Oklahoma Coyote hunting tips

marcos0901

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My buddy and I went out today. We made 4 sets on brand new places and didn't see a single dog. I ran coyote vocals, bird distress, field mouse, grey fox distress and rabbit through the day. It was 34 degrees starting out at 7:45 and hit 50 at 11 when we quit. I really thought it was gonna be pretty good early on this morning. If anyone has some tips for calling this month it would definitely come in handy.
 
This time of year I normally start off with prey distress of some flavor and then work into more aggressive coyote breeding/fight sounds.
One stand I started with a howl then female challenge then waited and went into distress. And ended with pup distress. On another stand I started with distress calls and then ended with female challenges, howls, etc.
it may have just been a bad day. Another buddy of mine was doing a tournament and they only saw one dog all day.
 
Go to Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote. It has some of the best information that I am aware of. it is a thread here on the long range hunting forum. Be advised, it is over 300 pages long. There is a lot of information there.
 
There's so many folks calling nowadays most of the guys I know won't even hardly go in the daylight. The guys I know that are killing lots of coyotes, (one friend killed just short of 100 last year) call at night and run thermals. I went to fishing, in the daylight, I sleep at night.
I definitely want to get thermals and do a little night hunting. I was just short of 50 dogs in 2024. Close to 100 would be awesome haha
 
Recently, I went out to once again, see "The Miracle". Coyotes coming to a familiar sound. I decided to try a coyote low howl with my Foxpro, and after a few minutes I saw fur in the distance. Three coyotes crossing a harvested bean field. I turned the volume down, and let them close the distance. At 200 yards, they all stopped. Close enough, and the first one went down. One of the others ran 50 yards, stopped looked back, and he went down. The third coyote ran off into the hills, well educated. My next call, using the low howl, had yet another coyote closing the distance. At about 500 yards he stopped, listening intently. Not moving. So, I thought he just needs a little incentive to finish the trip. I switched to a very low volume squealing bird. The coyote jumped up, did an about face nearly choking to death on his sphincter muscle as he ran off to a safe haven. That coyote had heard that particular "Top Forty" song before. Yes, with all the calling technology out there right now, it has become quite difficult to attract an ignorant furbearer. With an electronic call everyone has become a seasoned veteran in regard to collecting fur. I don't see anything changing for the foreseeable future.
 
Recently, I went out to once again, see "The Miracle". Coyotes coming to a familiar sound. I decided to try a coyote low howl with my Foxpro, and after a few minutes I saw fur in the distance. Three coyotes crossing a harvested bean field. I turned the volume down, and let them close the distance. At 200 yards, they all stopped. Close enough, and the first one went down. One of the others ran 50 yards, stopped looked back, and he went down. The third coyote ran off into the hills, well educated. My next call, using the low howl, had yet another coyote closing the distance. At about 500 yards he stopped, listening intently. Not moving. So, I thought he just needs a little incentive to finish the trip. I switched to a very low volume squealing bird. The coyote jumped up, did an about face nearly choking to death on his sphincter muscle as he ran off to a safe haven. That coyote had heard that particular "Top Forty" song before. Yes, with all the calling technology out there right now, it has become quite difficult to attract an ignorant furbearer. With an electronic call everyone has become a seasoned veteran in regard to collecting fur. I don't see anything changing for the foreseeable future.
I agree. I was switching stuff up with the bird distress and grey fox distress since we don't usually use it to much. Brand New sounds and mouth calls are probably going to have to start getting used more in my area.
 
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