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Predator Calling Sound Pictures – What are You Telling Your Target Predators?

Posted July 22, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 1 comment.

There was time when a single sound of a crying rabbit from your Johnny Stewart mouth call was all you needed to bring Wile Coyote running. Today the calling pressure is on and times have changed. Call more “un-callable” critters and get the most from your e-caller by using the whole sound library!

Back in the day…

Mark Healy and an Arizona Coyote & Gray Fox that Fell for Cottontail Distress - circa 1986-87

a tape recorder with a Johnny Stewart rabbit distress tape, or my Circe twist-top 3-sound mouth call would give a guy plenty of opportunities to call and shoot predators. When I started predator calling in 1986, the sport was only somewhat popular and unless you called the same spots over and over, the chances of calling at critters that already heard that same ol’ song before was slim. This was the same time in Arizona hunting history when guys got a December “Any Antlered Deer” tag and would NOT even consider hunting for a Coues Whitetail! My, my, how times have changed as thousands of hunters apply for what’s become just a handful of December Coues tags.

These days it seems that just about everyone who likes hunting has added or wants to add an electronic predator call to his or her hunter’s gear bag. Several years ago the predator hunting videos took off in popularity and people got excited about calling coyotes, bobcats, and other critters, to the business end of their rifle — especially in states where their chances of getting a deer and/or elk tag was fading every year. With this sport’s new-found explosive popularity over the past decade, the chances of calling into country that hasn’t been called is slim.

I just finished talking to a guy who called for a full 2-years with a mouth call before he ever called his first coyote. Now, I will say that I appreciate this young man’s tenacity! However, if he’d had some better techniques, better understanding of his quarry, and better calling equipment, I firmly believe he could have cut that figure down by 1 year and 11 months.

But how? (more…)

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Coyote Pair Called on Video – Mouse Squeaks & Crow Sounds Bring ‘em In

Posted June 15, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 2 comments.

While in Chillicothe, Missouri this past January for a few days of coyote and mixed-bag predator calling, I captured this pair of winter coyotes coming to the call.

These coyotes responded in about 7-8 minutes to a mixture of mouse and vole distress squeaks combined with sounds of crows mobbing food and excited crow calling from my Wildlife Technologies Mighty Atom 21 electronic wildlife caller. I’ve used this technique successfully many other times. I play the sounds continuously and vary the volume from medium to medium/loud. Once the predator is spotted coming in, I drop the volume to keep it/them moving toward the speaker.

Unfortunately, the shooter hit the coyote too far back to be immediately effective.

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Mark Healy

mark@wildlifecallers.com

Categories: Predator calling, coyote, wildlife technologies

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MOJO Decoys – Wildlife Callers’ Store Now Offers the MOJO Predator Hunting Line

Posted April 30, 2010 By Mark Healy and has no comments yet.

Increase your odds of success on every stand by adding a MOJO Critter, MOJO Woodpecker, or any other MOJO Predator Hunting Decoy to your stands.

The Wildlife Callers’ Team is listening to your requests for more choices in quality predator calling and hunting gear. We are now offering the newly redesigned MOJO Critter and the entire MOJO Outdoor’s predator hunting decoy lineup. We’ve shopped the competition to offer you great prices on this great gear. We appreciate your business!

MOJO Critter

The MOJO Critter, the world’s most popular predator hunting decoy has been added to our store for just $37.99 (plus shipping & tax if applicable).

To see the MOJO Critter in action, CLICK HERE

: MOJO Woodpecker

We also have the the MOJO Woodpecker in stock as well as the MOJO Clip on Dove 4-Packs, and the MOJO Hawk.

The MOJO Puppy Dog

The MOJO Puppy Dog will be arriving around July 2010. We’ll make another announcement when it is in stock.

We are also waiting for the MOJO Critter Extension Poles to arrive in July as well.

Thank you again for reading and for being great customers. Your comments and suggestions for site and store improvements are valued, so don’t hesitate to send us an email: info@wildlifecallers.com

All the best to you and yours,

Mark Healy

mark@wildlifecallers.com

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Second Chance Coyote – Coyote Called In, Shot & Wounded, then Called In Again

Posted April 28, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 7 comments.

Field Tactics: Quick changes to your location, and the addition of new sounds can bring coyotes back in – even in these extreme circumstances.

Predator callers, especially the newer guys, often wonder when a stand is “burned” and what if anything can be done when a coyote has winded them, or they have fired a missed shot at one. The short answer is yes, something can be done. Here’s a video that demonstrates that a coyote can be called (in this case, called and wounded) and then immediately re-called if the caller reacts quickly, changes positions, and gives the coyote a new scenario and sound picture that gets its attention back.

Does this tactic work every time? No – but, then again, nothing works every time. However, it’s one more tactic for a coyote caller to use in the field. Let’s face it, coyotes have no idea what a gun is or what sound a gun makes. You always have a fair chance at re-gaining control of the coyote’s behavior if you change its mind.

Coyotes aren’t always easy to find and we always try to make the most of the ones we’ve already located. We believe that most unproductive stands are unproductive simply because we’re calling and there’s nothing close enough to be listening, or close enough to care. Finding coyotes and knowing exactly where they are is definitely more than half the battle of successfully calling them. Once you have one or more coyotes located, exhaust all opportunities to put ‘em in your truck.

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Good hunting,

Mark Healy

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Video Blog – Barking a Coyote to a Stop, Bad Shooting, & Anti-Hunter Comments

Posted March 16, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 6 comments.

In this video blog Mark Healy attempts to bark a coyote to a stop with horrible results. We’ve analyzed the scenario and believe we know why the coyote hit the afterburners when he heard the bark. Take a look for yourselves and give us your thoughts.

We also take a few minutes to read a pair of reader comments from the dozens we’ve received over the last several weeks. We provide some insight, intellectual analysis, and a rebuttal to each based on professional consultation we solicited from outside the company.

We’ve all seen it before. A called coyote comes running in, the camera guy or the shooter need it to stop for a second or two, and someone barks. In the dozens of times I’ve done it, the coyote usually pauses just long enough to make a clean shot, or get some photos. Occasionally, like in this video, the coyote looks like he’s been poked with a cattle prod and getting any shot at the running dog is akin to skeet shooting.

If you click on the video a second time you can view it in full screen at YouTube.

We are always amazed and amused by the number of people who take time from their day to send us pointless personal attack emails. Now I know firsthand what Howard Stern meant when he said “Why don’t they just change the channel. No one is forced to listen to me”. Although, it would be nice to see a lib wing nut try to make a coherent argument rather than offering a simpleton death wish laced with profanity. If only…

As always, thank you for stopping in and adding value to the Wildlife Callers Blog! Better days in the field are what we’re all about. If this video makes a difference on your next hunt and you bag the coyote, we’ve achieved our goal.

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Mark Healy

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