Turkey Calls For Coyote?

huntingsgr8

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I have seen on other forums that sometimes people bring in coyotes when turkey hunting, and they wonder if they are effective enough to use as part of their setup, this is not what I'm wondering. When I first got some Primos turkey calls a few years ago an instructional video came with it, and at the end one of the guys said that they could double as a predator call, and did a pretty good imitation of a squealing rabbit with one. Can, diaphragm turkey calls be used effectively as predator calls? How would I make a squeal with one?
 
Welcome to Predator Masters ! Many calls are very diversified as far as making different sounds. Mouth calls take some practicing usually. At least starting out for me. Try making sounds by saying waaa waaa waaa or rahhh rahhh rahhh or reee reee reee while huffing air up from your diaphragm for rabbits. Put emotion into it like your screaming for help.

Can also do baaa baaa baaa for a fawn.

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watch some youtube video's from Al Morris and listen to it. Play around with it, and copy..

imagine your foot being stuck in a spring trap and how that would hurt and have your shotgun ready..
 
.....even just using the Turkey Mouth Call to make Turkey Sounds will bring in a Coyote,Fox or Bobcat!

Can't think of the name of the Company but they make several different mouth calls for Coyotes/Predators that fit inside Your mouth similar to the Turkey Mouth Calls....so they must work pretty good too.
 
I hunt turkeys a lot.In all the years I've been at it only once had a coyote come in.Turkey diaphragms work fine for making rabbit distres sounds.Fewer reeds sound best.
 
I've killed 6-8 coyotes during turkey season, while using a diaphragm call. Just wonder how many came in and caught my scent that I never saw. A double reed call makes a variety of sounds including a howl. Practice is a must! The multi-reed calls with all the various cuts are much harder for me to use. Try to find a simple, double reed and give it a try.
 
The oddest thing I had happen was a jake (young Tom turkey) came in to investigate cottontail distress a couple years ago.
You can never tell what will come in when you are out calling. Crows are very common, but I've also had buzzards come in and circle a while
 
I call in turkeys with Jack distress all the time, I have also on the other side of that coin used Turkey distress very successfully when i spot turkey tracks (fresh) I use that.

This spot had a coyote and Bobcat true double using just turkey distress in under 5 minutes. I scanned back and forth, one minute there was woods, the next a light brown stump, at just under 100yrds i was waiting to see if the cat would come in closer, a coyote showed up and the cat was looking at it. I shot the cat and the coyote was staring at the cat on the ground and I shot him too. The coyote is right behind the downed log.(in the sun)





Its not often you get a double, even more rare is a coyote bobcat true double. But, sometimes using sounds that others are not using makes it work. This area is hunted hard. There is a contest from Nov-March almost every other weekend within 30 miles of there.(showlow)
 
Thanks for the replies, it's hard being a beginner who is one of very few in his area to even pursue coyote hunting. That's why I come on forums like this, they make it a lot easier.
 
Since you are in Canada, and new to coyote hunting you might consider going out with a guide. Someone like redfrog, (here) is a guide and the money you spend hunting with him would greatly reduce the time that you spend learning the basics and get you moving up the learning curve very quickly.

With pelts in your neck of the world selling at $80-100 (expected next year according to FFG mag fur report) Learning to hunt, skin, flesh, sew, strech, and finish the hides would be money well invested. IMO
 
Diaphragm calls are one of my favorite calls to use. I pop one in even when using the Foxpro. Single reed turkey reeds are great for general purpose and you can make a variety of distress sounds. I also mess around with a four reed elk call. I can make all kinds of sounds from distress to howls. You can also get more emotion and inflection than you can with any other calls.
 


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