Quote:The post above mine questions why hand callers will leave a e caller on constantly but pause with hand calls. The answer to that for me is that if I dont pause here and there with my hand calls I will pass out from lack of oxygen. A day long trip blowing calls and i'm wore out.
Actually, I pause because I don't NEED to call continuously. I called that way for a lot of years before I ever used an e-caller, and I see no reason to change to mimic an e-caller now.
Ever heard an actual dying rabbit? I have, and I've yet to hear one squeal constantly for 2 minutes, much less 30. I've tried, and I couldn't MAKE them squeal that long.
I call enough to keep a coyote's attention, and to keep it coming in.
One of the main gripes I have about continuous calling on an e-caller is that the coyotes come fast and hard; not always soon in the stand, but they're almost always running. I want them to come in moving a little slower, mostly because they're easier to hit that way. If they dash in, stuff their nose in an e-caller, and then high-tail it, they're harder to hit than if they stop, look, and then come in some more.
Not that they don't come in hard and fast with periodic calling with hand calls. They do, but if you aren't calling when they get there, they'll generally stop and look around for the hurt critter. That's a good time to shoot them.
I'm a pretty fair hand at hitting running coyotes, but I'd still rather shoot them stopped or walking.
Daryl