walkie talkie's for predator hunting?

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Ducksoup

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Do any of you use two way radios when coyote hunting? If so what brand and do you use ear phones, head phones or what? In a lot of areas we hunt we may have hunters up to a 100 yards down wind or even behind the main caller. In some cases hunters will be completely out of site and it can be hard to keep in touch especially when you've got animals coming in. We've considered using walkie talkies, just need some advice on what others are using and had the best luck with.
Thanks.
 
Tom,
I tried to before but I am just too stupid. I still screw up with the remote when a coyote is coming in. Electrroinc stuff seems to make my sorry excuse for a brain go into spasm. LOL
Many times it would have helped, lost Coyote we should not have lost. knowing your partner, and TALK, BEFORE you leave the rig. who calls, when, picks the spot? What if? shoot right away or wait and watch?
the new radios are awesom.
Carl
 
We tried some with headsets a year or so ago while filming hunts. Wanted to try and communicate between cameraman and callers. The coyotes actually heard the "beep" at the end of each transaction..So we did away with them.


JD
 
We use Cobra Micro-talk two-way radios with the push-to-talk headsets. Don't get the voice-activated headsets - the wind causes all kinds of trouble with those. We have as many as 5 guys on a set-up at times out here - and you don't want all 5 of guys sitting close enough to cause ol' wiley to be suspicious. There is no security compromise using these devices - I put each hunter where I want him and we all know which zone to cover. The only time we didn't use them last season it cost us, big time. There 5 of us covering two ravines that opened into a huge coulee. I set the foxpro about 80 yards out in front of me - breeze was < 5 mph in our face and we had heard some howling from the coulee about 30 minutes prior to our setup, so we KNEW there were coyotes to be had. Anyway, I setup in the middle ravine with two other shooters to my left; another shooter covered the ravine to our right and the last shooter covered our six. The shooter on my right, in the next ravine, watched FIVE coyotes paying very close attention to my howler. Then he watched four of them come on the dead run straight toward the foxpro after I opened up the busted bunny blues . . . From my position I could see only one coyote, while the two shooters to my left saw four of them trotting in a straight line directly toward the foxpro. The foxpro was muted when I got the lead (and only coyote, as far as I could see) in my sights. I dropped the hammer at about 100 yards and the lead coyote dropped like a sack of potatoes. Then all hell broke loose - the two shooters on my left opened up as well as the shooter on my right. It sounded like WWIII out there, and I'm NOT kidding. If we had been using our two-way radios I would have been made aware of the number of coyotes coming to the call and that, in turn, would have given me opportunity to allow the lead coyote to come a little closer and I would have also been able to coordinate a lot better use of our bullets!
Go get some reliable two-way radios and push-to-talk headsets and use them every time - you won't regret it.
Good luck & God speed!
~Scott
 
We have used Motorola's with PTT mic and earbuds for several years now. The volume is adjustable and no one else can hear your earbud. Some brands have a roger beep that can usually be programed out. When it come to this simple is good. We even found some cellphone earpieces that made the earbuds more comfortable. The radios that use AA's or have extra battery packs are good. If you talk a lot they use batteries. There are some very good spendy radios available but Motorola works good and they always closeout & upgrade. A friend got a pair at Sportsmans Warehouse recently for $29. Good Luck.
 
what tripod said........they work good....don't use them all the time, but most of the time we use them......more than once I have been about to call a stand over and have a partner say stay down got one coming....I have also had a partner tell me don't move you got a cat right behind you.......Kelly

PS I got the cat....
 
We don't hunt without our Motorola radios and PTT ear buds. They work great and every year we kill an additional 6-12 coyotes that we would not have otherwise. Last time out, I was hunting with a guy with a shotgun. He had a coyote hang up on him at 400 yards and there was nothing he could do about it. I was calling at the time and he told me on the radio where the coyote was at. I rolled over on my side and turned his direction and immediately picked him up. Several seconds later, the coyote was dead. That was my 2nd kill on that stand. Without radios, I would have completed our setup and stood up and educated that coyote.

Won't hunt without them. And yes, they are legal in Nebraska.
 
I've used them for night hunting. They work great for guiding your partner to the kill.
Keeps the lighter from yelling...to the right...to the left or go futher out, or you went to far.
Without yelling directions, it gives you a chance for more animals to come to the call.
I try to make things as simple as I can when it comes to taking items on a hunt you don't really need, but a two way radio at night can be a big help.
 
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BTK: They work great for guiding your partner to the kill.



Yes they do, as BTK said, especially at night. We also use to communicate between driver and shooter up in the chair.

We use the Motorola; guess I need to look into the ear buds, seems that would make them even more useful.

Regards,
hm
 
Thanks for all the good advice. Don't understand why some states make it illegal? Seems the consences is to stay away from voice activated but do you end up with a lot of hand movement to activate the mic? I'd appreciate model numbers if you have them. Thanks again.
 
About 10 years ago or so I bought a pair of the headset type, seemed like a good idea. We tried them out and they don't work bad once setup properly but to be honest, after 4 or 5 stands we stopped using them. I'd say for guys concentrating more on filming their hunts they would be more of an asset. The way we hunt is usually making a lot of short stands throughout the day, at least for me it got to be a pain taking them off and on all day, after a few stands I was over them lol. I usually sit pretty close to a partner when calling so if I need to get his attention it's usually not a problem. I do agree about using them at night to guide somebody out to a kill. They work well for that.
 
Any model of radio will work. You holster the radio on your belt and the push-to-talk ear bud sits in your ear with the mic attached to your collar. You wear it all day and it is not a problem at all. The movement has not cost us any troubles to talk. It has killed a lot of coyotes for us.
 
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Any model of radio will work. You holster the radio on your belt and the push-to-talk ear bud sits in your ear with the mic attached to your collar. You wear it all day and it is not a problem at all. The movement has not cost us any troubles to talk. It has killed a lot of coyotes for us.



Cool...thanks for the info. Sounds like you're setup is better than the one I tried. I'm still not interested in using them though, for me the less stuff the better.
 
Elks, are you sure that the use of radios is illegal in Co?I have talked to game wardens both elk hunting and coyote hunting and had the radios on and nothing was said. Dont remember reading that it was illegal. Thanks
 


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