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Title: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: ron w on December 15, 2009, 02:34:00 PM
Who can tell me whats best for calling varmits,fox, coyotes and such.Want to see if I can do some damage to the population.....
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: doeboy on December 15, 2009, 02:38:00 PM
an electronic caller by fox or lohman(sp) they are hard around here to call in. they are smart. i'm going to try and trap a few this winter. good luck.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: joe skipp on December 15, 2009, 03:05:00 PM
I still use my old Burnham Brothers Long range rabbit in distress call. Works real well on both foxes and coyotes. Not sure what other brand mouth calls are available, if thats the route you plan on going.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: Stonehead on December 15, 2009, 03:14:00 PM
I've found that coyotes that have been hunted hard responsed a lot better when using a howler.  Almost everyone uses a rabbit in distress call and get smart real quick.  For fox just about any distress call will work.  With electronic calls I've had great success with bird distress sounds.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: lpcjon2 on December 15, 2009, 03:20:00 PM
A rabbit on a string staked to the ground works...LOL
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: ron w on December 15, 2009, 03:54:00 PM
I think I'm going to team up on these critters. Have a caller and a shooter, maybe even a decoy of some kind. What'ca think???
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: straitera on December 15, 2009, 03:58:00 PM
Most any pred call will work though technique is important. Easier to scare coyos away than call them in. IMO electronic calls work best especially for 1 person. They are expensive!
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: blueline on December 15, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Ron I use a decoy of some sort. Even if it is just a feather on a string blowing in the wind. And I use howls, and bird distress the most.

Have fun
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on December 15, 2009, 05:18:00 PM
I am getting some of these ! Check them out !


http://www.rain-shadow.com/calls/
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: ron w on December 15, 2009, 07:27:00 PM
Those are some pretty fancy looking calls.....
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: vtmtnman on December 15, 2009, 07:45:00 PM
I've had the best luck around my area with howl calls.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: Bowspirit on December 15, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
Well, Ken's a pretty good caller, and I do a pretty good dying rabbit impression. There ya' go Ron; got yourself a caller and a decoy right there...

 :bigsmyl:    ;)    :goldtooth:
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: ckanous on December 15, 2009, 08:24:00 PM
Are you guys using any blinds or are coyotes scared of blinds?
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: ron w on December 15, 2009, 09:26:00 PM
This is all new to me ,so I'm not sure if I'll use a blind or what.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: Redfeathers on December 15, 2009, 09:29:00 PM
cottontail or woodpecker in distress works great for me!
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: BDann on December 15, 2009, 10:28:00 PM
Check out the Haydel Government Hunter Cottontail.  Nice, raspy sound and easy to use.  It's also got a squeeker on one end.  You can get some pretty nasty sounding calls going by blowing on one end, and when you inhale, the other side will sound off too.  My all time favorite.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: BWD on December 16, 2009, 12:22:00 AM
Ghillie and a gut pile you are unaware of. Had one to ten feet and still closing when I looked behind me and we saw each other.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: ron w on December 19, 2009, 01:54:00 PM
Thanks for the info...anyone had luck in calling to get a shot with the bow???
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Post by: cacciatore on December 19, 2009, 02:16:00 PM
Those Rain-Shadow are really works of art,unbealible
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: GREG IN MALAD on December 19, 2009, 02:30:00 PM
Primos calls have always worked best for me, I've never had one that didn't sound good. Mouth calls are cheap so buy a few and see what you like. With a rabbit in distress call make it sound like the rabbit owes you money, and put some emotion and fear into it.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: Mark 507 on December 19, 2009, 06:31:00 PM
One thing to keep in mind is that if you are hunting in cold weather a closed reed call can freeze and not work at all. I like my tally ho, wide range of sounds and no freeze up. Mark.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: varmint101 on December 19, 2009, 07:10:00 PM
I'm a big fan of the TallyHo too.  I can do about anything with that call..growls, squeaks, howls, distress.  It works.

I have a few customs that make some good sounds too.  Randy Anderson does the Primos calls now.  He is what got me into predator calling in the first place.  Use to love the Calling All Coyotes vids.

Easiest way though is to get a FoxPro or a Johnnie Stewart Preymaster electronic caller.  Just gotta be careful with over calling and setups.  Coyotes are slick critters and will catch on very quickly if you're sloppy.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: Loosenock on December 19, 2009, 07:53:00 PM
My friends swear by the Foxpro Scorpion.  Its really cool.  Pocket size electonic caller, remote, with 200 sounds.

I wish I had been nice more last year and maybe i would have got one for Xmas.
Title: Re: Predator calls...whats best???
Post by: adkmountainken on December 19, 2009, 08:31:00 PM
hey Ron give me till next weekend then i'll chase them with ya, i have many open reed and closed reed calls as well as howlers. have called in my share.