I think I have overblown the coyote calls I have or else my coyotes must be very educated by now.
I have a mouse, a rabbit, and an open reed call.
I adjusted my open reed call's reed to where it now blows super easy so I must have had it out of adjustment. I will use this call this year.

I have ordered one call and am thinking about one or two more. Any suggestions?

I really like the Primos Lil Dog. I can make darn near any sound i want with it. It also helps to get some of the Johnny Stewart tapes to practice different sounds like the grey fox distress sounds. Try changing up the cadence and intensity of your calls. That will seperate you from the rest of the herd using recorded sounds. Simple decoys like a feather also help.

Havent used one but as stated above, the lil dog seems to be pretty popular,. Im think i might pick one up and see what the hype is all about.

Tally-Ho

Burnham Bros. mini-blaster.

Same as the last 15 years...an old green Circe. I've bought quite a few in between then & now but none work as well.
At least for me.

I'm new to the campfire. I just got a Knight&Hale mega howler reed call yesterday, whats a good way to use this tool.

Kettle Creek calls Trash mouth. Backstabber is a super call for closed reed distress.

One more vote for the Lil Dog, that thing works great and is easy to use.

I'm never without a Tally Ho, Mini Blaster, Critr' Call or a Tweety in my bag along with several custom/semi custom calls.

Now if I could only use one production call it would be the Tally Ho.

Sceery Cottontail...don't know why but I never had luck with a jackrabbit call, even in thick jackrabbit country...
Ingwe

Opposite of the leapord man, I have never had much luck with a cottontail call. 95% of my dogs have been called in with a Sceery Jackrabbit call.

Truth be told, I think mine is like my favorite fishing lure...I use it more often..therefore is succeeds more often...cause I see we aren't that far apart, so its probably not tone deaf yotes in the neighborhood....
Ingwe

Lots of truth right there, confidence makes a difference.

I have to say my favorite is FoxPro

The actual sound you make probably only constitutes about 20% of the success of the stand. It just isn't that important. WHERE YOU MAKE THAT SOUND IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN YOUR SUCCESS BY FAR.

what about the approach to the stand some say it makes all the difference others say just stroll in and sit down. Any thoughts?

Those that just stroll in and sit down miss lots of animals.

You gotta think about approach and setup when you start your truck, not when you get out of it...

And dont slam the door shut when you get out!

Critt R call for me

Dober

Sceery cottontail for me. I do use some of Primos/Randy Anderson calls to as well!

If you want to ask my personal favorite handcall - Sceery AP-6.

It really depends on where you're hunting, type of terrain/cover & what the animals are doing.

As someone said, set up starts in your truck...don't roll in with the radio going, don't slam the door etc....
I always made it a point to approach the stand as if there were a coyote sitting on it...quiet and unseen as much as possible....there are always eyes out there watching...if so much as a bird sees you, makes an alarm call and goes sqwuaking off, old 'brer coyote knows what that sound means...
Just like somebody rolling through your neighborhood with a siren on..
And keep the wind in your favor...
Ingwe

I don't know what I'd recommend regarding brand of call to use. When I started hunting coyotes back in the mid 70s, my high school hunting buddies and I all used Weems Wildcalls. Through the college years we continued using the Weems and literally killed hundreds and hundreds of coyotes. We were selling fur for extra money while at school. For some reason, I purchased a Dennis Kirk open reed call in the mid to late 80s. It worked even better. I used that call almost exclusively for the next ten or so years. When that call finally wore out I couldn't replace it since they were out of production. I went back to the Weems for a while but didn't feel like I was doing as well as I was used to. So for the last 10 years or so I've been trying a few different brands but haven't hit on one that I really like. I think it's probably just me. If I had confidence in a call I'd use it more, the more I used it, the more confidence I'd have in it. My only recomnedation is to try the open reed calls. They allow you to make a variety of distress sounds. The best sound for me is a jackrabbit next best is a coyote pup.

I began hunting coyotes for the money. Therefore, I've always thought of it in terms of how I can produce the most coyotes in a single day. I've always hunted on foot hiking from stand to stand. Walking takes me into roadless areas that truck hunters never get to. My strategy is to cover as much ground as I can and make as many good calls as possible. I use reasonable care to stay out of sight, but I also try not to waste too much time. If I have to cross open ground, then I do it. I try to pick the best stand locations I can, but they don't have to be perfect. If you're always trying to get to that one perfect spot where you can see coyotes coming for a long ways, chances are they'll see you. I go for the less obvious places where I can see an approaching coyote for a 300 or 400 hundred yards. After all, they're coming to me. I just need to be where I can see 'em before they get down wind or too close.

Crit'r Call or TT Overdose, can't leave home without them.

I'd pick an old wooden Circe or an old wooden Weems. Why? Because they have won more calling contest and probably killed more coyotes then all the rest. Besides I'm old, so my calls should be old too.
MW460, I also hunted for numbers of animals but in competition. In the late 70s...79 I think, the pelts went sky high. I cased out the cats and a few coyotes, made some real good money at the time.......Good hunting

Hey Danny, nothing wrong with either of those. I killed a few critters with an old Weems Wildcat (?) call myself. I just like the flexability of an open reed.

Ya'll pay attention to onecoyote, he maybe "old" but that just means he's been doing this along time and he might know a thing or two!

Those were the days onecoyote. I remember averaging about $100 apiece for coyotes those years. I can recall getting $165 for one very nice pale. Hell, you could get $60 for a shot to crap brown, rubbed coyote. In 1978, my first year of college, I shot enough coyotes to pay for a brand new Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup. I think I sold about 70 coyotes that year. Killed most of them from October to December while I was in school at Montana State. I did it with the only call I had which was a Weems Wild Call. I like to use wooden calls my self. I just don't like plastic hunting stuff.

Mostly use custom calls these days though the crit'r call and lil dog still get some play. Hard to beat a well tuned custom for ease of use in an open reed call.

it was 20 years ago this last winter when i first began calling coyotes and i've used a lot of calls...
most calls will work if they're used enough...

i now use primarily electronic calls, but they are a recent addition to the trick bag...

my all time favorite mouth blown call is the haydels gov't hunter cottontail...

i've also used the crit'r call, dennis kirk open reed, big river cottontal, sceery cottontail, johnny stewarts rubber band call, quaker boy howler, faulks cottontal... all of which have called a fair number of coyote in like they were on a string...

I'm definitely with you on those choices. Put alot of fur in the back of the truck using Weems and Circe back in the 70's and 80's... Still have a few of those too along with the green Circe.

I purchased two calls from Porath Thursday night. Can't wait to get them.

I am also looking for several of the ones listed so far.

I remember walking into a Fish & Game office somewhere in MT in 1978 and they had a framed picture of a big pale coyote that had brought $275.00.

Them prices turned everyone into a varmint shooter.

Notice I didn't say hunter........

I just got my calls from Porath. They sound like they will work great, esp the one you inhale. It came with an instruction cd. Waiting for my wife to go to bed to listen to it.

But, I am the man of the house!

"But, I am the man of the house!"

and if you want to stay the man of the house, you'll practice in your truck. All by yourself.

I've used different calls...the Sceery cottontail, jackrabbit, and coaxer; the Circe cottontail, a Weems.

Lately I've been trying the Randy Anderson calls, the Li'l Dog, Ki-Yi, Hot Dog, and Catnip. I'm also trying the Tweety and Psycho Tweety. I have all 3 Crit'r Calls, as well as a Tally-Ho.

In the last year I picked up a Power Dogg and last month got me a Foxpro FX-3, which I hope to try out soon.

If I were recommending just a couple of mouth calls, it would prolly be the Li'l Dog and the Catnip, with the Ki-Yi thrown in, too.

Critt R call or electronic for me.

I got a lil'dog last weekend. Good call.

I found a flextone call made under the Remington label. I saw how it was used on utube, but I be darn if I can duplicate the call

My most productive call is my Faulks P60 A. I just have the best damned luck with that thing.

I have some Sceery's and a pile of others but my go to is the Faulks.


Travis

I set up & rely mostly on an ecaller (I like getting the sound away from me herer in the thick). However, I use a mouth call to start out most stands & always carry a hand call with me while big game'n for those opportunity cats & yotes. I do not own but one commercial call (& I never use it). However, I've gotten addicted to custom calls & have way more than a bag full. Check out some calls the guys make on another site.
Click Here Some great makers on there with some great sounding & looking calls. I have calls from nearly all of them. PM me if you want suggestions on which I find to sound best.

I picked up a little Flextone the other month and it had a pretty good tone. Used it a couple of times and the reed fell out of it. Sent an E-mail to the folks at Flextone on it and never heard a word. Back to the A6 I guess.

If I'm using a mouth call, I still turn to my old circe's. I do like my new FoxPro, but the Circe's work just as well.

I also bought a spanking new 4x4 Silverado from selling pelts, but that was in 1976. Got all my coyotes that year hunting the area from behind Crowley lake, to just behind the headwaters of the Owens River (Close to Mammoth Lakes, CA).

Times have certainly changed for the pelt hunters nowdays!!

Richard

+1, Make sure there are coyotes in the area you are calling. Use a small siren to see if any coyotes howl back or learn to howl and see if you get any responses. I like the Primos mouth diaphragms, they are easy to learn. I practiced one for about 30 minutes and went out and howled and was surprised to get a response. I didn't think I sounded anything like a coyote maybe I just aggravated them. I like the Critr' Call original and the Critr' Call Song Dog Jr. The Buck Gardner call with the built in coaxer sounds pretty good too. Best thing is to get out and do it.