Question:
does anyone know any good tricks on coyote hunting?
16 years ago
I have an electric caller but does anyone know like what good cammo to use or places to hide or caliber rifles. I just use a 308
Twelve answers:
havaseat
16 years ago
most come later in day either woke em up or didnt find dinner last night or what just more responsive mid day and have never killed one pot gutted, breaks country seems best around here and bird squeakers mainly on cats pair of glasses look closefor cats give spots a hour at least, and not loud
?
9 years ago
Well, I'n not in Ohio, but I've hunted and killed several coyotes in South Carolina and Florida. From What I've found, they pretty much mirror feeding times of deer. The last hour of daylight seems to be the most productive. The last one I shot was on the edge of a cornfield from a ground blind. I was shooting 00 buckshot, it actually took two shots to finish it off. Any high pitch call will do, use short to medium length duration times when calling-try to stay with the same tone. Also, coyotes feed on calves and small horses, so if you have any pastures near you, its a plus. Dont forget to look for water sources for them. Their track looks similar to dog. Like deer hunting, play the wind in your favor. They have an excellent sense of scent. Now, if you are downwind from them, sometimes you will be able to smell them- they stink pretty bad. They make a good looking wall mount, a shoulder mount would look pretty neat.
biggamehunter
16 years ago
well first off, when you call the best thing to do is to not overcall. It would be better to not call at all than to call to much. your camo just needs to have somewhat of a pattern of your environment. but it is really important to have bushes or trees or some kind of cover behind you. because if you have cover behind you the coyote will have a harder time making out your silowet. the type of caliber you use just depends on what your shooting him for. if your not gonna do anything with it then shoot it with whatever you want, but if you want to save the hide you might what small calibers like a .17. A .17 will reach out to about 150 to 200 yards and still have enough to kill it. but if you are shooting past that you might want a 22-250 or a 223. your .308 would probably do just fine unless you didn't want any pelt damage.
SM
16 years ago
Hunter, here's a few ideas and some lessons I've picked up yote hunting over the years. I find that I'm most productive between 10 am and 1pm, if the yotes didn't make a kill during the night or find a meal they'll be looking till late in the morning. This is really a good time if there are any pups in the pack. Dusk seems to be the next productive. When I'm getting ready to hunt a new area I'll take a couple of days to look at areas the yotes may be feeding at, overgrown pastures, creek beds, chicken pens and houses, feed pens, birthing areas for sheep and goats, family dumps on farms, or gut piles and carcases left from hunters or old kills.



As for calls I try to use whats local, jack rabbit, cotton tail, quail peep or whistle, fawn bleep, or even a mouse peep. I also use a tallyho for yips and barks. One other I like is a good howler, just before the sun starts its setting track I'll mimic a lone male. Alot of the time the pack will want to see who the intruder is on their hunting area. I generally call for two to three minutes and wait. If the pack howls back I'll do a couple of yips and another howl to set them off. If I'm using a rabbit or other small game call I'll use it for two or three minutes and repeat after 4 or five. Wait 10 to 12 then repeat it. I've had coyotes show up in the delay time and spook when I made a second set of calls. Watching for ANY movement is critical.



Blending in to the area is a must, and you should have a decent background to break up your outline. I try to call into the wind or across it. A coyote thats unsure of the call will try to circle around you to get a scent of whats there. One trick I found is to take a piece of fur about 10 inches long and three inches wide. I tie on end to the bottom wire on a barbwire fence and let the wind "kick" it around. Maybe the yotes think its hung up, I'm not sure but they will come in on it quicker than just a call by itself.



I don't use attractants like guts or meat. I do use a scent blocker or scatter horse or cow manure around where I set up to help cover my scent.



As for the caliber of rifle, I think thats a personal choice. I like the 223 and the 204, both work nicely on varmits. On a personal note a 416 Rigby will reverse a coyotes direction of travel...FYI. Hope these give you some ideas to work with, good luck and good hunting.
?
16 years ago
Number one you are well over gunned for hunting yotes. Unless you are going to leave them lay and walk away. Depending on the bullet you are using there will probably be an exit hole too big for a taxidermist to sew up.



I would look into a 223 or 22-250. The 223 is cheaper ammo and is good out to about 400 yards when sighted in correctly.



Camo depends on your terrain, personally I use Natural gear camo, unless there is snow then I get my whites out.



Make sure you stay hidden when you are approaching the area you want to call. If a coyote sees you it will sneak away and you will not even know he was there.



Stay along the tree line, bushes, hay bails what ever you can use for cover and KEEP THE SUN OUT OF YOUR EYES!!!!!



It is better to have the sun at your back so if you need to move the yote will have a harder time spotting your movements with the sun beaming him in the peepers.



Aim straight, squeeze slowly -------------------Bang Flop Dead Coyote.







I know a 223 will travel out to a grand, but not everyone has the ability to shoot that distance or if they can they are on the farmers land two parcels over. Plus part of coyote hunting is getting them in close. Nothing worse than an educated coyote.
subgenius
16 years ago
SENT is key and do not play your call too loud. I make a set by setting up, up wind of where I figure the song dog will come from (approx 250 yards) then I place a flag like some feathers hanging from a piece of fishing line. Next to the feathers I place my e-call on low volume, then I wail on a mouth call for about 40 seconds and wait. Camo is important and find good cover. When it is cold a song dog wont pass an easy meal. Have fun!
teacher
16 years ago
when I was a kid my cousins, uncles and pop would camp in the desert and we would use 40 pound test on a big 4/O live bait hook with a piece of rump roast before dusk we would walk the chunk(s) of meat out 300 yards (in every direction) from camp and in the night when the reels would start singing we would on rod and reel catch coyotes and my uncle would kill them with his 38 cal S&W and stop and turn them in for bounty on the way back to the city. I'll bet in four years I reeled in six all by myself. One time my cousin steve who doesn't fish much had the thing come right at him and he thought he lost it till the line got tangled around a couple of rock piles and him and my uncle with a lantern walked out into the black night and THAT was pretty scary. Good times, but, so long ago....
16 years ago
I wear a gilly suit with a ground blind... i use the trusty ole 20guage to kill a rabbit... slice em up and set it out... sit in the blind and wait.. i use a .410 or 20 guage slugs and buckshots on my coyotes here in NC

i usually keep the rabbit meat.. just throw the entrails out there.. if you dont want to bait with a rabbit.. try a rabbit decoy with a rabbit in distress call.. works for me every time...
trader396
16 years ago
I would use a .223 if I was going to be in the shade where the sun wasn't in my eyes. But if I was blinded I would use a 12 gauge bird shot.
Jobe3
16 years ago
well since you are hunting coyote you can put some meat out and get a camo mask that covers your face you can find one at basspro.com
deerslayer919
16 years ago
mike must be kidding himself .233 rifles when sighted in can shoot over 1,000 yards when sighted in right and with a good scope doesn't he watch tv they do it all the time.
gato_del_sol_3
16 years ago
AR-15's are nice if you have them well-scoped.



http://lewand.tripod.com/barkatthemooncoyoteclub/id4.html



Of course, a 300 Win Mag, a 30.06, or a .243 will work just fine, too.



Happy Hunting


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