Predator Call

I am fortunate to be able to hunt fairly long stretches, everyday for two to three weeks.  It is during these marathon hunting trips that we see cyclical trends in calling success.  The weather seems to be almost perfect with little to no wind and you can’t buy a coyote.  Two days later, the wind is howling and the coyotes run over you on every stand.  As my hunting partner, Larry Symes says “You don’t learn anything about calling coyotes if you just hunt for two or three days.  If you stay after them everyday for two or three weeks to a month, you begin to understand active feeding times.”

I am a believer that predators feed by the moon and religiously watch the So-lunar Tables.  If you have the opportunity to hunt one of these marathons, I highly recommend that you obtain a copy of the so-lunar tables and see how the active times relate to calling success.  I am not saying don’t hunt simply because the moon says it will not be a good day.  What I am saying is if the tables say that there is going to be an active time at noon, then I don’t want to be sitting at the Dairy Queen.  I will schedule my lunch break early or even better, go without eating as I need to drop a few pounds anyway. 

My motto is “We don’t quit and we don’t whine”.  No matter how bad things are going, if you will keep the pressure on, things will turn around.   As I have matured, it is easier for me to handle the tough days.  Years ago, I would lay awake wondering what I did wrong or if I used the right predator calls.  Now I realize that I did nothing wrong, it was that some days are just not very good.  Good luck and happy hunting!