Well, i've just started calling for coyotes this past december. my calling has been basically just limited to distress. Last evening was my first real attempt at howling. I started with a couple of howls, waited 3min, then gave a female invite call. It was probably 1-2min later he appeared 300yrds away. Now my question is, did he show up from the howling or the female invite howl? Oh, and he did not respond back just showed up.

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Well I guess you will never know which howl he came in to, but he did come in to your howling. Good job!

I like friendly sounding howls most of the time. Here is a friendly howl that I made with my own vocal chords last night.
http://www.cronkpredatorcalls.com/sounds/VoiceHowlRC.mp3

Coyote pups will begin to hit the ground soon, and howling will be the number one "hot" calling sound. Here is another version of my voice howl for you.
URL: http://www.cronkpredatorcalls.com/sounds/VoiceHowl7.mp3

Fantastic thread! I became interested in howling after giving it a try this past Thanksgiving break. I was using a rabbit in distress while night hunting and called in a fox (never got a shot). I was about to move stands when I thought I would give howling a try with a red dawg howler/crier. Never tried it before and wanted to give it a whirl. There was an immediate response of some local coyotes (and nearby ranch dogs). They responded a couple of times then quit. This thread has been a gem, full of info. Excited to get back out with new info and much practice in a few weeks.


Thanks,
WMR

Rich do u have a book of basics, like setups howls distress calls I need drawings of setups and wind direction to get a good idea on how to hunt coyotes. Also this night hunting hhis does it work(ie:how do u see)

Ashly,

I have never written a book on howling. The most important thing is to have a good idea where the coyotes will be when you begin your stand. Coyotes here in my area are out in the open fields at night, where they hunt for mice and such. Not long after daybreak, they head back to the thick stuff. Most of my calling is done from a ridge top, and I hunt during the day. Early morning is best, with the last hour before dark being a close second. I read posts where guys are howling way too much. Coyotes do not often howl in that fashion. I howl once, twice, maybe three times and then go silent for several minutes.

I have almost zero experience in calling at night. Night time calling works very well if it is legal to use a light while calling in your state.

HHHHHOOOOLLLLLLLYYYYYYY Macural, DUDE.............. Sir.
Have I got a LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOTT to learn.
Just saved your site.
Going to be reading for a long time.
Thanks again,
Gman

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Gman,

I have some howls that I recorded with my own vocal chords that I loaded on my Foxpro CS-24, and two or three of those howls are found under the preset buttons. E mail me if you would like a couple of those howls for your own use.

Thanks, I'll take ya up on that.
Let me get a couple things, that are pending out of the way, And I'll get back w/ ya.
Gman

I guess some of my links to coyote howls are now dead. Shucks I should be dead myself, but still hanging in there. The above link that is labeled "voicehowl7" is a good lonesome type howl to use on stand. This nest one is also a "friendly" howl which works quite well.
http://www.cronkpredatorcalls.com/sounds/WaveringCoyHowll.wav

Another good one.

http://www.cronkpredatorcalls.com/sounds/VoiceHowlRC.mp3

Definately going to incorporate some howling into my call sets after reading all this.

Mr. Cronk, mind if i ask witch FoxPro you recommend for someone new into electronic callers

astring,

Personally, I would bite the bullet and get the CS-24 standard. The only thing that bothers me is that presently their duets are recorded in stereo, so I was only getting half of the duet. I stuck em in my Cool edit program and converted the duets to mono. Now I get the full duet with my single speaker. I should call Steve Dillon and advise him of that little problem. Sure I could carry a second speaker to plug into the supplied speaker jack, but I am not big on carrying extra stuff along ya know? I am an old fashioned Grandpa who is set in his ways.

Now Possumal, who is even older than me---he carries enough junk to every stand he almost needs a wheelbarrow.

thanks for the info, any advice on electronic callers is needed