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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
How do I start Coyote Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="BrianID" data-source="post: 2349371" data-attributes="member: 104589"><p>You have been given some great advice already. Removing coyotes can help other animals in the areas you hunt, it extends your season, makes you a better hunter and can make you a much better shot while hunting. There are a number of good books out there that you might find helpful. Garry Blair's book is one of the better ones. Going out with an experienced coyote caller is also solid advice. </p><p></p><p>1. There are coyotes everywhere. Places that have cows, often have higher densities of coyotes than places that do not have cows. The places with the highest concentration of coyotes will have food and cover that they prefer. Coyotes don't just eat meat, they are omnivores just like bears. It is much easier to call a coyote into a spot that it is comfortable coming to investigate. Roads, invisible property boundaries of a neighboring coyote, a scent trail you left on your way into as stand, your vehicles sight or smell, too open of terrain and many other things will make a coyote uncomfortable with coming into a particular stand sight. My ideal stand would have the sun at my back, I would be sitting in the shade, have a large bush, tree or rock behind me to break up my outline, wind in my face and I would have some elevation to give myself a better view. Most my stands don't have all the things I want but I will never compromise on the wind. I call in a cross wind as often as I call with the wind in my face. It is a waste of time calling stands sights that coyotes can smell you before you have a chance to shoot them. Coyotes will often circle to get downwind of you so they can smell you. Sometimes that is a 10 yard circle, other times they may circle you by 300 or even 500 yards. The smart coyotes that do big circles can be very hard to kill.</p><p></p><p>2. Coyotes will come into all kinds of different sounds. In many places where they are educated by other callers, sounds they have heard before will be less effective. Electronic callers can work very well but sometimes a unique hand call is most effective for coyotes that hear predator calls on a regular basis. Coyote vocalizations and pup distress can also be very effective.</p><p></p><p>3. Sometimes I'll call continuously the entire time I'm on a stand and other times I'll only call for 15 seconds and go quite for several minutes. In the past I would often do a minute of calling followed by 3-5 minutes of silence but I've been mixing it up a little more lately.</p><p></p><p>4. I'll almost always give a stand at least 15 minutes. I probably give most stands 25-30 minutes. In areas that coyotes have been called to a lot, they can be slower to come in. I've had many coyotes show up 45 minutes after I started calling. Unless you have large tracks of private land that you know no one else calls, it is safe to assume that every coyote you attempt to call, has heard coyote callers before. I wouldn't doubt that some of the coyotes I've called in have heard either me or someone else call within a mile of them dozens of times. </p><p></p><p>Just because you are not seeing a coyote on a particular stand, doesn't mean you didn't call one in and educate it. They have ways of sneaking into a caller even in relatively open country. In less open country it isn't uncommon for me to have coyotes get 10 yards from me or my caller before I see them. In open country I've had coyotes use a ravine or thick strip of brush and then they suddenly appear 50 or 100 yards away. I wouldn't be surprised if is see less than half the coyotes that I call in. If they circle to get your wind, you may never see them. Even experienced deer hunters that I take out coyote calling often will see less than 50% of the coyotes that I see on a stand.</p><p></p><p>If you actually call in a coyote your first day or two of trying, consider that an accomplishment. Even experienced coyote hunters will have days they don't see a single coyote. I occasionally have days that I call in a coyote on more than 50% of my stands but I have more days that I have coyotes come in on less than 25% of my stands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrianID, post: 2349371, member: 104589"] You have been given some great advice already. Removing coyotes can help other animals in the areas you hunt, it extends your season, makes you a better hunter and can make you a much better shot while hunting. There are a number of good books out there that you might find helpful. Garry Blair's book is one of the better ones. Going out with an experienced coyote caller is also solid advice. 1. There are coyotes everywhere. Places that have cows, often have higher densities of coyotes than places that do not have cows. The places with the highest concentration of coyotes will have food and cover that they prefer. Coyotes don't just eat meat, they are omnivores just like bears. It is much easier to call a coyote into a spot that it is comfortable coming to investigate. Roads, invisible property boundaries of a neighboring coyote, a scent trail you left on your way into as stand, your vehicles sight or smell, too open of terrain and many other things will make a coyote uncomfortable with coming into a particular stand sight. My ideal stand would have the sun at my back, I would be sitting in the shade, have a large bush, tree or rock behind me to break up my outline, wind in my face and I would have some elevation to give myself a better view. Most my stands don't have all the things I want but I will never compromise on the wind. I call in a cross wind as often as I call with the wind in my face. It is a waste of time calling stands sights that coyotes can smell you before you have a chance to shoot them. Coyotes will often circle to get downwind of you so they can smell you. Sometimes that is a 10 yard circle, other times they may circle you by 300 or even 500 yards. The smart coyotes that do big circles can be very hard to kill. 2. Coyotes will come into all kinds of different sounds. In many places where they are educated by other callers, sounds they have heard before will be less effective. Electronic callers can work very well but sometimes a unique hand call is most effective for coyotes that hear predator calls on a regular basis. Coyote vocalizations and pup distress can also be very effective. 3. Sometimes I'll call continuously the entire time I'm on a stand and other times I'll only call for 15 seconds and go quite for several minutes. In the past I would often do a minute of calling followed by 3-5 minutes of silence but I've been mixing it up a little more lately. 4. I'll almost always give a stand at least 15 minutes. I probably give most stands 25-30 minutes. In areas that coyotes have been called to a lot, they can be slower to come in. I've had many coyotes show up 45 minutes after I started calling. Unless you have large tracks of private land that you know no one else calls, it is safe to assume that every coyote you attempt to call, has heard coyote callers before. I wouldn't doubt that some of the coyotes I've called in have heard either me or someone else call within a mile of them dozens of times. Just because you are not seeing a coyote on a particular stand, doesn't mean you didn't call one in and educate it. They have ways of sneaking into a caller even in relatively open country. In less open country it isn't uncommon for me to have coyotes get 10 yards from me or my caller before I see them. In open country I've had coyotes use a ravine or thick strip of brush and then they suddenly appear 50 or 100 yards away. I wouldn't be surprised if is see less than half the coyotes that I call in. If they circle to get your wind, you may never see them. Even experienced deer hunters that I take out coyote calling often will see less than 50% of the coyotes that I see on a stand. If you actually call in a coyote your first day or two of trying, consider that an accomplishment. Even experienced coyote hunters will have days they don't see a single coyote. I occasionally have days that I call in a coyote on more than 50% of my stands but I have more days that I have coyotes come in on less than 25% of my stands. [/QUOTE]
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