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TOM64
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posted January 31, 2006 09:41 PM
What's been your best day calling number wise? And what do you think made it such a good day? Any tips you'd like to share on hunting the "tough days"?
One of the reasons I ask is even though I've been at this about half my life, sometimes it seems like every coyote I've ever called must have been by accident. I know it's tough this time of year but this is making me doubt everything I thought I ever knew about calling. (which isn't much)
Sincerely, baffled in Okieland.
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albert
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posted January 31, 2006 10:21 PM
I'm going to blunt here but I have ask do you mean calling or killing? there is a huge difference. Calling is way easier than killing. IMHO.
Personally good day's are easy. It's the tough day's that tell the tale.
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Tim Behle
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posted February 01, 2006 03:50 AM
My best day of calling, I didn't have a gun with me. But I called in 16 coyotes in three stands and my son shot three of them. One on each stand.
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TOM64
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posted February 01, 2006 05:20 AM
Sorry, I mean killed while calling, no drive by's, no ambushes over a dead cow just called and killed coyotes. My best day has been 5 but I likely will never see that again the way it's going. I used a critr call and a talley ho, it was a cold day and just seemed like everything was hungry and it was in Febuary.
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pup
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posted February 01, 2006 05:51 AM
7, 3 of which I shot , 1 that my son shot, 3 that my pard shot. Called with the same calls. 6 inches of snow was on the ground, and wind was light, mid January, 2002. It hasn't even been close since. We seen 22 that day. On those hard days, about all we do is keep hunting. My chances to go are fewer and farther between, so we just stay out, sometimes just looking out over a blank pasture is better than stareing at the house.
I think Okieland has changed!!
later
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Rich
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posted February 01, 2006 06:35 AM
My best day happened in north texas. First stand in the morning I called three coyotes and killed three. Second stand was across the river and maybe a mile north. Called two coyotes and killed both. Sun had not yet cleared the hills to my east. I called one more coyote on last stand of the day just before dark and killed him too.
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Richard Grantham
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posted February 01, 2006 07:22 AM
This sounds like a shameless brag- but its fact. In 1960 contest me and a pardner killed 195 couyotes in 18 weeks of contest. But best day was south texas on christmas vacation, myself and 2 brother-in-laws killed 21 one morning, we had coyotes coming in groups and frequently killed 3, we would call facing outward and covered 360'. Back in those days almost no one called or even belived it could be done.
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Leonard
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posted February 01, 2006 08:55 AM
Yeah, those "best" days make up for a lot of failures.
I remember one snow fly, (damn, never thought I'd have the chance to use that term) but, anyway, me and my partner were involved in a Club contest, hunting just north of Prescott. The coyotes were running all day and we had twelve before dark, so, figuring we had it won, we headed for home, didn't even hunt the next day.
I don't know why, but twelve has been a difficult number to break, for me? Equaled several times but never exceeded it/
But the question before us is when it's dead, and what do we do about it?
First, you have to be sure that you have coyotes in the area, confined area, or a twenty mile long valley. Once you are sure that there are coyotes present, but they just aren't interested, you have to come up with a solution.
For me, one solution is to move. Some people can't do that, sometimes I can't either. So, you keep plugging away, wait them out, or try many different things not normally in your standard bag of tricks.
I firmly believe that coyotes act in some mysterious group behavior, based on several factors, like barometric pressure, moon phases, weather conditions, and local abberations-forest fires, explosions, aerial shotgunning, etc.
Now, if your coyotes are hammered all day, every day, you need to hunt them at night, where you can. Believe it or not, there are places where it is reversed, so many spotlights and tape decks running all night long that the best way to hunt these animals is strictly daylights.
If you believe that there are not coyotes in your area, it's back to the same old story we have all heard before: you can't call them if they aren't there. Develop some new spots, take a trip out of state, etc. That should answer a few questions; is it YOU, or is it the area?
I have had some very good luck with unusual sounds with spooky coyotes. Combo sounds, or javalina distress sounds, various howls, puppy whines, house cat howls. You know; different stuff than what you normally use when they are running hard.
Everybody will have a bad day, and sometimes you can force the action, sometimes you can't? But, if you have extensive dry spells day after day and week after week, there is something going on, and you need to devote some time to solving the problem. Like Murry Burnham once said: sometimes this stuff doesn't work?
Good hunting. LB
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Krustyklimber
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posted February 01, 2006 10:26 AM
"It's the tough days that tell the tale."
I could win a Pulitzer Prize. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Never had a good day, by these standards. But I keep on keepin' on.
At least Tom knows (now) he once knew something (back then), that'd be worth a lot to me.
Here's my tip; If the tough days are tougher than you, quit. If they're not, dig deep and find the motivation to keep trying.
The next stand you decide to give up on (or the last one), could've been the one that broke the cycle?
When you get to five years of tough days, remember "Krusty has been through more than this". ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
When you get to your sixth year, call me, I'll let you cry on my shoulder. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
On the climbing site we had a saying for situations like this (fear, lack of motivation, lack of confidence, etc), "shut up and climb"...
Tom,
It could be worse, you could be MY hunting pard'! And live HERE!!
SHUT UP AND HUNT! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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TOM64
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posted February 01, 2006 01:37 PM
Careful Krusty, there's a fine line between motivation and stupidity. I've crossed it several times. Last Saturday was one of those times, we were hunting a contest and called in the rain from daylight till about 2:00 mostly using my partners new FX3 in a zip lock bag. Had one otter come out of a creek and check out the caller then back in he went. Finaly called a cat about 5:00 but he didn't stick around long then called in a coyote about 5:30 on the same stand. At dark while we were driving out they were howling everywhere, you just have to wonder, why me?
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albert
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posted February 01, 2006 04:02 PM
I hear Leonard on the #12 we have killed 12 in a day a few times but have never exceeded it. It takes lots of stands and hopefully a few multiple's.
One thing that has seemed to work once in a while is start to start making stands. I have a tendancy to start looking for the perfect place when calling gets tough. The result is my stands per hour start dropping. Sometimes you just have to start makeing stands. For sure you can't call them if you are driving around. We have started making a bunch of short stands and then all of a sudden things turn around and you double your kill in the last hour and half of daylight.
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Richard Grantham
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posted February 01, 2006 08:07 PM
I agree with Albert and Leonard, move and try more stands. If you live where you can, try moving about a mile, try, move another mile, try, do this all day and you WILL call in something. If you have really bad luck ( I'm not saying the K word here ) :>), try with really experience caller and try different country.
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onecoyote
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posted February 02, 2006 09:03 AM
Richard, I put those pictures up in the museum, thanks again. Was your 195 coyotes 2nd to Del and Bennys 264 coyotes that year?
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Az-Hunter
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posted February 02, 2006 01:06 PM
Two years ago, right around this time of year. Had a good storm blow thru the night before, and just a drizzle at morning, then stopped with over cast rest of day. The hell of it was, I had a partner that was to come with me, but he had to beg off the night before, so had no one to both enjoy the success, or share in it.
I called 12 coyotes and killed nine of them. I only took 15 rounds with me, which is usually enough for three days hunting:) I had shot my last shot at around 10:30 in the morning, and wished like hell I had half a dozen more rounds.
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Leonard
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posted February 02, 2006 01:18 PM
Quit holding back, Vic. You are so modest! I would bet you have had at least twenty coyote days.
Good hunting. LB
edit: when I'm running low on ammo, I try to line them up for 2fers.
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Rich Higgins
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posted February 02, 2006 03:53 PM
WOW Vic, you called 12 coyotes and killed 9 of them in 3 1/2 hours!!! If you fired 15 rounds that means 6 of them were eunuchs. That has to be a good story.
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sparkyibewlocal440
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posted February 02, 2006 06:53 PM
Last December,calling solo,called in a pair and 5 singles for a total of 7 kills for the day.It was overcast and chilly,just North of Upland.
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Az-Hunter
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posted February 02, 2006 07:14 PM
LOL Rich,naw, it means under pressure, I shoot just as sloppy as anyone else can at times.The first stand I called in a herd of 20 or so antelope, which came right to the speaker, snorting and stomping at 30 yards. After a minute or so, all 20 heads snapped to the south, which of course made me look too, in came a big male, stopped right in front of the antelope,and I had to wait till he was departing, so I wouldn't worry about a miss or pass thru and bag a goat. A minute later,my deaf ears heard one pounding in from behind me, passed 15 feet to my left, then swept to my right, killed him too.
Mind you, I was calling country like Wiley works in, not a bush or shrub for miles, just big rolling grass country.Every coyote I called that day, I could see coming from hundreds of yards away,and the ones I killed ended up 30-60 yards in front of my rifle.
Second stand, called four, which I could see coming from 600 yards or so, strung out in single file. You know how in those cases one or two always are way ahead of the bunch. Im not one to think logistically and shoot the far coyotes, I take the money shot every time. I killed three of the four, and threw a couple silly shots, at the south end of the far remaining coyote that I shouldnt have shot at.
I called in two more pairs,and two singles, killing one each of the pairs,and got the two singles. An amazing day for me, Ive seen more coyotes in a days outing, but they were not all called coyotes. This day, everything was a called animal, Ive never done better than that Leonard, you contest guys amaze me, but you put in more hours than I ever thought of hunting.
Tim knows right where I hunted that day, but it's locked up for eternity now, damned shame,lots of antelope, lots of wide open country,and lots of coyotes.
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Doggitter
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posted February 02, 2006 07:28 PM
My best was 4 in a day, so far. That was 2 each from 2 stands. Didn't see any others that day. And that was just a couple weeks ago. I've called in somewhere between 10 and 15 a day but I haven't been good at connecting in the past.
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UTcaller
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posted February 02, 2006 07:46 PM
Two 7 coyote days is my best days of called/killed coyotes both times in Nevada.
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2dogs
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posted February 02, 2006 07:54 PM
Best day callin = 1 canine called/killed
Best day spot/stalking = 3 canines killed
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Tim Behle
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posted February 02, 2006 08:38 PM
Hey Vic,
If you come and pick me up on Sunday Morning, we can try out my new bolt cutters.
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onecoyote
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posted February 02, 2006 08:53 PM
I don't remember my best day of calling to be honest.
This year I got 8 coyotes by myself in about three hours of calling, thought that was good for an old guy lol.
I'm sure I've done better in Mexico, just don't remember.
Predator calling is not just a daytime sport in many states. Predators are more active at night but nobody talks to much about it.
If you can hunt at night, what's your best take? Bet it's more then in the day lol.
Hey, it's something to talk about.
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Rich Higgins
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posted February 02, 2006 09:22 PM
Vic, call me first and we'll both pick up Tim. I'll bring my camera and my 6mm master key.
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Jay Nistetter
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posted February 02, 2006 10:05 PM
Not really my best but one lucky day I got 5 with my Python. I've managed doubles with a handgun 2 times and it was probably the pinnacle of all my calling.
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