Wow sleddog, that was some post. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I thought we talked about this already. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
You obviously have a lot of experience calling coyotes. I agree that experience is a key factor in coyote hunting success, and that there are callers out there with varying degrees of skill...varsity, JV, or however you choose to describe it.
But you can't discount differences in states, areas within states, northern/southern coyote habits, etc. I have spent many a cold winter stand calling in NJ and PA with limited success. This is compared to my one and only coyote hunting trip out west, which was in Texas. Within the first 30 to 40 minutes of the hunt, I called and killed this one:
This was not a guided hunt. It was just two dumb guys from NJ trying out coyote calling in a southwestern state. My calling experience at the time was what I would consider "adequate." My buddy had no calling experience whatsoever. But in my mind, there is a huge difference in coyote population density and calling response in the southwest as compared to the northeast. I believe the same factors exist in the various parts of the northeast.
You are a big proponent of calling experience as THE factor in predator hunting success. Again, I agree it is a factor, but it is not the ONLY factor.
Just my .02.
