I love predator hunting and have been calling critters since I was a boy back in Michigan.I thought I would put some of the techniques I use to help me bag some of the smartest hunters on earth.I want to say I am in no means a expert but I am successful .I will talk about what I do and use that I have found to work for me .
Some things that will never change if you expect to be successful are being stealthy you must enter the area quietly and stay quiet on stand and limit movements.I will say that Alaska is the hardest place I have hunted for predators due to the food chain.In other words most critters are a little call shy due to the fact if your a coyote you might be running into a wolf kill .I call only after I'm sure the big bears are asleep .
On this post I will talk about calls and the proper use.I use hand calls and a E call.The first thing a new hunter usually does is gets a hand call and heads out into the woods without paying any attention to the wind or trying to be sneaky and start calling .They try this a few times and figure that calling is a wast of time and does not work.
So lets get a hand call and learn to use it at home.Next we need to do some scouting and find a area that holds some predators.Now we need to approach this area silently and set up with the wind in our favor.That means we need to realize that whatever comes to investigate our calling that it will usually try to get down wind .It helps if you have some idea what direction they will generally come from and you will want to set so you have good visibility and shooting lanes down wind.This is where the E call comes in very handy.I set my fox pro out so that I set at a crosswind from it and I also add a decoy next to the e call.The decoys are great even when using a hand call.If using hand calls set it out 20 to 30 yards out in front of you using the cross wind and that fox or coyote will be fixed on it and not on you.I use a lot of bird distress sound and some jackrabbit calls.And I call for a few min and remain silent a few min I keep this up 20 to 30 min and move on to the next spot.
So lets get a hand call and learn to use it at home.Next we need to do some scouting and find a area that holds some predators.Now we need to approach this area silently and set up with the wind in our favor.That means we need to realize that whatever comes to investigate our calling that it will usually try to get down wind .It helps if you have some idea what direction they will generally come from and you will want to set so you have good visibility and shooting lanes down wind.This is where the E call comes in very handy.I set my fox pro out so that I set at a crosswind from it and I also add a decoy next to the e call.The decoys are great even when using a hand call.If using hand calls set it out 20 to 30 yards out in front of you using the cross wind and that fox or coyote will be fixed on it and not on you.I use a lot of bird distress sound and some jackrabbit calls.And I call for a few min and remain silent a few min I keep this up 20 to 30 min and move on to the next spot.
When you look at hand calls you have two types open and closed reed.I love open reed calls and find them very versatile and they don't freeze up on me.OK next time I will discuss my choice of camo.By the way did you find the hunter hiding in the photo.He has the cross hairs on ya!
