steve allen
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Here is a trick that we use if there are 2 of us hunting. The guy who is going to call faces upwind at the designated location(generally a high point for better observation). The 2nd hunter sets up 50 yds or so straight downwind of the caller and facing the opposite direction (facing straight downwind). Don't get to far away, because you could wind up with a coyote between you and nobody can shoot it then. The downwind man's function is to cut off those smart-aleck coyotes that think they have it all figured out by approaching the stand from downwind via the low ground.
When they start this game all their attention is focused on the sound, and they have absolutely no clue about the downwind man. You really do surprise these coyotes--we're talking hardball now! Generally, I whistle loudly and they always clamp on the binders, guaranteed. They have absolutely no clue what is going on now--they just stand there. If there are multiple coyotes the downwind hunter shoots the one in front and gets on the distress call, and the caller takes the next one that stops and gets on the distress call. Then it is bedlam. Guns going off, coyotes dying, distress calls from everywhere; what's a mother to do.
This kind of a set-up if it works right can leave you with multiple dead coyotes (maybe all of them) and empty brass laying all around you.
Now you're hitting a 10 on the old fun meter!
When they start this game all their attention is focused on the sound, and they have absolutely no clue about the downwind man. You really do surprise these coyotes--we're talking hardball now! Generally, I whistle loudly and they always clamp on the binders, guaranteed. They have absolutely no clue what is going on now--they just stand there. If there are multiple coyotes the downwind hunter shoots the one in front and gets on the distress call, and the caller takes the next one that stops and gets on the distress call. Then it is bedlam. Guns going off, coyotes dying, distress calls from everywhere; what's a mother to do.
This kind of a set-up if it works right can leave you with multiple dead coyotes (maybe all of them) and empty brass laying all around you.
Now you're hitting a 10 on the old fun meter!