Wackmaster
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Devin, I am not in the same class as you and a few others on here. I like my dogs a little bigger as the coyotes seem to not charge in and take a bite out of them. I would love to kill every coyote that I call when using my dogs, but want to keep my dogs unharmed as a first priority. Decoy dogs(loose term) have become a way for guys like me to expand the way we hunt coyotes. There are a lot of things that most of the recreational guys will never do with their dogs. I would venture to say that most recreational guys, myself included, look to get the "show" 6-12 times a year. By show I mean having the dogs and hunter really come together and look like they know what they are doing! I hunt my dogs more than that but have days where coyotes don’t cooperate, dogs are hunting for themselves, or I flat blow it with a miss. I really enjoy having the dogs to hunt with and am not disappointed when they are not the magic weapon that guarantees I will kill coyotes. I appreciate your insight in using dogs for coyotes. Maybe this thread should have been titled- The difference between coyote dogs, recreational vs professional? I would be interested in seeing how many traits overlap between the two and what are important to the pro vs recreational caller?