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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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San Carlos Indian Reservation Electronic Predator and Other Game Animal Calling

Posted May 18, 2010 By Mark Healy and has 7 comments.

San Carlos is a spectacular place to hunt, both in terms of the scenic views and the variety of predators you can call there. But, is it legal to use your electronic caller on their reservation?

As of this Wildlife Callers blog post (May 2010) it is NOT legal to use an electronic call to call/attract any animals with an electronic call on the San Carlos Reservation.

San Carlos Indian Wildlife & Recreation Regulation 002-M

You can access the regualtion by CLICKING HERE and then choosing “Regulations” on the left margin.

Yes, some of the rules and regs on San Carlos have changed often and this one is no exception. However, better to know the current rules and either use hand calls, or go somewhere else. I’ve hunted on San Carlos for the past 24 years and I will be headed elsewhere until it changes back. Dave Martens and I have spent thousands of dollars in permit fees on San Carlos and we’re not sure what they’re trying to accomplish with this rule. Hopefully it will change soon, but until it does the hand calling crowd will have it all to themselves!!

San Carlos has also been a hot hunting spot for out of state hunters looking for lots of ground to hunt and reasonable daily rates for predator calling and small game hunting. If you know an out of stater that likes predator calling and hunting on San Carlos, please pass this blog post along. The San Carlos Game & Fish guys have always been great with us, but they absolutely will ticket violators and confiscate your caller.

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Thanks for reading,

Mark Healy

mark@wildlifecallers.com

Categories: Books & Education, Predator calling

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Flextone Mimic eH1 Now at Wildlife Callers – Plus a Bonus Ohio Squirrel Attack Recreation

Posted May 13, 2010 By Mark Healy and has no comments yet.

The Flextone Mimic eH1 is preloaded with 40 sounds from the Wildlife Technologies sound library and is now part of what Wildlife Callers can offer readers and customers for this upcoming season.

You can see both callers by CLICKING HERE or on the picture below.

The Flextone Mimic eH1 and the Echo eR1

Every hunter’s budget is different, especially in these uncertain times. So, to bridge the gap between not having but wanting an electronic caller and eventually owning a high-end remote controlled do-all field workhorse, Wildlife Callers now offers the Flextone Mimic eH1 for just under $40 bucks. The Mimic is one half of Flextone’s new e-caller line up. Flextone is also coming out with a remote controlled unit called the Echo eR1. The eR1 has a June delivery date and we’ll provide more details on that machine as they come out.

In this attached video we discuss some of the questions we’ve received about the new Mimic handheld caller. We also take some satirical license and “recreate” the 911 call from an Ohio family that had to be freed by police after they were “trapped” in their home by a “temperamental” squirrel – yes you read that right – a squirrel. Enjoy…

These callers are a direct result of the demand for Wildlife Technologies sounds on machines that more guys can afford – your ideas in action.

If you still have a question about this caller, please send it in – info@wildlifecallers.com or give us a call toll-free at 1-877-734-1010

We hope you enjoyed the video and always appreciate your comments. Subscriptions to the blog are always free.

Thank you again for reading and good hunting!

Mark Healy

mark@wildlifecallers.com

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Color Phase Black Bear Called and Taken In Idaho

Posted May 7, 2010 By Marc Reindell and has 1 comment.

Tom Sorenson of Base Camp Legends contacted us about a Black Bear he called in on a cool spring day in the mountains of Idaho. This is a nice color phase bear, Tom and his wife had been scouting this area for a few weeks prior to calling this beauty.

Tom Sorenson and his color phase Black Bear called in.

Tom lives in Weiser, ID and called this bear less than an hour from his home. Idaho does not allow the use of electronic game callers for big game, including bear and mountain lion. He used a Primos Hyper Lip Cow Call to call the bear. Tom and his wife took up predator calling about a year ago or so, looks like they are catching on pretty quick!

Below is an excerpt from Tom’s story:

“ The game plan was much the same as the previous week – lots of hiking and glassing, and lots of calling. Predator calling was something we’d started last year and in all the sets we’d had yet to call in a bear – call that a bit of foreshadowing. I don’t know the exact score, but I’d imagine it was somewhere around 30 sets and no bears. For the record, those are pretty bad odds. But the law of averages says that we were due.” (more…)

Categories: Predator Scouting, Predator calling

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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

mark@wildlifecallers.com

Categories: Predator calling, coyote

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