Coyote hunting

rdnckhnter · 01-17-2007, 08:12 AM

i went coyote hunting for the first time yesterday... unfortunately i did not se anything
i was using 2 differnt rabbit calls and a coyote barking call and howler..
does ne body have ne tips or insight

feel free to post ur success

frozentorso · 01-19-2007, 07:13 AM

On a whim I spent a few hours hunting while I was in the panhandle. I shot 2 coyotes and a bobcat. I'll explain later today.

bigandrich44 · 01-19-2007, 12:22 PM

Got one during thanksgiving. We were checking my grandads cattle, and he stuck his head up, didnt have time to yell stop, so I shot while going 15 mph. Nailed him in the neck. (.243 with 100 grain Powerpoints.)

frozentorso · 01-19-2007, 04:11 PM

I had my back to the hay bale on the edge of an alphalfa field calling when a b*tch came over the fence into view. She busted me after about 20 yards into the field, so I made a desperation call just before she went back into the brush. She turned around and ran straight into the field. Thats when I saw the bunny that she was chasing in the spotlight! Ever tried spotlighting and shooting all by yourself? Luckily she stopped when I squeeked and gave me just enough time to vaporize her hip(strong cross-wind). I adjusted and put one thru her neck. In the spirit of fair play I erased Mr. Bunny too.

Number two was munching on what ws left of a hog when I came around a point in the pasture at about 500 yards. I saw the eyes but couldnt make it out. I rolled slowly to 300, scoped it, identified it, and took out his rear end also(you'd think I would have compensated for the wind this time). Anyway, dead yote #2. I sure love my Bushmaster.

Then I set up on a hill overlooking a marshy area with lots of mesquite. I sat still for about 10 minutes and started spotlighting. 30 yards away was a pair of red eyes looking back. It was a small bobcat, about 20 lbs. I never even called! I hit it with my 870 with the 3 1/2" magnum Dead Coyote loads. Scattered it all over. Sure beats Wednsday night TV!

You'd be lucky to kill anything your first time. Just hang in there! Tell me what you think went right or wrong with your hunt, Redneck.

killer · 01-19-2007, 09:15 PM

I've tried hand and electronic calling and they always have the advantage. I switched to bait hunting and although I'd say the amount of time I have to put in is just as long at least I'm getting more shooting.

I'm 3 weeks away from a weeks vacation for fox/coyote hunting and have been dropping road kill deer in a couple of area's. I've got fox/coyote and one lone wolf coming in. The wolf is obviously off limits although I will be attempting to photograph it.

Here's what left of the deer carcass from the wolf.

I primarily hunt them at night although the coyote and wolf come in all times of the day. I set up in a bunker with wood heat 100 yards away and or right out of my cabin.

Here's a pic of my best night. Sorry it's a link to a non-digital pic and will be a little slow but worth the wait.

http://buckmountainchateau.com/image...fox_coyote.tif

Zen900 · 01-19-2007, 09:46 PM

I have two rifles that would be excellent coyote/P dog guns but here in SC we dont have many. I hear guys talking about Coyotes all the time but when I press them as to where and when they saw them they kinda back off. Stories about how they breed with the domesticated dogs etc. Sorta like the killer bee stories they tend to be exaggerated 2nd hand tales. Also in SC we have wooded terrain so you dont see as far like out West. Coyotes are new here. They are migrating East but they are elusive. Ive seen one in SC. Just last week a buddy of mine out in the boonies with 38 acres was telling me about the herds of coyote but as we talked further he said he had never seen them on his property. It was at a roadside dumpster that he saw one. Thus the rumors go. Lol.

frozentorso · 01-20-2007, 12:06 PM

Coyotes hate dogs. If it's to big to eat its to big to mate. If you have a big dog, take him with you when you coyote hunt. It drives them nuts because they're so territorial. Find an open field and set up on the edge. There's gotta be plenty of open fields there. Put a decoy in the field to take the attention off of you. You've got plenty of eastern yotes in S.C. They're big, too.
My favorite yote guns are my Howa 1500 .243, Winchester 70 Featherwieght .243 WSSM, and of course my Bushmaster .223.

rdnckhnter · 01-24-2007, 05:14 PM

wow thanks alot guys for the great stories and the pics im going out this saturday to try my luck again... wish me luck

englishdas · 02-20-2007, 03:42 PM

frozentorso, you were saying that coyotes hate domestic dogs. so when you say to take a dog with you when you hunt, would that draw them in to fight, or mate?

I am a total noob to coyote hunting, killed one almost by accident waiting for a deer, but it was fun and would love to do more, therefore need all the advice and help I can get. Especially now that hunting season's closing up on everything else.

frozentorso · 02-20-2007, 08:41 PM

Actually the yotes will try and chase them off of their turf. Just make sure yours is bigger and wont run off. There is a special breed used just for yote hunting. Either Field & Stream or Outdoor Life had an article last year about yote hunting with dogs. Check the archives. Its cool.

englishdas · 02-21-2007, 08:48 AM

thank you, twice.

once for pointing me in the direction of the article, and second for recommending that I don't put my jack russell/fiest mix in to the fray.

See, not only am I new to hunting, I'm new to hunting dogs too.

frozentorso · 02-21-2007, 11:34 PM

El gusto es mio. Anytime.

gregb · 12-31-2007, 09:39 PM

Did you find the article about the yote hunting with dogs? I am just getting into yote hunting. Thanks.

jerry · 01-01-2008, 07:43 AM

Time to get out for sure. frozentorso, the Dead Coyote loads do a very good job indeed

dosbow · 01-01-2008, 11:06 AM

My neighbor kills a bunch of them out of his crop sprayer with an 870. Uses #4 buck, he says anything bigger leaves a hole in the pattern a yote can jump through......LOL

Hawaiian Hummer · 01-18-2008, 07:05 PM

I live in Wa. St. and can't get a straight answer from anyone on where to hunt them. One guy told me "I hunt them in the bottoms out by my house" so I aked so where should I go, hoping to invited over to his house, NO, he told me "I dunno" Another guy asked why do you want to hunt Coyote? I said for fun, maybe?!?!

Palladin8 · 01-18-2008, 10:35 PM

If you use your dog make sure that it doesn't fight. A pack of coyote will tear apart a dog even if it is bigger. Not to mention all the dieases that they carry. You are better off just using a decoy of some sort.
When I was younger I had a friend that raised feeder rabbits. He would take a rabbit and break it's legs and let it sit in the field and wait for coyote to come in. It wasn't until he bought a rabbit call that he decided not to break the animals legs. He would then use a cage for the bunny and use the distress call.

I have a electronic caller that I use along with mouth calls. I keep my hunting clothes in a plastic bag that prevents odors from getting in. I break off a branch of sage brush and throw in there as well for a masking scent. I use odor free soaps and deodorant. Use the wind to your advantage as they will circle down wind and may be out of sight and smell you and be gone before you even know they were near you.
Stay in an area and call for 15-20 mins at most then move to another location. call for 30 to 60 seconds at a time and then wait a minute or so. It's a good idea to start out with a locater call like a siren or even try using the lone howl. You can use other animal calls such as fawn distress or others. I even recorded my infant nephew crying and tried it and I was able to shoot one that came running to that sound of music.
Hope this helps.

Scott

Renegadedeputy · 01-20-2008, 03:14 PM

Palladin, what time of year do you consider the best time to hunt yotes?

MeDad · 01-22-2008, 05:38 PM

In Illinois we are allowed to hunt them year round, with a few exceptions. Try hunting them during their breeding season. Here it would be from the middle of Jan to the end of Feb. Like buck deer, they throw caution to the wind and may be just a little bit easier hunt. I said might be easier. If you are lucky enough to find them paired up, and can shoot the female first, you just might get a shot at the male. But if you shoot the male first, the chances of getting a shot at the female are very slim.
There are several good books, magazines and videos dedicated to varmint hunting. Get some of them and put them to use.

Hope this is of some help. Good luck to you.

01-17-2007, 08:12 AM	#1
rdnckhnter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pennsylvania and new jersey right on the bored Posts: 182	Coyote hunting i went coyote hunting for the first time yesterday... unfortunately i did not se anything i was using 2 differnt rabbit calls and a coyote barking call and howler.. does ne body have ne tips or insight feel free to post ur success __________________ My long hair dont cover my redneck and u know what im ok with that

01-19-2007, 09:15 PM	#5
killer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the rat race Posts: 905 Images: 6	I've tried hand and electronic calling and they always have the advantage. I switched to bait hunting and although I'd say the amount of time I have to put in is just as long at least I'm getting more shooting. I'm 3 weeks away from a weeks vacation for fox/coyote hunting and have been dropping road kill deer in a couple of area's. I've got fox/coyote and one lone wolf coming in. The wolf is obviously off limits although I will be attempting to photograph it. Here's what left of the deer carcass from the wolf. I primarily hunt them at night although the coyote and wolf come in all times of the day. I set up in a bunker with wood heat 100 yards away and or right out of my cabin. Here's a pic of my best night. Sorry it's a link to a non-digital pic and will be a little slow but worth the wait. http://buckmountainchateau.com/image...fox_coyote.tif __________________ "Yeee Hawww...I'm a cowboy on an iron horse." Killer's cabin: http://buckmountainchateau.com/ Last edited by killer; 02-21-2007 at 11:48 PM.

01-20-2007, 12:06 PM	#7
frozentorso Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North East Texas Posts: 592	Coyotes hate dogs. If it's to big to eat its to big to mate. If you have a big dog, take him with you when you coyote hunt. It drives them nuts because they're so territorial. Find an open field and set up on the edge. There's gotta be plenty of open fields there. Put a decoy in the field to take the attention off of you. You've got plenty of eastern yotes in S.C. They're big, too. My favorite yote guns are my Howa 1500 .243, Winchester 70 Featherwieght .243 WSSM, and of course my Bushmaster .223. __________________ "I'm your huckleberry. Thats just my game!" Last edited by frozentorso; 01-20-2007 at 12:14 PM.

01-24-2007, 05:14 PM	#8
rdnckhnter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pennsylvania and new jersey right on the bored Posts: 182	wow thanks alot guys for the great stories and the pics im going out this saturday to try my luck again... wish me luck __________________ My long hair dont cover my redneck and u know what im ok with that

02-20-2007, 08:41 PM	#10
frozentorso Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North East Texas Posts: 592	Actually the yotes will try and chase them off of their turf. Just make sure yours is bigger and wont run off. There is a special breed used just for yote hunting. Either Field & Stream or Outdoor Life had an article last year about yote hunting with dogs. Check the archives. Its cool. __________________ "I'm your huckleberry. Thats just my game!"

01-19-2007, 07:13 AM	#2
frozentorso Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North East Texas Posts: 592	On a whim I spent a few hours hunting while I was in the panhandle. I shot 2 coyotes and a bobcat. I'll explain later today. __________________ "I'm your huckleberry. Thats just my game!"

01-19-2007, 12:22 PM	#3
bigandrich44 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,013	Got one during thanksgiving. We were checking my grandads cattle, and he stuck his head up, didnt have time to yell stop, so I shot while going 15 mph. Nailed him in the neck. (.243 with 100 grain Powerpoints.)

01-19-2007, 04:11 PM	#4
frozentorso Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North East Texas Posts: 592	I had my back to the hay bale on the edge of an alphalfa field calling when a b*tch came over the fence into view. She busted me after about 20 yards into the field, so I made a desperation call just before she went back into the brush. She turned around and ran straight into the field. Thats when I saw the bunny that she was chasing in the spotlight! Ever tried spotlighting and shooting all by yourself? Luckily she stopped when I squeeked and gave me just enough time to vaporize her hip(strong cross-wind). I adjusted and put one thru her neck. In the spirit of fair play I erased Mr. Bunny too. Number two was munching on what ws left of a hog when I came around a point in the pasture at about 500 yards. I saw the eyes but couldnt make it out. I rolled slowly to 300, scoped it, identified it, and took out his rear end also(you'd think I would have compensated for the wind this time). Anyway, dead yote #2. I sure love my Bushmaster. Then I set up on a hill overlooking a marshy area with lots of mesquite. I sat still for about 10 minutes and started spotlighting. 30 yards away was a pair of red eyes looking back. It was a small bobcat, about 20 lbs. I never even called! I hit it with my 870 with the 3 1/2" magnum Dead Coyote loads. Scattered it all over. Sure beats Wednsday night TV! You'd be lucky to kill anything your first time. Just hang in there! Tell me what you think went right or wrong with your hunt, Redneck. __________________ "I'm your huckleberry. Thats just my game!"

01-19-2007, 09:46 PM	#6
Zen900 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 700	I have two rifles that would be excellent coyote/P dog guns but here in SC we dont have many. I hear guys talking about Coyotes all the time but when I press them as to where and when they saw them they kinda back off. Stories about how they breed with the domesticated dogs etc. Sorta like the killer bee stories they tend to be exaggerated 2nd hand tales. Also in SC we have wooded terrain so you dont see as far like out West. Coyotes are new here. They are migrating East but they are elusive. Ive seen one in SC. Just last week a buddy of mine out in the boonies with 38 acres was telling me about the herds of coyote but as we talked further he said he had never seen them on his property. It was at a roadside dumpster that he saw one. Thus the rumors go. Lol.

02-20-2007, 03:42 PM	#9
englishdas Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Owensboro Kentucky Posts: 26	frozentorso, you were saying that coyotes hate domestic dogs. so when you say to take a dog with you when you hunt, would that draw them in to fight, or mate? I am a total noob to coyote hunting, killed one almost by accident waiting for a deer, but it was fun and would love to do more, therefore need all the advice and help I can get. Especially now that hunting season's closing up on everything else.

02-21-2007, 08:48 AM	#11
englishdas Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Owensboro Kentucky Posts: 26	thank you, twice. once for pointing me in the direction of the article, and second for recommending that I don't put my jack russell/fiest mix in to the fray. See, not only am I new to hunting, I'm new to hunting dogs too. Last edited by englishdas; 02-21-2007 at 10:07 AM.

02-21-2007, 11:34 PM	#12
frozentorso Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North East Texas Posts: 592	El gusto es mio. Anytime. __________________ "I'm your huckleberry. Thats just my game!"

12-31-2007, 09:39 PM	#13
gregb Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2	Did you find the article about the yote hunting with dogs? I am just getting into yote hunting. Thanks.

01-01-2008, 07:43 AM	#14
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,870 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Time to get out for sure. frozentorso, the Dead Coyote loads do a very good job indeed __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

01-01-2008, 11:06 AM	#15
dosbow Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 20	My neighbor kills a bunch of them out of his crop sprayer with an 870. Uses #4 buck, he says anything bigger leaves a hole in the pattern a yote can jump through......LOL

01-18-2008, 07:05 PM	#16
Hawaiian Hummer Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St Posts: 35	I live in Wa. St. and can't get a straight answer from anyone on where to hunt them. One guy told me "I hunt them in the bottoms out by my house" so I aked so where should I go, hoping to invited over to his house, NO, he told me "I dunno" Another guy asked why do you want to hunt Coyote? I said for fun, maybe?!?!

01-18-2008, 10:35 PM	#17
Palladin8 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 400	If you use your dog make sure that it doesn't fight. A pack of coyote will tear apart a dog even if it is bigger. Not to mention all the dieases that they carry. You are better off just using a decoy of some sort. When I was younger I had a friend that raised feeder rabbits. He would take a rabbit and break it's legs and let it sit in the field and wait for coyote to come in. It wasn't until he bought a rabbit call that he decided not to break the animals legs. He would then use a cage for the bunny and use the distress call. I have a electronic caller that I use along with mouth calls. I keep my hunting clothes in a plastic bag that prevents odors from getting in. I break off a branch of sage brush and throw in there as well for a masking scent. I use odor free soaps and deodorant. Use the wind to your advantage as they will circle down wind and may be out of sight and smell you and be gone before you even know they were near you. Stay in an area and call for 15-20 mins at most then move to another location. call for 30 to 60 seconds at a time and then wait a minute or so. It's a good idea to start out with a locater call like a siren or even try using the lone howl. You can use other animal calls such as fawn distress or others. I even recorded my infant nephew crying and tried it and I was able to shoot one that came running to that sound of music. Hope this helps. Scott

01-20-2008, 03:14 PM	#18
Renegadedeputy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Havelock, NC Posts: 21	Palladin, what time of year do you consider the best time to hunt yotes?

01-22-2008, 05:38 PM	#19
MeDad Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 7	In Illinois we are allowed to hunt them year round, with a few exceptions. Try hunting them during their breeding season. Here it would be from the middle of Jan to the end of Feb. Like buck deer, they throw caution to the wind and may be just a little bit easier hunt. I said might be easier. If you are lucky enough to find them paired up, and can shoot the female first, you just might get a shot at the male. But if you shoot the male first, the chances of getting a shot at the female are very slim. There are several good books, magazines and videos dedicated to varmint hunting. Get some of them and put them to use. Hope this is of some help. Good luck to you.