howling coyotes

[marcus]

Hello, I have had good luck howling coyotes in but have a few questions for you guys that have more experience. What do you guys do when a coyote or coyotes answer back. Do you answer them back and if so what sound? How much should I howl at a set? Are female invite howls a good sound and can you over howl with the female invite? The for the help and good luck calling!

[rockcreekcurs]

It all boils down to why the coyotes are answering you... I would definitely keep calling them if they keep answering you but you can definitely over call.

Keep them interested and they will come in. Right now they seem to be very responsive in my area to challenge howls as most are paired up and breeding.

It's trial and error. What works on one stand on a particular coyote or group of coyotes, might never work again... or it may work on the next stand. There's really only one way to find out. I have never killed any coyotes from the couch, so keep getting out there and keep after them.

Best of luck.

[lb]

I think it can be counterproductive to keep up a conversation with a coyote, or coyotes. In my opinion, when they go silent is when they have decided to come in. If you keep responding, they tend to stay put and defend their territory. I think a silent coyote is one that is approaching the stand.

[marcus]

Thanks for the info and help! Say if I do some female or lonesome howls and get a reponse, should I answer them back with a few more howls and then just wait? Or if I do some group howling which they answer a lot, should I answer back with more group howling? Thanks again

[lb]

You are never going to get a coyote to come in if you are throwing group howls at him.

[marcus]

lb, why do you say I will never call in a coyote with the group/pair howling? I have used it alot in the past with good success and famous Randy Anderson calls in alot of coyotes after doing group or serenade howling.

[lb]

I guess you know more than I do. Good luck, LB

[trappnman]

lb, thats interesting, not so much from a calling perspective, but just in coyote dynamics.

1080 has told me many times an individual coyote, can do anything- but to be successful you need to know how the majority of coyotes react.

so let me guess- group howls are locators for other groups, and the tendency is for other coyotes, not to intrude on another groups territory?

am I close?

[lb]

Yes, that's about how it works. BUT. There are different types of group howls and they have different descriptive names. But, still. That is not the type of "howl" we expect for them to come in to. One type, could be? The morning serenade, called by various other names, I have seen coyotes do that group yodel and come right in. Kind of rare though. Start to finish, I mean. LB

Is that confusing enough? There are no sure fire answers, with howling.

[trappincoyotes39]

The time of year will dictait response as well. Agressive adult pair howling will bring in coyotes at certain times of the year. Summertime it works really well. I have an adult pair sound that is top notch, has brought coyotes in when other sounds would not. I have brought them out of thick cover for the airplane to shoot and also brought them in to the rifle with such sounds. Not a sound I would use in the fall though.

[ryanf73]

Most of the time if I am calling and they all break out howling at me it means that I am busted. But sometimes if you challenge howl one might come in to try to whip on you.