This is one area where Vic and I differ a little bit; I'd paint my whosis green if I thought that it would help, while Vic is a little more casual about things like camo gloves. We both know that camo works, the debate centers on how much is enough. The opinions that follow err on the side of caution, and all that I can tell you is that with a mouth call I've had coyotes standing ten feet away from me, staring holes in my chest trying to find the rabbit, and on one notable occasion I was laying on a tank bank when a pair came up the wind from behind and one literally hurdled my legs, apparently mistaking me for a dead yucca trunk. Vic was fifty feet away that day, and highly amused.

Coyotes have that predator thing going with their eyes; they are big ("My, Grandmother, what BIG eyes you have") and set squarely in the front of their skulls between their ears and behind their noses. If you think about that for a moment, you'll realize that everything triangulates when a coyote comes in. His ears pinpoint the sound of the call, and his eyes and nose work over that same piece of the world. Coyotes key on movement, and the only thing liable to be moving when you are calling, unless you are using a dog, is you as you open and close your hand on a call or shift to bring your rifle to bear.

Ergo, camo. I call with a headnet, gloves, and ASAT® ULTIMATE 3-D™ CAMOUFLAGE (follow the "clothing and BDU's" link from here; because of the way that Brigade sets up their page, I can't link directly to the ASAT) pants and jacket. ASAT is one of the new high-tech, 3-D patterns, and it works like mad down here in the desert country. If you follow the link you will see the technical explaination, but suffice it to say that it works better than anything else that I have ever tried.

Keep to the shade if possible, and sit in FRONT of something that will break your outline. When you do move, move slowly and deliberately, unless you feel the hot breath of a predator on the back of your neck, in which case I would advise you to scream, leap to your feet, and run like hell.