The answer is yes.
In the predator calling space, technology has made hand calls obsolete, that’s just reality. Hand calls can’t compete with the power, ease of use, convenience and real sounds of a modern Ecaller. Not to mention the boys and their toys techy appeal.
In other spaces, not so much….only because it’s not legal ( or maybe ethical?). Hand calls are still going strong in the turkey, waterfowl and big game markets. That is where the actual money is if you are selling hand calls….it was never in predator calling, even though it may have seemed like it for some. It was mostly for fun and love for the sport. Hopefully coyotes do not ever get put on as “game” status anywhere or the Ecaller could go by the wayside. In California you cannot hunt grey fox over an Ecaller…hope it doesn’t go any further than that anywhere. I like my Ecallers.
It takes skills to run hand calls effectively and it also takes a set of skills to use an Ecaller the same way. I’m still of the opinion though that there are predator callers and then there are predator shooters. I think most guys nowdays are predator shooters, and I guess there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s all about having fun anyways. That’s all it’s ever been.
The difference is in how you get your satisfaction out of it getting them killed.
