Given a choice, which is your preference, to call up hill or downhill? Do you think there is a big enough difference that it would be beneficial to drive several miles out of your way to get above or below. There are several important considerations. Wind, Sun, Traffic and on and on. Seldom do they all come together just right. Do you think I should factor in up and down also?
Uphill or Downhill?
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dakatayote
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I always try to be uphill. nothing worse than a coyote looking down at you.
Pruson
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Here in the eastern part of the country, where cover is thick, visibility is everything. I always seek elevation and the ability to see when using an electronic call with a remote sitting down at lower elevation. Set low in high places, I think they say.
When calling with mouth calls around here, I get in the lower spots, still trying to maintain some visibility. They will come down a hill to a call, but seldom go uphill to a call. Simple physics, they can't see- looking up the hill, so they gain elevation and look down to see.
All rules are made to be broken. Just like my first bobcat came in at a dead run to the call, go figure.LOL
When calling with mouth calls around here, I get in the lower spots, still trying to maintain some visibility. They will come down a hill to a call, but seldom go uphill to a call. Simple physics, they can't see- looking up the hill, so they gain elevation and look down to see.
All rules are made to be broken. Just like my first bobcat came in at a dead run to the call, go figure.LOL
moonshine44
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I like to get a little uphill when I call. It makes for better seeing in the sagebrush around here. I've had coyotes run up some pretty steep hills to get to where the call is, but I've also had some run downhill. If you watch Randy Anderson's first Calling All Coyotes video, a lot of his stands are uphill from where he expects the coyotes to come from. As I said, it makes it easier to see around you.
songdogslayer
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You should always try to be in the uphill position. This allows the background to break up your figure and gives you far better vision. Also, if you miss you're shooting into the dirt and not into the next county. Just my $.02
~Scott
~Scott
I must be an exception here then. I like to get a little low and call to the hillsides when conditions permit. I can see them coming thataway and be ready when they bust out close. It also seems that I have had better luck getting a coyote to come downhill (path of least resistance) than up a hill. Of course, there are many situations where this won't work. I won't walk down a hill just to call up it, but I certainly don't worry about getting up high when I've had better luck calling from a lower position. Nor will I "bush up" way down in a sandy draw when I can sit up on the edge and see the coyote(s) working the bottom.
I guess that each stand is a little different, and I've learned not to be too picky. I like to choose the calling position that has the least chance of revealing my approach. Very often, that puts me in a lower spot than much of the country I'm calling. If a site lends itself to a concealed approach AND a good vantage, then I'm not one to turn it down!
I guess that each stand is a little different, and I've learned not to be too picky. I like to choose the calling position that has the least chance of revealing my approach. Very often, that puts me in a lower spot than much of the country I'm calling. If a site lends itself to a concealed approach AND a good vantage, then I'm not one to turn it down!
CoyoteDoc1
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Krikit,
The CoyoteDoctors always call from uphill. We hunt some country that is really rugged and has lots of terrain to pick from. We've tried both, depending on the day and the wind. We thought they might come downhill easier than up, but it just doesn't work as well.
They can see the situation so much better (a decoy might help the odds)that it seems they are just very wary coming down to us. We have had them try to scale cliffs they couldn't climb to get to us, so don't worry about the hill being to steep.
Good Luck
Doc
The CoyoteDoctors always call from uphill. We hunt some country that is really rugged and has lots of terrain to pick from. We've tried both, depending on the day and the wind. We thought they might come downhill easier than up, but it just doesn't work as well.
They can see the situation so much better (a decoy might help the odds)that it seems they are just very wary coming down to us. We have had them try to scale cliffs they couldn't climb to get to us, so don't worry about the hill being to steep.
Good Luck
Doc
