Question about how you play your sounds....

wolverines

wolverines

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Specifically, if you have your call set up to play on repeat or single sound (for FoxPro calls)?

I've always had mine on repeat, but occasionally I have changed the sound at a bad time resulting in a chirp from the previous sound continuing (hope that makes sense) and can also happen when hitting Mute at a bad time in the sound. This seems to be more of an issue when playing vocals for me. I was considering running it on single sound to avoid this, but I feel like I will be constantly screwing around with the remote when playing distress sounds. Doesn't seem like there's a good alternative, so wonder how you guys run yours.

TIA
 
I almost always start off with a pray call. It's usually some rabbit call. I will run that for 10 minutes. If nothing, I will switch to a woodpecker, deer, or a louder rabbit call. I will run that for about 7 minutes. If nothing then, I will switch to some sort of vocal. Usually a pair howl or a sister pair howl. If nothing then I will try a long deep howl. If nothing then, I leave.

Whenever playing a distress call and I see/hear the coyotes coming in I hardly ever turn the call off. I want them to focus on where the sound is coming from and not start having to look for it.
 
DoubleLungRage said:
I almost always start off with a pray call. It's usually some rabbit call. I will run that for 10 minutes. If nothing, I will switch to a woodpecker, deer, or a louder rabbit call. I will run that for about 7 minutes. If nothing then, I will switch to some sort of vocal. Usually a pair howl or a sister pair howl. If nothing then I will try a long deep howl. If nothing then, I leave.

Whenever playing a distress call and I see/hear the coyotes coming in I hardly ever turn the call off. I want them to focus on where the sound is coming from and not start having to look for it.
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I'm referencing the setting in the TX1000 remote that sets the call up to play one sound and then stop until I use the remote to play another sound or continuing to play the same sound until I change it with the remote. I can see pros/cons to both ways depending on whether playing distress sounds or vocals. Just was curious how others have theirs set up?

I wasn't looking for anyone's "go to" sequences or anything like that.

I guess to explain it a little better....some sounds have more of a delay at the end before starting again than others do. So for example, when playing a pair howl that's 1 minute long, sometimes if I try to play the full minute and the delay is very short at the end, it will sometimes start over before I pause it. Not a big deal on a distress sound because I will just switch to the next sound without muting/pausing.
 
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On my X24/TX1000 remote I always turn the sound settings to single play when I turn on the caller and remote. It would be nice if it saved that setting or if it was a button that was a little quicker to get to in the field.

The main reason I like single play is for the coyote vocals. I know if I play a series of howls it will only be one series and then stop. I don't have to worry about pressing the mute button at the right time and potentially cutting off the sound mid-howl. And if I go to play a distress sound it actually helps me control how long I'm playing that sound, 1 series, 2 series, etc. I'm still a big fan of setting up custom sequence files where I can go in scripted, keep scanning, and spend less time looking down at the remote. If something comes in, or responds in a certain way while the sequence is playing I can always hit the mute button and play sounds individually for the specific situation. I also set my volume to 20 as a starting point when I first turn on my caller and remote in case I need to quickly mute a sequence and play a sound such as a howl. I also make use of my 4 preset sounds in many cases after muting a sequence.
 
IlliniFan said:
It would be nice if it saved that setting or if it was a button that was a little quicker to get to in the field.
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I guess I didn't realize it didn't save the setting. Good to know. I think I set mine up with single the last time I had the remote on thinking I wanted to give it a try. I'll have to check and see if it went back to the default.
 
If I'm around bushy/tree creek bottoms or lake shore at sunset I start with a family rally vocalizations, from tracking I know the coyote tend to spread out a bit when they bed for the day in that type of cover(breeding season keeps coyote close together so the evening rally stops for a month or so). Yips, pup barks, female bark or howl with a male howl either at the start or end. Wait a few minutes and start a prey sound whether coyote sound off or not. I hear the group rally, when they get up to start hunting, so I try to imitate it.
 
wolverines said:
You guys have never hit mute at a pause and had it incidentally make a noise after? I'm not saying this happens to me a lot, but it pisses me off when it does.
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I’ve had it make a little noise from time to time but I don’t think it’s really negatively impacted that calling set. I guess, I have no real way to measure the success or lack of success from it making a bit of noise though.
 
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