Oklahoma Coyote hunting tips

[marcos0901]

Couldn't agree more. Years ago, before the crowds were into it, I was calling with mouth calls to coyotes who had very little to no pressure, and there were days you simply could not get one to come. Days they would hang up in sight, but hundreds and hundreds of yards away, and then there were those magical days when as many as four or five would come into one sit. Back then when I called one in and shot it, I just kept calling. I can't even tell you how many times I called in coyotes after I had killed one or even two. I called in two pairs once and I was using an Encore in 22-250. First pair I killed them both, second pair I only killed one. I called in two coyotes as singles one day, killed them both, kept calling and shot a cat half an hour later. Like I said earlier I spend my days outdoors fishing nowadays after deer season. All my buddies have the best electronic calls, thermals, and access to vast acres of land. They are so much more successful at night they are simply unwilling to spend those days out there when no one can call a coyote. They recently went on a trip to western Kansas where there is no pressure, and killed several, I can't remember the total, but every single one was at night. They called late evening and early morning every day, but I believe he said they did not call a single coyote in daylight hours. My guess is at least part of the time coyotes aren't moving much in the daylight because they have a belly full of mice, or rabbits, or whatever else they could catch at night.

That definitely makes sense. I have been stumped this year. This is the second time in a row we have went since the beginning of the year and called in nothing. Last year by this time we already had 10 coyotes just making 2-3 sits in an afternoon every other weekend. We did a coyote tournament in the middle of December and killed 3 out of 6 dogs on one set. It was one place I really didn't expect to even kill a dog.

 

[SKanez]

It's easy to blame lack of action on calling pressure, but that's not the only reason lack of action happens. Sometimes the coyote's just aren't motivated to move.
If a guy goes calling enough, he'll have those days when he can't buy a coyote, even though he's calling in a coyote rich and low calling pressured area. There are days when a coyote will simply lay there and listen, even though he may only be a couple hundred yards from the call to start with. Have seen it several times. I have even had it happen where a coyote might sit up out of bed and then lay back down. Have done it and have witnessed it where a guy ends up shooting the coyote in its bed because it wouldn't come to the call, but it was already close enough to shoot.
It's in our nature to try to figure out the "why" the coyotes do or don't come to the call on any given day but it's obvious to me that we may never figure 'em out. They'll leave even the most seasoned caller scratching his head from time to time. The best we can do is keep trying and maybe someday someone will figure out the magic code that will make 'em come to the call every time they hear the call.

All truth!

 

[marcos0901]

It's easy to blame lack of action on calling pressure, but that's not the only reason lack of action happens. Sometimes the coyote's just aren't motivated to move.
If a guy goes calling enough, he'll have those days when he can't buy a coyote, even though he's calling in a coyote rich and low calling pressured area. There are days when a coyote will simply lay there and listen, even though he may only be a couple hundred yards from the call to start with. Have seen it several times. I have even had it happen where a coyote might sit up out of bed and then lay back down. Have done it and have witnessed it where a guy ends up shooting the coyote in its bed because it wouldn't come to the call, but it was already close enough to shoot.
It's in our nature to try to figure out the "why" the coyotes do or don't come to the call on any given day but it's obvious to me that we may never figure 'em out. They'll leave even the most seasoned caller scratching his head from time to time. The best we can do is keep trying and maybe someday someone will figure out the magic code that will make 'em come to the call every time they hear the call.

At first I definitely thought I was doing something wrong. I felt a little better when a friend hunting a tournament only saw one dog all day. It definitely surprised me as the morning before was about 10 degrees warmer and I saw about 4-5 dogs throughout the day. I gifted one with a Berger above the eye while grabbing some hay haha

 

[Beluebow]

Four sets is good on the good days...most days it takes a lot more sets than that to be successful. Try to plan 20-25 sets for a full day of hunting. I hunt Eastern Oklahoma it's tough most days. Lots of good hunters and the yote are educated.

 

[marcos0901]

Four sets is good on the good days...most days it takes a lot more sets than that to be successful. Try to plan 20-25 sets for a full day of hunting. I hunt Eastern Oklahoma it's tough most days. Lots of good hunters and the yote are educated.

I definitely would like to do a lot more than 4 in a day. I work 7 days a week and have a newborn at home so I just try to get what hunt time I can in. Plus Saturday we ended up getting wind gusts 25 plus out here in central. These open sand pastures are rough on the eyes on days like that haha