In my travels, I’ve met predator hunters who expect to call coyotes at every stand they make. If nothing responds, they feel like something went wrong with the stand. I’ve also hunted with guys who think getting a predator to come in on every third of fourth stand is excellent.
Where you hunt, time of the year, amount of hunting pressure, weather, terrain and other factors certainly influence calling response rates. Just for fun, let’s see how your response rates compare to other predator callers from around the country.
Take the poll to the left. To be clear about what constitutes a response, it’s a coyote, bobcat, fox, raccoon or other predator that is approaching your position as a result of your calling, whether you get a shot or not. Also, if three coyotes come in at one stand, that counts as one successful stand.
Please tell the truth. No one will know who you are anyway, so there’s no shame or bragging either way.
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Grandaddy always said that if you ain't above fifty percent, you ain't much of a coyote caller. My persenal success rate has been well over sixty percent these past few years. Before I moved up to Indiana I was way over eighty percent.
Sniperman223
My success rate would have to average about 25%, so i definately do not meet grandaddy's standards. On a recent 3 day hunt to Wyoming we called 16 coyotes, if we made 10 sets a day that is a bit over 50% but i doubt we did and the % goes up a bit, one day the wind gusted to 40 MPH and it rained, we only called one that day and on one stand 5 responded. Here in Missouri a response out of about every 8-10 sets is normal.
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