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Posted by Rick (Member # 500) on January 08, 2005, 04:42 PM:
First time on this message board. I like the site. I live between 22-250 and Leonard. I'm just getting into predator calling. Trying to decide whether to join one of the local varmint clubs and which e-caller to buy.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on January 08, 2005, 07:17 PM:
Rick,
Welcome to the board, and to calling predators in general. No better hunting around. I don't belong to any clubs since we don't have any such critters around here. But, I can bet that joining one and getting in good with those guys would be a fasttrack to learning the ropes.
As far as e-callers go, I have to quote old Q and ask you if you wanna be a DJ or a predator caller? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Buy yourself a good coupla handcalls and learn the ropes the right way. Not that hard. Good luck.
Lance
Posted by Basil Banghart (Member # 380) on January 08, 2005, 09:15 PM:
Welcome to the board. Murrieta is where I first started hunting. It looked alot different 40 years ago.
Posted by GUTPILE (Member # 448) on January 09, 2005, 03:56 PM:
Hi Rick, I'm new also. I like these guys because you feel like you've been here awhile.
Posted by Greenside (Member # 10) on January 10, 2005, 05:06 AM:
Welcome Rick! Gotta agree with Lance, join a club and find yourself a mentor. A couple of days with someone who knows the ropes will save you a couple of years of trial and error.
Dennis
Posted by Rick (Member # 500) on January 10, 2005, 04:57 PM:
Thanks for the input guys. I purchased a couple of hand calls and a squeeker recently and have been trying to mock some of the sounds I downloaded from Varmintal.com. web site. Don't know for sure if I'm improving or not, but I did find out its a sure way to vacate my computor room. Also gonna camo my old Rem.788 223 cal. rifle this week and maybe...just maybe find an experienced caller willing to swap gas and food for a little "hands on" experience in the near future.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on January 10, 2005, 05:42 PM:
Rick, good luck on the handcalls and squeaker. In your efforts, try to mimic but not reproduce exactly. All too often, the sounds you hear on e-callers, etc., are the sounds everyone is using and the same sounds all the coyotes are hearing as well. If you go your own route and try to produce a convincing yet unique sound, you'll have that unique edge on the competition when it counts most and be offering a sound that is fresh to the ears that count the most. Most of the time, I use a cadence and sequence that sounds similar to the typical Johnny Stewart jackrabbit tape that everyone has heard. But, when times get tough, I go outside the box and really stir things up, lean more on bird distress trills or fawn bleats - anything "new" to the coyotes. Just a suggestion. Good luck
Posted by Rick (Member # 500) on January 15, 2005, 08:19 AM:
Got a chance to try calling a couple of days ago on some private land near the Mexico border in
Chula Vista/Otay area. The area shows lots of coyote sign and I set up at a couple of places to try my luck. (I'm suppose to be at work on a $500 million road project our company has been awarded nearby but decided to take a very early long lunch break instead) I don't know if I actually called in a couple of coyotes I spotted at my first setup after trying my hurt cottontail
call but couldn't get them closer than 410yds. according to my rangefinder. No luck on my second setup. Heading back to the jobsite boundaries I stop my truck within 125 yds. of another coyote along the road and am able to stop him from trotting away with my squeaker for about 2-3minutes. No guns allowed on jobsites or in company vehicles. Question...If I continue
to practice when I'm in the area with no guns around, will the coyotes quickly become educated
and the calling them in closer more difficult??
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