Howling Sequence

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JT

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How does your calling stand go when you are howling. What type of howl do you start with and how long between calls. I have learned to make the various howls and barks but have no idea when to use them. Thanks
 
Welcome JT to best place on the net to talk about predators.
I am a transplanted OKIE my self and am still only a few miles from the line.
I can not answer your question myself but others here will be able to help.
 
JT,

I find that I have been most successful howling when I start with an interogation howl or invitation howl. Then I wait at least five minutes. I have had a few yotes come in without howling back.

When a coyote howls back at me I determine whether it is a response to an invitation or if it is a territorial howl which is shorter and more agressive. If it is only a response I don't howl any longer, I wait for a while, and if I don't see it I use a rabbit distress call to lure it in. If the coyote howls back with a territorial howl then I challenge it once to get it worked up and then I wait. If you are in the coyotes territory he will probably come check you out.

That is what has worked for me.
 
Thanks for the help. I hunt an area with plenty of coyotes but they are pressured and I have found that when I change calls I can usually expect an increase in successful stands but to be honest I am running out of new calls!! I am pumped up about howling and can't wait to give it a shot. Thanks again.
 
JT- Funny you should ask. Sometime soon, there will be a 2-part series in Trapper magazine covering this very issue. I strung the words together with the help of a couple master callers, notably Rich Higgins in Arizona. Don't miss it because part 1 outlines the four main howls and how to make them, and part 2 builds a foundation upon which you can develop your own howling technique. Long story less long... I'm not familiar with an interrogation howl and don't know how you would distinguish it from any other lone howl, but knowing how to do a lone howl is a good way to start. I start my stand with a lone howl. Wait a couple minutes. If I get a verbal response, answer back. If it's a threat bark - 2-3 short barks followed by an almost screaming wavering howl that the coyote repeats - threaten him back in the same manner. Oftentimes, he'll come in if you're near the territorial core. If he's just barking at you, do a high pitched ki-yi to simulate a pup in distress. Under no circumstances should you just bark (unless he barks first), since there is no such thing as a friendly bark to coyotes. If no response, go ahead and use rabbit squeals, adding in a lone howl once in a while. Remember, lone howls have umteen meanings to coyotes. Others will tell you to use them as locators. Don't do it. You'll ocasionally get one to answer, but in far more cases they'll just come in to investigate you. Howling is much more complex than regular calling, but the study time is well worth the effort. Good luck. (BTW, we're hoping for the pieces to be in the Dec. and Jan. issues, but no guarantees.)
 
J.T go out and listen to the dogs pay good attn to them do as they do if not to sure let them howl fist then mock youll get the hang of it.
 
hey im new to this site and new to calling. my first experience with calling was two nights ago right before dark.i was working a clear cut area with an electronic caller and cottontail distress tape.after my first series of calls i new i was going to see something as the owls started hooting,and a coyote answered back from what seemed like a mile away.
after a short while at[ very close] range a coyote howled one long howl which was immediatly followed by the rest of the pack joining in .i was sure they were coming out of the swamp and join me on the hill but when they were finished with their howling i did not see or here any more from them . my question to you guys is if they smelled me did they let me know my gig was up buy howling a goodbye song
 
THANKS LONE HOWL MAN THIS IS SURE A GREAT SITE TO VISIT. AND AFTER MY FIRST SERIUOS TRY AT PREDATOR HUNTING MAN HAVE I BEEN MISSING OUT ON SOME FUN.NOT THAT IV BEEN SITTING IN THE HOUSE WATCHING T.V. I JUST NEVER TRIED IT.THE JOHNNY STEWART CALLER HAS BEEN SITTING ON THE SHELF FOR A LONG TIME SINCE MY BROTHER GAVE IT TO ME.IM HOOKED.
 
JT-

We hunt in Ok., in the central to southeast part of state. Howls have worked well. Normally use them after it gets to cooling off, at the first of set, start with a invitation/locator howl. During the later part of the winter/mating season have had some luck with challenge howls. I also look forward to the article in the magazine coming up.

later pup
 
I start out lone howl then wait, for them to answer back with there lone howl then i throw in some yips higher pitch howls or yodels and like stan my buddy said all hell breaks loose. then me and the dogs just quit and wait.
 
Thanks again for all of the help. I howled for the first time this weekend with success. I have to admit that I was a bit bashful about it at first. After blowing prey type calls for so long that howler sounds obscene. I gave a bark, long fairly high pitched howl followed my two barks. A young male showed himself about a minute and a half later(no response on his part). It was sure a good confidence builder. Thanks again
 


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