Mouth call vs Electronic call

[MOwhitetail]

Does anyone here that’s used an electronic call like a Foxpro still use mouth/hand calls? I live in an area where coyote calling has become really popular over the last 5 years or so and it seems the dogs have become more wise to the Foxpro. I’m wondering if switching to mouth calls would give me an advantage. It would seem that a mouth blown call could easier match the higher frequencies of real prey in distress. Just a thought I had today.

 

[Skerhunter]

Does anyone here that’s used an electronic call like a Foxpro still use mouth/hand calls? I live in an area where coyote calling has become really popular over the last 5 years or so and it seems the dogs have become more wise to the Foxpro. I’m wondering if switching to mouth calls would give me an advantage. It would seem that a mouth blown call could easier match the higher frequencies of real prey in distress. Just a thought I had today.

Yes and No - if they are educated to standard distress like rabbit - doing the same thing with a hand call produces the same results.

If they don’t respond you just have to keep trying until you figure out what works.

If you have a good ecaller and can load new sounds there isn’t a huge advantage to hand calls.

If you have a cheap one - learn to howl and do pup distress on reed and diaphram calls.

 

[AverageShot]

Does anyone here that’s used an electronic call like a Foxpro still use mouth/hand calls? I live in an area where coyote calling has become really popular over the last 5 years or so and it seems the dogs have become more wise to the Foxpro. I’m wondering if switching to mouth calls would give me an advantage. It would seem that a mouth blown call could easier match the higher frequencies of real prey in distress. Just a thought I had today.

I have tried both. With my skill level, I dont have any luck with a mouth call. Its easier to stick with the electronic call and tell myself they are educated.

That being said, my luck seems to come in waves, but they still come to the foxpro. Are you running a foxpro?

 

[MOwhitetail]

Yeah. I’ve got a shockwave that I like pretty well. Definitely easier to run which is why I think everyone has one.

 

[KJ_ND]

The disadvantage to mouth calls is you are directly making the noises so the eyes will be on you. Electronic calls can be placed away from you. If it is a heavily called area I would recommend calling less or less frequent. If everyone is just leaving their call on for 30 minutes the critters will get keen to it.

 

[MOwhitetail]

The disadvantage to mouth calls is you are directly making the noises so the eyes will be on you. Electronic calls can be placed away from you. If it is a heavily called area I would recommend calling less or less frequent. If everyone is just leaving their call on for 30 minutes the critters will get keen to it.

Yeah that’s why I haven’t really gotten into using a mouth call. (That and blowing one for that long makes me light headed haha).

How long do you run your call for? I’ll usually do 3-5 min stretches of sound and then cut it for 2-3 minutes. I feel that any longer breaks than that and they’ll lose interest/hang up.

 

[KJ_ND]

Yeah that’s why I haven’t really gotten into using a mouth call. (That and blowing one for that long makes me light headed haha).

How long do you run your call for? I’ll usually do 3-5 min stretches of sound and then cut it for 2-3 minutes. I feel that any longer breaks than that and they’ll lose interest/hang up.

It depends I keep distress shorter but howls up to 10 minutes. I would try longer breaks 5-10 minutes. They're curious especially in the winter.