Coyote locating siren

We have a fox pro sound, Coyote locating siren.
It sounds just like a fire truck.






Sirens make turkeys gobble too



 
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Sirens do not work well most places I hunt.Feed trucks use sirens to call cattle around here,I use coyote serenade howls with pretty good results
 
So I've never used a siren or even seen one used.

Two friends that kill coyotes for a living have told me they used the gov't issued old hand crank style sirens many years ago. But they have both been using coyote vocals instead for many years now. One uses sounds he recorded himself on an e-caller, the other uses his own voice. Both rely very heavily on locating to do their jobs. I don't rely on it very much, for my style of run and gun recreational calling. But I've found the e-caller coyote vocals pretty effective. And surprisingly, my voice howls actually seem to work way better than I think they should.

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Thanks for the input. I am going to stay away from vocals to locate, they will actually call in the coyotes in the situation which will educate them to the howl sound and situation. Siren sounds are not likely to trigger a coyote to come into call to check it out like a howl would. The theory is siren will trigger coyotes to vocalize like a dog that is in town that barks when it hears sirens.
 
Originally Posted By: ZTRAIN13Thanks for the input. I am going to stay away from vocals to locate, they will actually call in the coyotes in the situation which will educate them to the howl sound and situation. Siren sounds are not likely to trigger a coyote to come into call to check it out like a howl would. The theory is siren will trigger coyotes to vocalize like a dog that is in town that barks when it hears sirens.

Sounds like you answered your own question.
 
No actually my original question was, what types of sirens to use to locate? Types of sirens like firetruck, police, ambulance, emergency, air raid, tornado, fall out, etc.... A coyote howl is far different from a siren.
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In big open country, locating coyotes may not help you much unless you try to set up and call them in right away.

Coyotes that you do locate could very easily be 2 miles away in 30 minutes.

Most all of the coyotes that we have called in over the years were located with a distress sound. When we see a coyote running towards our Foxpro we know we have just located a coyote.
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I wonder what percent of the time coyotes don't get vocal when they do hear a siren?
 
I know around here, seems like some groups of coyotes are vocal ONLY when hear a siren. Have talked to more than a few people that never hear coyotes, don't think any in their area. And then a siren goes by.
 
Have often considered riding around at night, hitting the siren in likely areas, see if any response. Could be more time effective than seeing areas that "look like should have coyotes", knock on a few doors to get permission, come back several times to find out that the coyotes don't really frequent that area. And also feel that should not locate with howls unless are set up & have access to a trigger.
 
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Originally Posted By: ZTRAIN13No actually my original question was, what types of sirens to use to locate? Types of sirens like firetruck, police, ambulance, emergency, air raid, tornado, fall out, etc.... A coyote howl is far different from a siren.
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Ah. I doubt a coyote can tell the difference between a firetruck, police or ambulance. Can you? I know around here when a siren goes off ( I have no idea what emergency vehicle it's coming from) the coyotes in the area usually start howling...along with most the neighborhood dogs.

I knew guys back in the day that had a siren recording they'd use at night. Usually on some deserted desert highway. They said it worked to locate coyotes. I never tried it.
 


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