Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote

[DSheetz]

They will respond to it nearly always unless it has been overused then like anything else they get used to it. There are some that won't talk if they have really young pups, or if you are too close to them with it. A lot of the time after you locate them with the siren, they will come towards it, so then you won't be able to call them by going to where they were and calling them with distress calls. It normally takes them about half an hour till they will talk or respond to howls after they have talked. That's why I like to use it to locate the adults for the aircraft and the pups when they are old enough that they will howl in response to it. As with all of my calls I have times of the year that I like to use them better than other times of the year so that I don't have them used to my calls. I know that there are coyotes that hear my calls and might be in another territory when I'm calling so they don't get to me before I shoot the coyotes that I am in their territory and that will teach them about that sound and a loud noise that is associated with it, making them cautious when they hear it.

 

[DSheetz]

trapper1954; would you describe your snaring area and tell me why you like your snares so short. I like mine longer in my area because it's so open and I'm running woven wire fence lines, so I want the coyotes to jump over the fence and not be able to get their front feet on the ground, or to have enough cable to tangle up fast and do the same thing, instead of backing up and getting the cable in their mouth, and it gives it a little give so they aren't hitting the end quite as hard. I like what you have described as your break-away system do you have a picture of it set up on a snare?

 

[Bucklowery]

I was down last week in del Rio last week. The ranch has quite a few coyotes. When will they be having pups in that area

@trapper1954

Thanks

Buck

 

[DSheetz]

In my area I have found newborn pups from April 8th to as late as early June. A lot depends on the age of the female and her health as well as the available food base here. There are a couple of guys here that are from that area that would better know that area and the coyotes there than me hopefully they will have time to tell us about the whelping season in their areas. With them having an average of 62 days that tells us when we want to start changing our calling methods to match their behaviors. Like the coyote I change my sounds depending on what is going on in the lives of them, mating, den hunting setting up a home range ect. .

 

[Bucklowery]

In my area I have found newborn pups from April 8th to as late as early June. A lot depends on the age of the female and her health as well as the available food base here. There are a couple of guys here that are from that area that would better know that area and the coyotes there than me hopefully they will have time to tell us about the whelping season in their areas. With them having an average of 62 days that tells us when we want to start changing our calling methods to match their behaviors. Like the coyote I change my sounds depending on what is going on in the lives of them, mating, den hunting setting up a home range ect. .

Yes they are planning control with Helicopers and would like to time it maybe around March before pups and do a deer count while there. Trying to be as efficient as possible

Thanks

Buck

 

[trapper1954]

trapper1954; would you describe your snaring area and tell me why you like your snares so short. I like mine longer in my area because it's so open and I'm running woven wire fence lines, so I want the coyotes to jump over the fence and not be able to get their front feet on the ground, or to have enough cable to tangle up fast and do the same thing, instead of backing up and getting the cable in their mouth, and it gives it a little give so they aren't hitting the end quite as hard. I like what you have described as your break-away system do you have a picture of it set up on a snare?

10 4 give me a few, things not stored in cloud. Will do a tailgate layout/demo

 

[trapper1954]

Well this place doesnt like what Im doing here so lets try a single image.....;..;

 

[trapper1954]

Spring it

 

[trapper1954]

close it

 

[trapper1954]

Hat band loop size is what I use.

 

[trapper1954]

The Trapper John Hamilton support dally goes here to stop back ups, dont forget to load your snares.

 

[trapper1954]

Like so

 

[trapper1954]

Installations that I do varies with the fence you get to work with.
Notice how far a coyote kicks the dirt back.

 

[trapper1954]

26# tom lamb killer on 4th day