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Questions for you coyote hunters???

dreher
My son is interested in trying to hunt coyotes here in S.C. Remember when you were 20?? Uri seems to think this will be easy. When I said I doubted easy was the right word for hunting coyotes he told me he knows several (young) guys who have told him they have gotten coyotes and it wasn't hard.

Why do I think they are all full of poop?? :lol: It would not surprise me if it is easier to hunt coyotes in S.C. then it is out west but I'm guessing it isn't easy anywhere.

So what is the real scoop on hunting coyotes. I've heard using a screaming rabbit recording brings them in but I don't know if that is true.

So educate me!! Remember to use short words as I ain't the brightest bulb in the chandelier! :lol:
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  • SCOUT5
    When fur was worth something I shot a lot of coyotes, and foxes by calling them. It's not what I would call hard but to be consistent takes some effort and has a learning curve. If you just want to shoot a coyote or two a good call and some time will get it done. To be efficient at it is s different game. Oakie asked some questions about it and we posted on it, you may find some of that with a search.

    I'll be glad to offer a few tips. A rabbit call will call them but isn't necessarily to best call depending of target species, location etc.
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  • asphalt cowboy
    I wouldn't go so far as saying he's full of it, but he is somewhat delusional. The only critter I've hunted that is more wary/cautious than a coyote is the bobcat.

    If he goes afield thinking that it's going to be Easy, he'll wind up educating more song dogs than he shoots.
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  • jimdeere
    The guys that come hunt on my place say if they don?t come within the first 30 minutes, they ain?t coming.
    More guys are using snare traps around here.
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  • Oakie
    Not ,NOT easy at all. I religiously hunt them in PA and NJ. I see them all bow season long. Come coyote season in Jan-March, it is tough to get them to come in. I have electronic callers, decoys and the works. I have killed two so far, and both were dumb luck. You have to call quietly. If you have your caller up high, that will scare them. Soft calls. They will hear them a long way off. Tell him to use sounds of their natural prey, such as woodpeckers or turkeys. Using a howler or pup sounds, don't work well in the winter months. I have an electronic ,"Jack in the box" tail on the ground and hang turkey feathers low in bushes. The wind will move the feathers and attract the coyotes. The other thing about them is, they won't come directly in to a call or movement. They will circle around to check for danger. I have had more luck calling in bobcats for some reason, especially with a turkey call, in PA. All this info, is for hunting in the north and southeast. I don't know about out west.

    Quick funny story. I was hunting with three buddies one night. We hunted for about 6 hours with no luck. After moving to our last set up, I decided to have a little fun with them. We spread out about three hundred yards apart. When all got quite, I turned on the electronic caller, Cranked up, with a moose call!!!!!!!!!!! All I heard was laughing, coming from all directions. We have a fun time hunting at night in the pines. Another time, we were coming out to meet at the truck. It was about 1am, about 5 miles back in the pine barons. Well I guess these kids thought that would be a great place to smoke pot and drink, without getting caught. We watched them come down the dirt road in their trucks, stop and get out to light a bon fire. We surrounded them and all at once, turned our flashlights on, We were all wearing camo, with masks. When they all recovered from chitting them selves, I heard my one friend say to one of the kids, I think you pissed your pants. He did. Ah, life in the Jersey pine barons. At least they will have something to tell their grandkids. We will probably end up being the Jersey devil!!!!! Add sarcasm.
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  • redneckandy
    It depends on how much they are being hunted in your area. No one hunts em around me anymore and they are not nearly as cautious. Seen em many times watching me from a tree line as I run a piece of equipment. A year of two ago I walked within ten yards of one before it spotted me.
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  • SCOUT5
    jimdeere wrote:
    The guys that come hunt on my place say if they don?t come within the first 30 minutes, they ain?t coming.
    More guys are using snare traps around here.

    If you are only going to make one or two set ups you might call for 30 minutes. Most set ups that draw a critter draw them in quick. While something may come in after the first 5 minutes you will kill more critters by moving and covering more country. But if you a have limited call area you may as well call for 1/2 hour or so, you will sometimes kill a critter that responds later. I generally called no longer than 10 minutes and moved.
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  • SCOUT5
    Oakie said the pup calls don't work well in his areas in the winter. But a grey fox pup in distress call was my best producer and the colder the better. A wounded chicken call worked well in areas where they raised a lot of poultry or near farms that had chickens. Like Oakie said, you have to call to what they are most likely to naturally hear. Interesting that bobcats respond well to turkey calls, I haven't targeted bobcats as we didn't have any back when I called a lot, but we do now.

    Back when I called a lot we used cassette tapes and mouth calls. With the new electronic calls there are a lot of options at the ready.
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  • SG
    Using a caller is much harder and will limit your bag total. Around here we use dogs if you're serious about putting a dent in their population. Using dogs can put you right on the packs den and then the fun begins. :D
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  • danielgage
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrrYf9hHr50
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  • asop
    Oakie it right about them circling around. They want to make sure what they are hearing "smells" right.
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