I finally saw a deal I couldn't pass up. Foxpro via Amazon dropped the price of the Hammerjack to $253 today, so I am gonna hunt coyotes. I had a Johnny Stewart call way back with cassette tapes that I purchased primarily for snow geese, but I had a coyote cassette that I played a few times and got a few long shots at coyotes, but I never tried too hard. The Hammerjack is a pretty good deal, has a decent remote with decent range, comes with a decoy, has dual jacks for auxillary speakers if more volume is needed, comes with 100 sounds, and 111 free downloads, and holds 300 total - so I can use it for snow geese as well as coyotes.
I have a coyote spot that needs some thinning not too far from the metro area in MN, I also have some spots in northern and central WI. This new spot has multiple coyotes literally on the roof of the homeowners house at night. The house is on the side of a hill, and the snow on the uphill side gives them enough height to jump onto the roof - terrified the homeowners, they have kids and pets, they also have turkeys, pheasants and deer that they want to help protect from coyotes, and asked about culling the pack. I volunteered. At the bottom of the hill is a small lake/creek that has hundreds of tracks crossing the ice in the wide open, they cross 400 yards of wide open ice with zero cover. I have to assume these coyotes have never been hunted. I want to thin them a bit, but don't want to completely burn this spot, the homeowners said they'd be happy if I could keep from hanging out on the roof. I'll be using a shotgun with TSS shot (I load my own for waterfowl hunting already) and I promised I wouldn't shoot before sunrise or after the kids bedtime at night.
So I just bought the Hammerjack, and I need to know which calls to purchase and when to use which one and why.
This is a pretty cool opportunity, so I would really like an education on how to go about this. I'm counting on you guys. I would ideally like to hunt this spot a few times each winter and a couple times in the spring. What do all of you recommend?
Thanks for any help.
I have a coyote spot that needs some thinning not too far from the metro area in MN, I also have some spots in northern and central WI. This new spot has multiple coyotes literally on the roof of the homeowners house at night. The house is on the side of a hill, and the snow on the uphill side gives them enough height to jump onto the roof - terrified the homeowners, they have kids and pets, they also have turkeys, pheasants and deer that they want to help protect from coyotes, and asked about culling the pack. I volunteered. At the bottom of the hill is a small lake/creek that has hundreds of tracks crossing the ice in the wide open, they cross 400 yards of wide open ice with zero cover. I have to assume these coyotes have never been hunted. I want to thin them a bit, but don't want to completely burn this spot, the homeowners said they'd be happy if I could keep from hanging out on the roof. I'll be using a shotgun with TSS shot (I load my own for waterfowl hunting already) and I promised I wouldn't shoot before sunrise or after the kids bedtime at night.
So I just bought the Hammerjack, and I need to know which calls to purchase and when to use which one and why.
This is a pretty cool opportunity, so I would really like an education on how to go about this. I'm counting on you guys. I would ideally like to hunt this spot a few times each winter and a couple times in the spring. What do all of you recommend?
Thanks for any help.