If it is any time in Feb. or early March, I'd favor the howler.
Two winters ago, in late Feb., I took only a howler with me to go calling, on purpose, to force myself to try something new. What I did was to mimic the female "yip, yip, yip" much like what is heard on one of Randy A's video, when the male and female were apparently trying to mate. I've also heard this sound before, once. So, that was all I did that day, and I called in and killed two coyotes. What had me scratching my head is that they were both females and were both in heat /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I use a howler rarely up until about late Jan. and on, and it really seems to work wonders as the breeding season approaches, and the coyotes that have heard my other "tricks" have yet to hear my "coyote voice" talking!
