How to use handcalls for coyotes

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As a coyote call maker I have been noticing more and more guys who have picked up coyote calling with e calls but then when they get into it and want to learn handcalls they don't know where to start.
I made this quick video to help guys out when trying to learn and pick what calls worked for them. Feel free to let me know what you think! I'm new to the video thing so any criticism is welcome!

 
A very helpful video for many, I'm sure. So many folks in the current generation of hunters actually started with e-calls -- whereas the rest of us grey-hairs grew up thinking PS Olt was state of the art :) Now, after many years of using both, I vastly prefer the mouth blown calls. E-calls are certainly effective and extremely versatile -- but nothing beats the sense of hands-on involvement that comes with "being" the prey animal luring in the predator. And it's certainly a more challenging game, as the sound is coming from the exact spot you're sitting in, and Wiley Coyote comes in with all his senses locked in on your location. Now trade in your rifle for a bow, and you have a real contest going on -- but that's a conversation for another thread :)
 
I have used many commercial yote calls years ago...but i will pass on one tip here seeing as New Years is close. collect all the new years eve party noise makers you can fit in your pocket, rip the paper ends off and discard just saving the plastic squealer end. They are fragile so you need lots to last until next party but man, they make the best calls I have ever used. They are shrill & carry a long ways ( especially at 2 Am on a very cold moonlight night...)
 
Neo said:
A very helpful video for many, I'm sure. So many folks in the current generation of hunters actually started with e-calls -- whereas the rest of us grey-hairs grew up thinking PS Olt was state of the art :) Now, after many years of using both, I vastly prefer the mouth blown calls. E-calls are certainly effective and extremely versatile -- but nothing beats the sense of hands-on involvement that comes with "being" the prey animal luring in the predator. And it's certainly a more challenging game, as the sound is coming from the exact spot you're sitting in, and Wiley Coyote comes in with all his senses locked in on your location. Now trade in your rifle for a bow, and you have a real contest going on -- but that's a conversation for another thread :)
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Hey, I resent the implication that I am a "grey-hair"; I'm actually a "no-hair"! :)

I've played a lot with E-callers over the past ten years, and freely admit they are the easiest and most efficient method for calling in lots of dogs...but I completely agree that a called-and-killed coyote taken using only a mouth-call is far more satisfying. Mouth-calls are to E-callers what traditional iron-sighted muzzleloaders are to scoped long-distance bolt action rifles. Not as "good", but in many ways much better. :)

Terrific video, hope to see more from you. Do you have a website?
 
jjohnwm said:
Hey, I resent the implication that I am a "grey-hair"; I'm actually a "no-hair"! :)

I've played a lot with E-callers over the past ten years, and freely admit they are the easiest and most efficient method for calling in lots of dogs...but I completely agree that a called-and-killed coyote taken using only a mouth-call is far more satisfying. Mouth-calls are to E-callers what traditional iron-sighted muzzleloaders are to scoped long-distance bolt action rifles. Not as "good", but in many ways much better. :)

Terrific video, hope to see more from you. Do you have a website?
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I will freely admit that even though I'm a handcall guy I often bring an e call along with me..I find the handcalls are faster on the fly and can provide a lot more realism and feeling to a stand when used in tandem with the e call. If I have to walk far or am running shotgun on heavy bush I can just leave the e call in the truck and go in light. It's great to have options.
I sure do have a website.
Trophycountrycalls.ca
 
I've used hand calls for close to half a century, I did go the E-caller route, simply to get the animals focus away from my exact location as they are darn good at pegging you. Having said that, hand calls are much better at finess and control, and I always have several on a lanyard around my neck... the sound is more realistic and authentic than digital calls out of a speaker, and sometimes they just respond better to mouth blown calling, IME.
 
Your video is good... you might just want to zoom out a bit so that there is a foot visible over your head... just nice to see all of the subject.

P.S - I have been using that same hoodie from Cabela's aswell as their camo over set... I like it alot, cuts the wind and the snow doesn't stick to it all while being light weight and packable.

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I bring my handcalls everytime I take my rifle.

My foxpro sits at home.

I know of 2 other guys with foxpros that hunt same area as me. I have even been out and heard one of them blasting lighting jack for 10minutes straight at full volume.

I like handcalls because I can add more emotion to the call, cover it off and on to make it more realistic like the rabbit is being smothered.

If a coyote gets vocal I will imitate them and cut them off.

I seen this coyote at 500 yards when he first appeared this morning. By the time I got the gun moved over and ready he hard charged into 100 yards and I had to woof stop him at 75 yards before he hit my wind. I still can't believe how fast he covered that 400+yards in the fresh 6" of snow we got.

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DVXDUDE said:
I bring my handcalls everytime I take my rifle.

My foxpro sits at home.

I know of 2 other guys with foxpros that hunt same area as me. I have even been out and heard one of them blasting lighting jack for 10minutes straight at full volume.

I like handcalls because I can add more emotion to the call, cover it off and on to make it more realistic like the rabbit is being smothered.

If a coyote gets vocal I will imitate them and cut them off.

I seen this coyote at 500 yards when he first appeared this morning. By the time I got the gun moved over and ready he hard charged into 100 yards and I had to woof stop him at 75 yards before he hit my wind. I still can't believe how fast he covered that 400+yards in the fresh 6" of snow we got.

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That's exactly why I always have hand calls even when I have the FoxPro. Playing the same recorded sound can't ever beat the realism and emotion that can be put into a handcall
Thanks for your support!
 
Yotarunner said:
As a coyote call maker I have been noticing more and more guys who have picked up coyote calling with e calls but then when they get into it and want to learn handcalls they don't know where to start.
I made this quick video to help guys out when trying to learn and pick what calls worked for them. Feel free to let me know what you think! I'm new to the video thing so any criticism is welcome!

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Great video Thanks.
 
E-call's work well in remote area's.

Where coyotes are dumber than a sack of hammer's

In hard hit radio land coyotes smart up real quick. The young ones that were kicked out of the den excluded.

After a while they know every frikken radio station being played to them. The dog species is not stupid.

That is when the hand call starts working.
 
I should be bringing my foxpro just for the Foxbang feature. Having it set up 100 yards away and it blasts pup distress from the sound of a gunshot works so well when you have multiple coyotes. They stop for a look everytime.
 
I my area, everybody has a foxpro and has educated almost all the coyotes! They’re extremely hard to hunt but the mouthcalls add the inflection and realism the e calls just can’t.
 
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