If I only had one, It would be a distress call. I used to howl first, than wait and distress call, ala randy anderson. But I watched les and jeff's video, and they start out with a lip squeak, and I don't think they howl at all. They do all right too. So I knoww lip squeak for a couple of minutes, then go into the distress call for about ten. If nothing has come yet, I wait a couple and give a series of high pitch lonsome howls, wait a few minutes, and me and my partner howl together exceitedly. after a short wait I give some weak rabbit in ditress, followed right up with a few ky-yi's. If nothing by now, we move.
The howl plays an important role in this sequence, but isn't necessary. I feel anything that is itching to respond will come right off to the rabbit distress. The distress sounds represent alot of situations. A fox, lion, bobcat, coyote, coon, etc.. could be getting the rabbit. This wide variety of situations it represents i believe is the optimal way to get a respomse right off. A howl represents a coyote howling, that's it, and the coyote has to be in the right frame of mind to come to just a howl.
By ending my sequence with the howling, I try to get the wary dogs to come in at the end of the set-up. DAn
