How long to keep an electronic call running?

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KSeago

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I Just bought a primos alpha dog electronic call but haven't had a chance to get out and use it yet. I'm new to calling coyotes, all the ones I've shot have been on the ranch and just happened to be there when I pulled in but my nephew has taken in interest in hunting and I want to show him an actual hunt and not just a "truck hunt".

My question is, with these electronic calls, how long do you leave one running? Do you let it run for 5 minutes than turn it off for 15 and then turn it back on or would you just leave it running the whole time you're sitting up somewhere?
 
How long would a rabbit cry if it were being attacked by something. My advice would be to go out and learn what works best for your area/style. Lots of people are going to give you a lot of different advice on this question. No one told me squat about how to do anything. Trial and error baby. Failure is an important part of learning. Just my $.02.
 
as long as it takes for a coyote to show up, or you feel it's time to change sounds or leave.

I personally let it roll for at least 5 minutes.

I say this because i can see when they are coming to the call. I have seen them pop up out of where they were laying, and start running..

Then you watch them coming and wow does a Coyote have A.D.D They get distracted at everything. They do it when you let the call go, but a lot more when I would pause.

Turn off the call and see it stop and start mousing.. So, i let it play.
 
I pretty much let the caller play non stop unless I am playing coyote vocal sounds.

If I am hunting with a rifle I will mute the sound when the coyote is at about 100 yards away to try and stop the coyote. Shutting the sound off will get the coyote to stop about half the time.

If you shut off the sound fairly often and no coyotes have heard the sound then your not calling while the sound is off. If they can't hear a sound they won't be coming to you.

Not all of the coyotes out there will be in a perfect spot to hear your sounds. If your sound is playing and the coyote moves to a better location or the wind changes direction a little the coyote may hear your sound. If your not playing a sound and if the wind changes or the coyote moves to a different spot it won't have a sound to hear.
 
There are as many answers to that questions as there are people with an answer. I call with both an e caller and mouth calls with probably equal success. I sure don't blow a mouth call continuously. Some successful callers never shut it of and some say call less, watch more. I actually start slowly and if the stand takes awhile call more frequently. So like Bail says, experiment and see what works for you. If you just bought an Alpha Dog it has pro series sets on it. That's a pretty good place to start.
 
Thanks for all the tips guys. I plan on picking him up from school tomorrow and going straight out to where I want to set up at. Saw 2 there last night and 3 there this morning. Hopefully since I left them alone they'll still be around tomorrow evening.
 
Usually, ya can just let it rip during the early season. If they are there, the young ones will come in like their tail is on fire. As the season progresses ya need to get more creative. If I call the same stand more than once a year, I will use a different sound. 80% of the time I let it play the same sound all through the stand and probably play it too loud. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I've just never had that much success switching sounds mid-stand. I'm probably the only guy on here who has never had a coyote come to pup distress at the end of a stand. I've scared a few away or got them hung up, but never had one charge in with pup distress. However, nobody showed me jack when I started and I'm self-taught, so what do I know.
 
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I will start out with low volume distress, run it for 30-45 seconds, then mute for a few minutes. I'll slowly ramp up the volume as I go, keeping with the shorter calls and longer pauses. I'll go back down on the volume and usually wind up the stand with some low volume rodent or bird distress. If nothing shows up after 10-15 mins of that I'll pack up and try a new spot.

I've had coyotes show up within a minute, so I always start mellow. Sometimes they're right on top of you before you know it and I feel the lower volume is more natural and less likely to spook a dog
 


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