Electronic Game Caller

[B Man]

hey all,

i've been wanting one of these Electronic Game Caller's SIR has for a few years now. not sure why i haven't bought one yet. now they seem to be cheaper than ever and they have that new one out with the sound cards. i'll be using it for hunting coyotes mostly. is it worth the money? i can't call coyotes worth crap so i figured this may be worth a try.

any opinions?

any body have one?

thanks in advance :cheers:

[Palssonater]

Check the local regs about electronic came calls. I know you can get yourself in trouble if the caller has the ability to call for deer or geese at the same time as calling yote's.

Not sure about the restrictions on coyotes.

[Toban]

You can use electronics for yotes but Palssonator may be right about having some of the other sounds on there getting you in trouble.
I'm not sure what SIR has right now but if you are going electronic. Go digital with a remote for sure. No need to worry about cassettes or cd's and wires that just get tangled around everything.
The absolute best digital callers out there are from FoxPro. No question. But you pay for it. http://www.gofoxpro.com/main.htm
But before dropping a tonne of your hard earned cash on an e-caller I'd suggest buying a couple of Randy Anderson's DVD's and watching them. There is a lot to learn about yotes. They are a pretty complex animal and it's not as simple as plunking yourself down and squeeling like a hurt bunny. Most of the top callers use mouth calls for most of their calling. I've learned a tonne from his vids and my calling has really improved. Hell, I've got a bunch if you want, PM me your address and I'll burn a couple and send them to you.
What kind of calls are you using and what are you doing?
Distress sounds aren't hard with a decent closed reed mouth call. Decent calls make a lot of difference too. I ordered a hand made call from a guy in Saskatchewan tuned to sound more like a snoeshoe hare than a jack rabbit or cottontail, which are the most common sound. I really like it and got more success with it than the other ones.
Time of year plays a role too. This time of year, season is actually closed now I think, but starting in February, you can almost forget distress sounds unless it's pup distress. Mating season starts then and howling is better. There are all kinds of howling sounds too.
I've really gotten into it and there is lots of good info out there. If your interested I can also get you a bunch of links to good sites.
Be careful though. It can be pretty addictive!

[B Man]

You can use electronics for yotes but Palssonator may be right about having some of the other sounds on there getting you in trouble.
I'm not sure what SIR has right now but if you are going electronic. Go digital with a remote for sure. No need to worry about cassettes or cd's and wires that just get tangled around everything.
The absolute best digital callers out there are from FoxPro. No question. But you pay for it. http://www.gofoxpro.com/main.htm
But before dropping a tonne of your hard earned cash on an e-caller I'd suggest buying a couple of Randy Anderson's DVD's and watching them. There is a lot to learn about yotes. They are a pretty complex animal and it's not as simple as plunking yourself down and squeeling like a hurt bunny. Most of the top callers use mouth calls for most of their calling. I've learned a tonne from his vids and my calling has really improved. Hell, I've got a bunch if you want, PM me your address and I'll burn a couple and send them to you.
What kind of calls are you using and what are you doing?
Distress sounds aren't hard with a decent closed reed mouth call. Decent calls make a lot of difference too. I ordered a hand made call from a guy in Saskatchewan tuned to sound more like a snoeshoe hare than a jack rabbit or cottontail, which are the most common sound. I really like it and got more success with it than the other ones.
Time of year plays a role too. This time of year, season is actually closed now I think, but starting in February, you can almost forget distress sounds unless it's pup distress. Mating season starts then and howling is better. There are all kinds of howling sounds too.
I've really gotten into it and there is lots of good info out there. If your interested I can also get you a bunch of links to good sites.
Be careful though. It can be pretty addictive!

first off, wow, great post.

the callers cards have separate cards for cows, yotes, geese, deer etc, so i won't get in any trouble.

thanks for the offer, PM sent.

i'm using a Haydels cotton tail distress call with no luck. i would just walk to the edge of the field, sit and call, wait a while, call again. i just wanted to try it, see if anything would happen. turns out nothing did hapen....

[Toban]

Blaze,
I got your PM and I'll burn the vids as soon as I get a chance.
Don't be discouraged. It's like anything else and doesn't work half the time. Sometimes you can see them ignoring you!
Start with areas with lots of sign. Make sure you can see your down wind side. Sitting so you have a cross wind is good. Most will try to circle down wind if they can.

Check out this site to see if you blowing the call right, it has a bunch of sounds on it for download and lots of good info.
www.varmintal.com (http://www.varmintal.com)

www.coyotecanada.ca (http://www.coyotecanada.ca) is pretty good too

The varmint section on Realtree.com has some good stuff. Look for any posts by a guy named "sureshot". He's one of the mods. Great coyote hunter out of Saskatchewan. Shot over 100 this year.
www.canadiangunnutz.com (http://www.canadiangunnutz.com) also has some good stuff in their varmint section.

[B Man]

thanks again toban!

i'll check those links out.