hunt0168
Well-known member
So I'm a guy that loves my coyote vocals. Distress gets it's use too, especially in the early season, but even then I like running some vocals. By the time breeding season rolls around I am almost 100% coyote vocals. It's just where I have the most success. Now that we're past the breeding and to the point where coyotes are digging in to raise their pups I get back to using both.
Right now I hear many people say that it is the toughest time of year to call in coyotes. They've been called for months. They have been shot at. They're educated. They're holed up. Etc, etc. All true, but I tend to have a decent amount of success in the last few weeks of our season in late March. I ALWAYS start with vocals. I like to start off with more excited howls with a little barking involved, Then into some rowdy pair howls and yipping. I do this with the thinking that it will trigger a territorial response. I will work through several series of this sometimes over an hour on stand with pauses of silence for up to 10 minutes sometimes. If nothing is happening I will use some distress sounds or other animal fights. Fox fights and raccoon fights have produced well over the years. For late season distress I am almost 100% bird sounds. Rabbits work in the early season around here, but very limited success late in the season.
I don't want to call this a "Pro Tip" because I'm no pro, but for you MFK sound users, I have had amazing results doing the following... I did it just last night as a matter of fact and it wasn't the first time that it worked. I play MFK Goody Woody raising and lowering the volume up and down, and then switch to MFK Brown Thrasher distress and do the same thing with the up and down volume. These two calls have about the same cadence, but a much different pitch. Woody is high pitched and clearer sounding, whereas Thrasher is lower and raspier sounding. I don't know what it says to coyotes, but this combination has produced several times for me. In my mind, it is a bird that is getting weaker but still struggling for all it's worth.
Right now I hear many people say that it is the toughest time of year to call in coyotes. They've been called for months. They have been shot at. They're educated. They're holed up. Etc, etc. All true, but I tend to have a decent amount of success in the last few weeks of our season in late March. I ALWAYS start with vocals. I like to start off with more excited howls with a little barking involved, Then into some rowdy pair howls and yipping. I do this with the thinking that it will trigger a territorial response. I will work through several series of this sometimes over an hour on stand with pauses of silence for up to 10 minutes sometimes. If nothing is happening I will use some distress sounds or other animal fights. Fox fights and raccoon fights have produced well over the years. For late season distress I am almost 100% bird sounds. Rabbits work in the early season around here, but very limited success late in the season.
I don't want to call this a "Pro Tip" because I'm no pro, but for you MFK sound users, I have had amazing results doing the following... I did it just last night as a matter of fact and it wasn't the first time that it worked. I play MFK Goody Woody raising and lowering the volume up and down, and then switch to MFK Brown Thrasher distress and do the same thing with the up and down volume. These two calls have about the same cadence, but a much different pitch. Woody is high pitched and clearer sounding, whereas Thrasher is lower and raspier sounding. I don't know what it says to coyotes, but this combination has produced several times for me. In my mind, it is a bird that is getting weaker but still struggling for all it's worth.
