Mouth calls or e-callers

[Jimmie in Ky]

I am wondering how many use mouth calls.

Also do you have more confidence in mouth calls or e-callers and why? Jimmie

[CROWSNIPER]

I use the foxpro with remote 90% of the time , i have a few mouth calls but have not quite perfected them yet...

[Broncorckcrwlr]

I have looked at the Foxpro and they are $$$$$$$$$$$$$. I know you usually get what you pay for but at those prices they should furnish the ammo as well. Anyone got any cheaper alternatives that work?

[hunterman1971]

I use some hand calls knight and hale calls and i have a mp4 player that has alot on it.

[scratch]

we use both

[killinmammals]

Im staying with the ecallers until I get the mouth calling down...all I need to work on is my different howls...which I doubt my neighbors in the apartments would appreciate at night.

[Jimmie in Ky]

What I am hearing so far is a lack of confidence in your calling ability from some of you. What if I told you that you don't have to be perfect in your sounds?

There was a little calling contest a while back by some very good callers. All of them take coyote on a regular basis. Almost all of them were eastern callers. Each and every one of them had a diferent calling style. The contest sound was cottontail done on a mouth call. I do not bring this up to show it matters who won it. I bring it up to show you that your style is your style and it will more than likely work quite well on coyote. None of these fellows used a style even similar to my own, yet they are taking coyotes as regular or more regular than I do.

Don't worry about coyote howls. Learn one ! The lone howl , and learn it well. It alone will get them thinking there is a strange coyote in the neighborhood. Use it in combination with prey sounds and you will do fine if there are coyotes around to hear you.

Hunters specialties is selling a small remote ecaller under the Johnny Stewart lable. It's remote will work out to 35 yards. Combine it with the Cass Creek amplifying speaker. It has five sounds that will definately attract predators. The combo will run around sixty dollars.

Practice with your calls and learn a few sounds. Don't get to uptight about how they sound as long as you can put a little of that dying feeling into it. We will be getting that killing frost before to much longer and deer season will be over before you know it. Get out there and have some fun. Jimmie

[weedwalker]

I use both and have taken coyotes with both. But I prefer to call a coyote in with a mouth call. I guess it's more rewarding to me to know that I made the sound myself that attracted the coyote. Calling with mouth calls in its self is a fun part of the hunt for me.

[jeff-ward]

first of all i want to tell you guy,s im not a coyotee hunter though ive killed a few while turkey and deer hunting..
but this past m/l season i was sitting and not seeing any deer got bored and rememberd watching a t.v. show of some guy,s calling in yotes by making a kissing sound on the back of there hand so i thought i would give it a try....long story short i had 1 sneak in behind me and even though i got a shot off and missed him ....
i think i could really get hooked on this...
and to the post i know my calling wasnt great being the first time i ever tried it but it worked..
i quess kinda like turkey hunting the worst call i ever heard was coming from a real hen..

[Jimmie in Ky]

Thank you for helping me to make a point Jeff Ward. As long as it sounds sick or injured it works if a coyote can hear it. Learning how to get where a coyote is likely to hear it is the hardest part of this sport. You cover a lot of ground during th process that is empty but it is part of the learning experience.

Even in areas where we have a coyote per half mile, you still have to figure out where the group goes for the day.If you are close enough for a coyote to hear th sounds you make they will come !

Be careful Jeff, you just might join those of us at coyote anonomous ;-)Jimmie

[GSPonGrouse]

Both prefer mouth

[jeff-ward]

hey jimmie, i just might join in.lol.lo
seriously its getting more interesting to me every year. and i think its important to take some out..

[yote hunter]

ive never had much luck with e-callers .mouth calls to it for me or a live game hen works too:D

[KentuckyWindage]

My brother has a foxpro 416B that we use when we hunt together. We've had a lot of success with it (I have the foxpro jack-in-the-box decoy that we use with it). However sometimes, like yesterday, he's busy and I want to hunt so I have a knight and hale cottontail distress. I can make the call fine, and have actually called some in with it.

The problem I have is when using the mouth call, is I can't have my gun ready while I'm calling. That and there's a lot of movement for me to get my call out, use the call, put it back in my pocket and get my gun back up. I hunt yotes from the ground (not a tree stand) so this really is an issue and one that I don't have with the foxpro.

That being said, we've had a lot more successful hunts with the e-caller, and have brought in and killed all 3 Kentucky predators (coyote, bobcat, fox). With my mouth call I've brought in a few coyotes (no foxes or bobcats), but have yet to get a shot off.

[Jimmie in Ky]

A good lanyard will help with that call problem. I set up with weapon on my knee and call draped over the butt of the gun, ready to my right hand. When calling ,my call hand rest's on the butt of the gun, call to my lips. You have a rest for your arm and limit movement. When the critter shows up simply turn loose the call and slide the hand forward to the trigger. Most of your movement is hidden by the butt stock and knee.

Now for calls to work at their best they should be tuned to the species of predator. Coyotes love them loud and raunchy like that K&H is. Cats an fox prefer a softer sound, close range calls. You can blow a loud call softly, but it limits the amount of feeling you can put into the calls. One of the best calls for fox is the littel harmonica type sold by Johnny Stewart as a close range call. It is also convenient in that it can be used hands free. You simply place it between your teeth and blow. Add some pressure and pitches can change rapidly and add that feeling we all like in our sounds. Jimmie