Do you run your call on a tripod?

Pretty sure there’s a thread on here where someone has pics of their caller in a tree and coyotes/bobcats standing there looking at it. Think he even talks about them come charging in and jumping up trying to get it. And all these are daytime pics where the call can be clearly seen!!

I don’t think a coyote associates individual sounds and where that particular species is “supposed” to be located. Just like using woodpecker sounds at 0100…ain’t never heard a woodpecker at night, but that coyote don’t care. They hear prey in trouble and if it’s the sound that triggers them then they’re coming.
 
Don’t know if you deer hunt or have ever grunted or rattled bucks in, but I do it from 25-30ft up a tree. I know a deer isn’t a coyote, but the same concept.
 
Spurchaser said:
Don’t know if you deer hunt or have ever grunted or rattled bucks in, but I do it from 25-30ft up a tree. I know a deer isn’t a coyote, but the same concept.
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In the Sam Houston National Forest Type 2 which is thick with brush, I use a tree climber to call in an elevated position so I can see them before they bust me.............. some of the best hunting with a 12 gauge.
 
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For the last several years, I hung my Fusion from a plastic electric fence post shortened to 15". Ground a slot in the top to hang the rope onto. Worked great until the ground was froze rock hard.

For the new X-24, I took the gun rest off my old Bog Pod tripod, & screwed it into the bottom of the caller. The legs will splay out enough to get it almost flat on the ground, & will get it up 42" if you thought you needed to get it that high. I typically use it as pictured w/o the legs extended at all.

Side note.....once I heard about that reflective rope, I went crazy with it. Just like Frank's Redhot, "I put that shit on everything"....ha ha....

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I used to carry a small tripod to get my call off the ground, I use the X24 now, and with its stand, I no longer carry anything else. That built-in stand works well for hanging it on fence posts. As for placing the call up high; not all coyotes react the same, I have had coyotes get in close and see the call and know something is not right, turn and run, and I have also had them jump to get at the call. I try to kill them before they get that close. I shot one the other night that crept in and was standing a few feet away looking up at the call hanging on a fence post.

Call placement is important, it is the centerpiece of the set-up. When I place my call I am always thinking about a hard charger and how I will get them stopped, so they don't blow in and out without a standing still shot opportunity. If your call is placed in the open, on short grass or open dirt they are harder to stop. I look for "blocks"- like shrubs, debris, fences, or something and they tend to slow down and look for as opposed to kamikaze into the set-up. I would not want my call elevated a couple of feet on open ground.
 
Infidel 762 said:
Call placement is important, it is the centerpiece of the set-up. When I place my call I am always thinking about a hard charger and how I will get them stopped, so they don't blow in and out without a standing still shot opportunity. If your call is placed in the open, on short grass or open dirt they are harder to stop. I look for "blocks"- like shrubs, debris, fences, or something and they tend to slow down and look for as opposed to kamikaze into the set-up. I would not want my call elevated a couple of feet on open ground.
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The caller is the main attraction, absolutely. Lately I've been calling picked bean fields between corn strips, & the ground is flat as a pancake. Luckily there's enough duff on the ground to kick some into a small pile & hide the caller somewhat behind it. I've even laid a couple corn leaves on it for camo.

"Normal" ground, I don't have the caller much, if any, taller than the built it stand allows, but it gives me the ability to get it high enough in some situations to make sure the remote catches the signal. Nothing worse than having to hold the remote above your head to make it work.😟
 
I tie 3x 4' sticks about a foot from the top and spread the legs into a tripod.. then hang the x24 off one of the top pieces. Costs nothing and I can leave it behind if I need to.
 
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