When I first started calling coyotes with a cassette caller quite often I was being challenged by coyotes and I thought I was busted. I thought the challenge sounds I was hearing was alarm barking.
If a coyote challenges you there is a very good chance that you can call in that coyote or coyotes.
I have Male Coyote Challenge 4 sound as one of my pre-set sounds on full blast volume on my FoxPro e-callers. I can challenge the coyotes right back very quickly and they don't like it. The more you can tick that coyote off the better chance you have of calling it in.
Last Wednesday morning on my first stand when it was barely light enough to see I had some coyotes calling about 800 to 1000 yards straight down wind of me and there was a single coyote around 500 to 700 yards away straight up wind of me calling back to the coyotes behind me.
I was going to start out with a rabbit distress sound but since I had coyotes on both side of me I started out with "Coyote Pair " sound.
Coyote Pair had not played for 15 seconds when the coyote up wind of me started challenging my Coyote Pair. I hit my pre-set button and challenged him back with Male Coyote Challenge 4 on full volume.
After challenging this coyote for about 30 seconds I switched to Pup Distress 3 on full volume. About two minutes later a male coyote was standing right in front of my FoxPro so I shot him with my shotgun.
Learn what the coyote male and female challenges sound like. If you get challenged by coyotes they think the sounds you are making may be caused by other coyotes. If they think you are a coyote the odds are now in your favor.
If you challenge them back with a sound that sounds just like the sound they are making it really ticks them off. If they go silent they may be headed your way.
If they keep challenging you go to coyote growls, pup distress, pup screams, coyote death cry or some kiyi sounds and then back to the challenge sounds.
Mixing up these coyotes sounds can trigger a ticked off coyote or coyotes to come charging right in.
