One of the biggest questions we get from newbie coyote hunters is “Which Coyote Calls Are Best?” or if your from down south “Which Coyote Callers should a fella purchase?” Coyote calls can basically be broken down into two categories- Electronic Calls and Mouth Calls.
Electronic calls use a amplified speaker and a electronic device like a MP3 player to play back recordings of sounds that coyotes like while mouth calls typically look like a duck call and are put in your mouth and blown on to produce a sound that attracts coyotes. Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of each call:
Mouth Blown Coyote Calls
| Pros | Cons |
| Easy to carry around | Can Freeze Up In Cold Weather |
| Require No Batteries | Limited Sounds Produced By Each Call |
| Inexpensive to purchase | Takes Practice To Get The Call Sounding Right |
| Waterproof | Location of The Call- The sounds comes from You Not By The Decoy |
| Easily Control Call Volume |
Electronic Coyote Calls
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Cons
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Won’t Freeze In Cold Weather
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Expensive To Buy |
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Can make multiple sounds with one call
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Requires Batteries
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No learning curve to create sound
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Not all electronic calls have volume controls
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What to look for in an electronic coyote call- A veteran coyote caller once told me “When it comes to electronic calls- Save up as much money as you can and buy the best call you can. Then prepare to go by another call shortly” I would have to agree with that statement. Generally the more expensive the call the better it is. My first electronic coyote caller was the cheapest model I could find at my local sporting goods store. It sounded good and had good range from the transmitter to the battery but the first thing I noticed and didn’t like was that this call had no remote volume control. In other words If I wanted to start off soft and then turn the call up as time progressed I would have to get up and walk to the speaker unit where the volume control was located. That kind of defeated the purpose of a wireless call in my mind. The more expensive of a call you buy the more sounds the call will be able to make as well. My cheap call had 1 rabbit sound, 1 coyote howl sound and a coyote pup sound. The sounds were on a short 30 second loop leaving it up to me to stop and start the call with my remote. More expensive calls offer a lot more varieties of call sounds.
Important Note- Using electronic calls is not legal in all areas. Check your regulations before you spend your money on a call.
