anybody done any calling for coyotes lately? fridays deer survey on the ranch here indicates the yote numbers are up. good for me bad for the deer .

I called in 4 one night last week at one time got two and the other two go away.

the nights are getn cooler so were fixn to start.....

ya i'm fixinta start workin on another rack for my truck so i can kill them pesky critters.

Can you guys go into more detail about your tactics and techniques?

i hunt with friends of mine at several of the calling contest west of the metroplex and we use tape callers like the johnny stewart callers. i know to some that may seem outdated with the new foxpro callers out today, but our callers work good. i personally have a dennis kirk i use for day calling it's light weight and fits into a fanny pack which makes it easier when a lot of walking is envolved. The tapes we use are all mostly burnham bros. stuff, it seems we have had the best luck with their calls and we always use a red light at night.

I hunt day and night, During the day you need to be in full camo for the best results. A decoy is good to use too. I personally use hand calls that I make and I also have a foxpro that I recorded some distress calls on. Basically if you just back yourself into a bush, where you can see a good area, try to keep the wind in your face. I start out with a soft distress for about 10 seconds and then I'll wait about a minute, if nothing has come in yet I'll get a little bit louder. then wait. I continue this until something comes in. I'll switch to another call if that one doesn't work.. When you get one to come in running , you'll want to whistle at him, to get him to stop. hmm... that's the basics. There is much much more to this sport. I love it! Let me know if you have any other questions. I hope that helps > Aaron

hey aaron its brett. glad to see you over here its always nice to have another varmint nut on here. hows the call making biz going?

Going good man, going good. I didn't forget about that call I was gonna send ya. I made one and then decided to make you a different one. lol.. but I actually have it on the table right here next to me with your name on it. Let me know what you think about it. I mean it can't be too bad for free right? lol.

free is great. i went and made a quick stand the other day and called in a dog with that closed reed you made for me. i was going to take a pic for your web page but my camera ran out of juice and i wasnt about to touch him he had fleas from head to toe. i might be able to do some callin this weekend down in snyder so i will charge the camera. have you gotten to do any callin latley. i think the fur will be good by the end of oct im ichin to start in on the cats

I got to get out last week called two stands, One was a crazy stand with a coyote that busted me and started barking and challenge barking. So I hit the male challenge for about 4 howls and then waited about a minute and hit the death cry. He came hauling butt in and ran right over the top of my foxpro at mach 3 I tried barking but he was gone. And then on my second stand later that night I called in A youngster on the first series of one of my medium-high pitch open reeds. He must have been less than 50 yds away from me. I didn't hardly have time to put the call down before he was on top of me. He was a flea hotel too. I guess they are bad this year.