I'm in south central Iowa surrounded by crop lands. My own 30 acres has rolling pastures and a small pond. During the late spring, I called in two dogs from the corn field across the road from my house. I could hear them yipping in the evening hours. The next morning, I headed to a high point in that field and backed myself into the tree line and waited. Not 5 minutes and the first dog showed up. I shot and killed her at 250 yards with a .223. Next day the Dog showed up....same way. I got him at 287 yards, heading back to their den. I shot two pups from that den the next morning, and haven't seen anymore since (although I spoted a toltal of 5 pups), but I can hear them yipping in the evening hours, still. I used a Carlson Carry Rabbit in Distress call along with a Screery Howler, which I have to admit, I'm not very good with. Almost hate to use the darn thing for fear of blurting out a wrong note. Another place I've hunted is a friends cow farm. Again, I shot a young male in the early morning back in the late spring using the same rabbit in distress call. He came out of a bean field and headed right towards the barn I was hiding in. It seems that this farm has lost almost all their barn cats to the coyotes, so the farmer was very happy to see at least one gone. I haven't been able to call another in at that place either. Perhaps this is a case of beginners luck. Several hunters shot a deer just down the road from me a few days ago and field dressed in an area I can see from my kitchen window. This road is a farm road and hardley used. I figured it a good place to ambush a hungry yote...none came, for if they did, it had to be at night. The only critter I saw at this gut pile was a Redtail Hawk. Funny thing is we do hear the coyotes, so we know they are around. Maybe there are just two many gut piles for them to feed on and they're not interested in rabbits. Other possibility is I suck at this. I have no one here to teach me how to do this....I go out alone. Sure could use a mentor.