I want to add, that in absolutely no way, was I trying to "brag" about my numbers.
Nor do I consider myself any kind of "expert".
Just experienced.
Originally Posted By: OKRattlerI know numbers vary from state to state. Coyotes aren't runnin amuck everywhere and I realize that. Some places are tougher calling I'm sure whether it's from hunting pressure or the numbers just aren't there. There ain't nothin to be ashamed of. You can put the best predator hunters in the world on ground that doesn't hold coyotes. You know how many they'll kill there? That's not a trick question.
If you can put "years" behind how long you've been calling even without much success my hats off to you. You ain't got any quit in you and that says a lot about you in my book. For what that's worth.
If I had to attribute my success over the years to anything, it would be 2 things:
...I didn't buy my first call, and start trying to learn how to call coyotes, until 1995.
However, I had been learning & hunting coyotes in another way, since 1972 (age 8) at my dad's side.
In the way he did it, he was amazingly knowledgeable about coyotes & their behaviors.
(He kept a copy of the book "Coyotes In Kansas", a study done by K-State University and published in 1957, in his closet. During my pre-teen and teen years, I read and re-read that book many times.)
Dad also had been hunting the same area of the state since the early '50s.
He knew the land.
And, he knew the likely places that coyotes were bedding.
He instilled in me, at that early age, to observe every experience closely. And commit it to memory.
...And secondly, when I was hunting hard, I didn't confine my hunting to the local area.
The larger the area I could find hunting spots in, the more chances I had of locating fresh ears to my calling.
Of course, this was when Kansas' WIHA tracts weren't hunted as heavily as they are today.