WINDY WYOMING CALLING

hairydog

hairydog

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Hello everybody,
This is my first time posting on the site but I have been spectating for awhile.
I was wanting to get some opinions on calling in this ever present wyoming wind. I use all hand calls, but was wondering if an electronic would be more beneficial in the wind.
Sometimes it gets a little tough to get any distance with a hand call in 50mph winds.
 
When the wind is blowing 50 I stay home. Just got to pick the days when the wind is a little calmer. I use all handcalls also. I have electronic, but I have seen no benefit to using it. It just sits in the gear bag gathering dust.
 
Welcome H.D, wish you would keep all that wind in WY, LOL, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gifmy E-caller is still a virgin, hand call seems to get it done better for me anyway? Good luck with the yotes!!
 
In the “ever present wyoming wind,” coyotes are still eating, somewhere, somehow, and likely have the same ongoing curiosity and survival-driven instincts as in calmer areas. Granted, calling in 50 mph wind would be physically unpleasant and perhaps impossible, considering dust storms, blizzards, etc. But . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Think about your hunting areas and try to figure where coyotes may find food (mice, rabbit, sheep, antelope, or whatever). Also, where might they take a daytime snooze somewhat out of the wind (in a little ravine, along the north edge of it where the sun adds welcome warmth during their nap??).

2. Take advantage of the wind, and become an EXPERT at hunting in the wind. Figure out calling setups where your calling sounds might go as far as possible DOWNWIND. You’ll likely want spots that give you a loooong view downwind, or two “partner” spots where your buddy can watch one downwind area while you keep an eye on other terrain. Maybe you will want binoculars or a spotting scope on a little tripod. Practice shooting long shots downwind: use a stable shooting position (prone?); fill a coffee can with rocks and see how far downwind you can consistently hit it.

3. When calling in wind, don’t worry much about what prey species your call sounds like. Rather, use exposed-reed hand calls that, when blown as hard as you can, produce an ear-splitting and high-pitched screeching scream, giving it a blast every few minutes. Coyotes will, at least at times, respond to calls that produce sounds different from anything they have heard before.

4. Have patience, and spend time on each stand. Try to imagine what routes a coyote might take as it moves in toward you, perhaps routes that offer it at least some concealement cover and/or a little break from the wind. Search grassy or brushy areas, looking for those two up-stretched ears aimed in your direction. How about your scent being blown downwind? Well, on a windy day, who can really say exactly where it’s going and how rapidly it is being broken up. The only time you will know for sure is if you see a coyote trotting your way and then suddenly swapping ends and running away fast.
 
hairydog--welcome to calling in the wind..wyoming! It can be very depressing and frustrating at times, and yes I feel that it is beneficial to have an electronic call for calling in the wind. I feel that my Foxpro FX3 can produce a volume that I can not match with my hand call. It is not always about volume though as sagebrush stated so well!
Good luck and good question!
Les
 
Second hand, but I've heard that sucess can be had by advancing into the wind. Stop, call for awhile, advance into the wind 500yds or so, stop, call again... like that.
 
When it gets windy in this area I do alot of calling upwind into smaller canyons where the sound is funneled in. You dont need to blast away on your call, may it be an e-caller or a hand call and the animals head into these areas to avoid the winds.
 
When the wind is blowing hard, I go home. I'll be setting in my chair at home in front of the puter typing about it and having a hot coffee.

RezDoggin, I've done a little RezDoggin myself in Arizona and California.
 
How many yotes do you call in bed? Get out and try, what do you have to lose Sagebrush hit the nail on the head. Just try some different things and you will see it work. Wind does suck but are you gonna sit home the whole year and stew about it.
 
Dogpounder, I've called in the wind, snow, rain, dust, fog and all the other nasty stuff you can think of.

After five decades of hardcore predator hunting, I have the right to lay in bed and think about the good old days if I wish.

I still get out there a kill a few coyotes every year, but I do it when I want to, not when I get a chance to.

Hell, I was on a predator hunt with 75 year old Gerry Blair a couple years ago in the rain in southern Arizona along with a bunch of other oldtimers in there 50s and 60s. We can do it if we want to, but we'd rather not. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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Hairydog, I believe there is a benefit to using the electronic call in the wind. In 30 MPH winds, there will be a few seconds every so often when the wind drops a little. By leaving the electronic going continuously, a coyote may here you at the moment the wind dropped. You may or may not have been blowing a hand call at that time. Like rainshadow1 and Rezdoggin said, keep working into the wind, make your stands a little closer together and hunt the areas where they may be hunting or bedded out of the wind. Good luck.
 
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Thanks everybody for the tips. I'll still keep on keepin on. Man the wind has been horrible this year non-stop. It comes to a point where you just have to decide if its fun or not. But it must be if we keep doing it.
 
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