Originally Posted By: docjon2013Originally Posted By: Rhett SteeleIndiana is very diverse in its landtype. Living in the southern half of the state where there are hills and hollers and timber, it's a real trick for calling. With the terrain, I get a lot of echo, so I'm always trying to monitor volume levels to minimize echo. The dang things never read the book either, always come from a direction different than the times before.
My buddy up north I've hunted with says, "lets go here, coyotes will come from there, get ready, bang flop."
I would love to try out west. Looks like it would be a hoot.
Here in Oklahoma where I hunt there is lots of wheat fields with little pockets of cover at times. I have lots of draws and drainage ditches that are really open. I have to be really careful of when I use an ecaller that I don't echo. I hate it and always adjust volume down. Some of the guys I call with don't care about the echo but I think it hurts the stand. I guess I could be wrong, it won't be the first and definitely not the last. I'd like to know how many people don't worry about it and thinks it doesn't hurt your chances.
Thanks
Jon
Years ago when I first started with an e-caller (Johnny stewart tape player with corded speaker) I was hunting a river bottom field with a bluff to my south. It was night time and I had a spot light with an amber lens. I watched a coyote cross the bottom field and run to the bluff and stand in a power line cut. after calling it quits I went out to get my speaker with the call running. It sounded like the crying rabbit was in the powerline. Learned something that night so it wasn't a bust and they coyote did come to the call good, just ran to the echo.