Learning to use hand calls

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Just getting started coyote hunting prompted by a coyote problem with my livestock.

I want to learn to use the hand calls and have been listening to sounds online. In the meantime I thought I would try a Stewart tape, until I master the hand calls. I could also listen to the tape in the truck and practice the sounds.

Then I wondered if there is a "teaching" tape or a tape with a variety of sounds that might be available?

Any suggestions on best way learn the calls?

BC
 
Pretty much all the coyote calling videos have a little ditty about handcall usage. No calling vid collection would be complete without "Calling Coyotes with Randy Anderson". That and any of the ones put out by any call maker should learn you real well. Here is a link to Randys vid. http://callingcoyotes.com/

Take care and good luck.
 
When it comes to making the "right" sound, ballpark, if not parking lot, is all you actually need. Personally, I think that there's way too much emphasis on mastering the perfect sound in calling coyotes when there are simply so many other aspects of calling that take precedence over this aspect. I've got a particular sound that I like to use, and I've yet to hunt with anyone else that sounded just like me. In fact, I've heard a few guys that sounded downright terrible, but by golly, they call coyotes. I've heard a thouand or more jackrabbits die and each of them sounds differently from the rest. As long as you're close to what you hear on the tapes - "close" being defined as something being torn limb from limb - then your sound should be fine.

Having said that, there are a lot of other aspects of calling which deserve your attention. Approach and setup are crucial. If you broadcast your presence to everyone and everything around just getting into where you plan to sit, you've shot yourself in the foot. Hide the truck, use the terrain and cover to get where you want to call from. Set up so you can see to your downwind side. Once you start, sit still. Too much movement is, in my opinion, the number one killer of decent stands in new callers. Camo isn't always necessary. In fact, there are a lot of guys that just don't use it. I think it helps immensely, but you don't HAVE TO have it. Just wear neutral colors. You may have already been aware of much of this. Either way, good luck and keep us posted on your progress.
 
Crit'r calls are available with an instructional tape. Try him at Crit'r Calls. Rich Cronk has a tape he sends out with his howlers and other calls. Rich's site ishere. Bill Porter also has a tape available. Try him at his web site. Those are the ones I know of. I am sure there are others.

Paul
 
The beauty of blowing a mouth call for predators is that you don't really have to master it at all. Just pick it up, make it sound so awful that you can hardly stand to listen to it yourself, and you are very capable of calling in a predator with that very sound. The real keys to hunting anything are location, concealment, and getting in undetected to begin with. If you can do those three things, there is no reason you can't start blowing your call right away and expect to see some results. Granted there is still a lot to learn about mouth calls, and practice will inevetibaly make you better, especially with howlers, but in my opinion the best place to practice is out in the field. Once you call in that first dog, you will be amazed at how fast you forget about your electronic caller. Good luck to you.
 


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