle at my shoulder.
I have a piece of fuzzy side velcro glued to the camo tape on the right side of the forearm of my Tikka 22-250 and the curly side velcro glued to the bottom of my squeaker.
This allows me to squeak at close coyotes by only moving my finger tips when I have the rifle at my shoulder.
Riflesmith
CGN Regular
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- On The Line
Sceery jackrabbit in distress also. On the windy prairies it is deep and coarse enough. My go to as well. Even with the supplied dumby string I still lose em.
Do you just howl with the Knight and Hale, or can you do some realistic barks or yelps? I have one, and am finding it a challenge.
saskgunowner101
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- middle of Sask
Santa dropped off a Knight and Hale mega howler for me and I'm wondering the same. I seem to get the howl nailed pretty good but the bark seems too aggressive and no yelps.....
My favorites (and they always come with me) are:
1. Verminator Long Range Tweety open reed call (capable of very loud calling over the full range from distress calls to howls).
2. Government Hunter Cottontail (GHC) Predator double reed with coaxer. Not great in really cold weather because of the closed reed but I like the fact that you can do distress on one end, and then turn around the call and do squeaks at the other end.
1. Verminator Long Range Tweety open reed call (capable of very loud calling over the full range from distress calls to howls).
2. Government Hunter Cottontail (GHC) Predator double reed with coaxer. Not great in really cold weather because of the closed reed but I like the fact that you can do distress on one end, and then turn around the call and do squeaks at the other end.
You can buy that call at the U.S. Cabelas.com, item number 2UG-220121
They have the cottontail and jackrabbit call for $13.00 each.
I just ordered one to try it out
The one I use the most, and which I find the most versatile, is a Sceery AP-6 Variable Predator call. Very easy to use without the freeze-up problems that plague the closed reed calls in cold weather, and more forgiving than an open reed call. With a bit of practice, you can also turn that thing into a very decent cow elk call.
My other go-to call is a Sceery double reed / double barrel open reed call. Huge volume on that thing (makes my ears ring), so it needs to be used in the right conditions or not at all. But it's been an invaluable tool for bringing 'yotes in from great distances. Haven't seen it for sale anywhere lately, so I'm not sure if they make it anymore.
In the end, though, I've called in coyotes with all kinds of mouth-blown calls. Any decent call is going to do the job -- and I'm quite convinced that 90% of anyone's success comes from the set-up, not the sound. A great many coyotes respond to a call but are never seen due to poor visibility on the approach, or spotting / scenting the hunter. The call you choose to use is, truly, not that important compared to the other details.
My 2 cents...
My other go-to call is a Sceery double reed / double barrel open reed call. Huge volume on that thing (makes my ears ring), so it needs to be used in the right conditions or not at all. But it's been an invaluable tool for bringing 'yotes in from great distances. Haven't seen it for sale anywhere lately, so I'm not sure if they make it anymore.
In the end, though, I've called in coyotes with all kinds of mouth-blown calls. Any decent call is going to do the job -- and I'm quite convinced that 90% of anyone's success comes from the set-up, not the sound. A great many coyotes respond to a call but are never seen due to poor visibility on the approach, or spotting / scenting the hunter. The call you choose to use is, truly, not that important compared to the other details.
My 2 cents...
