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albert
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posted January 15, 2004 05:16 PM
Do you start a stand loud and proud or soft and cozy?
I start loud and proud and here’s why. I believe that anything that would hear a soft and muffled sound would of heard me when I sat down and are already on the alert. I seldon travel more than a couple hundres yards from my truck average about 100 yards. I have had too many immediate responses to believe that the majority of coyotes are scared by a loud distress cry. Because of this I feel that I have wasted time by starting off at low volume it will just take longer for any that farther away to respond. I believe that the majority of coyotes that respond come from 600 yards and further away. Just because an animal is small doesn’t mean it’s quiet. A squawking magpie can easily be heard from over half a mile away.
This is my theory. What is yours? Don’t be afraid to be critical it’s one of the best ways to learn.
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Tim Behle
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posted January 15, 2004 05:22 PM
I call just as loud or a little louder than I think the animal I'm trying to imitate would sound. Start to finish. I don't think it sounds realistic to hear a rabbit screaming for mercy barely above a whisper.
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onecoyote
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posted January 15, 2004 05:38 PM
I don't start off soft either, I've always said a coyote is not scared of a 50 pound rabbit. That's how I do it, it don't make it right and it don't make it wrong either, because it works for me lol.
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Cdog911
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posted January 15, 2004 05:39 PM
[ February 20, 2004, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: Cdog911 ]
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pup
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posted January 16, 2004 06:56 AM
I ran over a momma rabbit last year with the brush hog. I was cleaning up around the vehicles when I noticed the nest that was left with a couple of babies still living. I whistled at the pup and she came over and grabbed one of them and it was not much louder than a coaxer if even
as loud.
Sometimes in some of the thicker stuff, where I think Bobcats might be or where there is some close cover, I will call softly the first series. Granddaddy and the instructional 45 from Johnny Stewart recomended starting this way. It can't hurt to call soft at first, in those situations.
I normally start most stands with a howl and as described in a previous post, as loud as the prey I am trying to imitate.
later pup
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Greenside
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posted January 16, 2004 07:04 AM
I think I'd be classified as a loud caller, but with mouth calls it's kind of hard to define loud. I'm much like Albert in the fact that most of the coyotes I call are probably in the 1/2 mile range, +/- When using open reed calls, I usually start somewhat soft for the first few seconds. More or less just to check the reed. After that I crank it up pretty good for all but the very end of the stand. Can't say that I've really had to many coyotes run away from loud, although I've suspected a few.
I'm not a big fan of crowding coyotes unless they make the mistake of telling me exactly where their located. More than likely I've busted more coyotes out from the noise of jumping fences and just walking than I have from loud calling.
Dennis
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Rich Higgins
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posted January 16, 2004 10:56 AM
My first series is aimed at the coyote napping in the wash 50 yards away. Second series is aimed at the coyotes half a mile away. Been working OK for me.
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Curt2u
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posted January 16, 2004 05:23 PM
I don't make much of an attempt to call quietly with a handcall. I just blow it. Can't recall scaring any off. They just come or they don't. I can usually see for quite some distance most places I call though.
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CrazyCooydog
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posted January 16, 2004 06:26 PM
It realy depends on the stand location and coyotes.If they a bit call shy I always start low and work it up to realy loud over bout 15 mins period,and normaly stay on stand for 25-40 mins.
If it's wide open I start medium loud for the first two series,then give it your all.
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If they are hang up out there just a bit too far,then ya just need bigger boom stick.(22-284 works great)
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