Originally Posted By: tripod3I've taken a ton with pup distress some with that as the only sound used.
Fun part is stopping one after a partner has shot and missed, once stopped one fleeing 4 times and yes my partner missed all 4 times! He was shocked and embarrassed.
^^^^This
Have found one corner of an 11,000+ acre ranch to be one of my most productive stands for the past 17 years. Hunting the spot so many times I am sure that the ranch boundary fence is also a territorial mark year after year, having had a number of coyotes come right up to the fence, start to cross, only to back off. Two tracks run on both sides adjacent to the fence most of which is now grown up with thorn brush so thick that you can only see through small patches.
This picture taken from corner, right after fence construction....no undergrowth
This one hesitated, but dared to cross that line!
Well, most of him got through!
Another morning, a couple of years after first picture taken, I was snuggled up in that thornbrush watching the N-S road and my partner was behind me in the corner watching E-W road & center sendero which terminates in the corner.
Called in a coyote on the other ranch with Nutty nuthatch, which came up roadway on south side of boundary fence from the west and rounded the corner,within 3-4 yards of my partner, then passed me in the closest rut of the two track, still on adjoining ranch. He ran right up to my call which was hung on the fence about 30 yards north of me.
Long story short, when the coyote would get close to call, I'd silence it. He would stop, look up, then start pacing back and forth barking & trying to locate the source of the sound. At some point, I think he may have suspected my presence, as he came up close, sniffing the very thick thornbrush directly opposite of me. Not thinking, I growled at him and thought for a minute it was a terrible mistake as he drew even closer but fortunately the brush was impenetrable & he resumed barking and running back and forth. It's been a number of years and I have forgotten exactly how long this went on, but IIRC it was over 30-35 minutes by the timer on my remote.
That coyote wanted to come across that fence so badly, but was obviously afraid to. He finally departed, headed east. I stopped him and called him back three or four times w/pup distress. I'd bark and stop him about 50 yards from the fence, turn back and challenge howl, which I alternately mimicked or played pup distress, then he'd run right back to the fence and stop, barking. We carried on this argument for quite a while.
I start most stands w/pup distress and have called in a number, usually they respond right away; if no response in 5 min. or so, switch to something else, but play pup distress for a few minutes at end of most stands, go silent and sit a few minutes more. Have had an occasional visitor after the last call.
Regards,
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