Slapped in the face by smart coyotes

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KjBeachy

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Last night me and my buddies went hunting. I was in charge of calling. I decided to try more vocals than i normally do since i need practice there(ecall)

In our 4 stands we saw/heard 6 coyotes, but they just weren't interested. It seemed like i could always get them to howl by doing an invitation howl, wait a bit, then doing a lone female.

My question is, once you locate them with howls, how do you switch to distress, or do you switch to distress?
 
I don’t know about everyone else; but just because I get a coyote to howl has no indication they’re going to come to the call. More often than not it’s the ones that don’t howl that come into fhe call. I had a similar stand two nights ago, heard three different groups light up to the west, south, and east of me. All were just responding to the call but too far away to care about coming to my useless cries.
 
Originally Posted By: PursuerI don’t know about everyone else; but just because I get a coyote to howl has no indication they’re going to come to the call. More often than not it’s the ones that don’t howl that come into fhe call. I had a similar stand two nights ago, heard three different groups light up to the west, south, and east of me. All were just responding to the call but too far away to care about coming to my useless cries.

I should have specified a bit more. On one set a pair started working their way in from at least half a mile after they howled. However, they lost interest before they got in shooting range, and left.
 
I'll start by saying that some of the guys on here kill more in a weekend or good contest than I usually kill in a year. So keep that in mind. I started 7 or 8 years ago and the learning curve was tough for a while but I'm gaining.

But, the past year and especially so far this winter I've had a lot of vocal responses to introductory howls. And a lot of those have come in. I was always a bit leery of starting off with a howl, until this fall I watched a totally disinterested coyote at 600 yards yawn and nap while I was calling. Finally I just wanted it to stand up so I threw out a couple lone female howls, it not only got up but made a bee-line on in.

So nearly every stand this year has started with a howl. Here's the thing, if something responded it has depended on how close they are if they come in or not. If they are mile and a half away, no probably not coming. But use that info to set up the next stand. If you can tell they are within half mile, get ready IME. If I get a close, immediate response, I have gone straight to pup distress and it seems to draw them in. The other day it was really close, like 1/4 mile and I went to lip squeaks and had 3 in my lap in a couple minutes.

I've had 3 or 4 that responded from 1/2 or 3/4 mile with challenges. Figuring those were bigger males they wouldn't be afraid of a fight so went to an aggressive fight sound. In each case that shut them up and I figured they were headed in, and ended up killing them. If they had kept challenging my plan was to challenge back.

So any more I like to hear a response, if nothing else it helps me plan the next stands. But don't let a lack of response discourage you either, Monday I got 2, and didn't hear a single coyote all day.
 


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