Originally Posted By: reb8600I have it on my Fox Pro but forget to use it. I have seen the argument that it teaches coyotes to go after children. The way I see it is 2 things may happen.
One, the coyote comes in and is killed. That coyote will not attack a child.
Two, The hunter misses the coyote therefore educating him that if he comes into the sound he will be shot at. That coyote is not going to come to the sound again.
There are those that will swear that we cause attacks because of using that sound. I do not agree with them at all. With all the attacks that are happening, I dont thing that can connect one of them with a hunter using that sound.
This sounds like something you'd hear from a gaggle of old guys at the café coffee counter or in a gun shop (from a former Marine Scout Sniper who "did time in the sandbox").
There's a pretty complete list of attacks by coyotes on children available on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_attacks_on_humans#On_children
If the naysayers want to try and draw a correlation between the use of infant distress sounds and a coyote attack on a child in Hollywood, Chicago, Universit of California at Riverside, or any of the other urban areas listed, they can waste their time.