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Old July 4, 1999, 11:49 PM   #6
Art Eatman
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Join Date: November 13, 1998
Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA
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I've used several types of mouth calls and tapes from "mini-boom-box" decks. Reasonable luck with both.

I've had good luck imitating a cottontail rabbit, which I guess is the common "bait" for Texas and Illinois.

A .223 is plenty good for coyotes.

If you're gonna walk and sit, walk and sit, the mouth call works fine. It is a bit of an advantage to have a tape-deck with 50 feet or so of speaker wire, setting the speaker out away from you. Only you can figure if the effort is worth it.

One thing to remember is that coyotes tend to come in and circle to approach the call from downwind. They trust their noses above all other sensory inputs. That's why the speaker at a distance helps. You sit cross-wind from it, preferably with woods or brush helping to break the wind from carrying your scent.

Also remember it is easier for a right-handed shooter to acquire a target approaching from the left...Keeping this in mind means you will move your body less when it's time to shoot; less chance to alert Wiley Coyote.

Best luck, Art
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