Any die-hard coyote hunters on here?

[ballistic_trep]

I live for calling coyotes during the winter months. Just retired my old Lohman e-caller for a JS Preymaster.

So anyone else spend every weekend calling 'yotes? If so, let's here about your gear.....guns, calls, camo, cold weather gear,....etc. If you want to post a pic....feel free!

I'll start with a pic from last February. My Encore in 223, Lohman e-caller, Mossy Oak winter camo shell over Cabela's MT050 coveralls. Combo works great even in -30F! Except for the speaker wire getting brittle at times.

[jerry]

I'm an opportunist. I whack 'em and stack 'em when they make mistakes. I shot this one from my ground blind deer hunting. She was at about 15 yards. Iv'e busted them when afield several times while rabbit hunting etc.

[frozentorso]

I'm with Jerry. Whenever the moons not full,, winds not howling, or wifes not griping I'm there. I hunt right up untill its too hot, usually early June in Texas. I've got connections to roughly 75,000 acres in the panhandle which can keep me busy. Theres no shortage of them here. Texas P&W says kill 'em only when there's predation, but any landowner is willing to say thay had a chicken come up missing. They're a great challenge, and I hate 'em. They almost got my dog once and I declared war. I use a Winchester Classic Featherweight .243 WSSM 55gr., Bushmaster Predator (my favorite)75 gr., and my Remington 870 Super Magnum Camo with Dead Coyote tungsten/nickel plated loads for close up work. Jeez that booger kicks!

[just_a_car]

Originally Posted by frozentorso

I'm with Jerry. Whenever the moons not full,, winds not howling, or wifes not griping I'm there. I hunt right up untill its too hot, usually early June in Texas. I've got connections to roughly 75,000 acres in the panhandle which can keep me busy. Theres no shortage of them here. Texas P&W says kill 'em only when there's predation, but any landowner is willing to say thay had a chicken come up missing. They're a great challenge, and I hate 'em. They almost got my dog once and I declared war. I use a Winchester Classic Featherweight .243 WSSM 55gr., Bushmaster Predator (my favorite)75 gr., and my Remington 870 Super Magnum Camo with Dead Coyote tungsten/nickel plated loads for close up work. Jeez that booger kicks!

You should make your way up to Washington State sometime; Coyotes are year-round with only a small-game license and there's no bag limit. You can use hounds during a short part of the year and year-round in some specific counties. I've seen at least 3-4 in my urban city here, mostly at night, but one I saw about 8 years ago in the middle of the street making its way to the wooded ravine where I had just walked through to go home from school. Now, there's no way I could hunt 'em in this area, but I'm sure we've got more than enough running around just outside of city limits near the mountains.

[Full MeTal Jack]

Im hoping to take one at my Halletsville Tx. lease. I've now have a illuminated rectilcle scope on th 06. Wanting to try the tied chicken in cage to bring em in.
Or hop the fence 50' from primitive campsite into neighbors property and wait in climbing treestand and wait for the little buggers to come in at precisly 1:00am.

Any recomendations on a call? I have several manual wonded rabbit calls and a cheap electronic destressed rabbit call that actually called in big feral hog but no coyotes.

[frozentorso]

I have a Western Rivers mp3 player with a 200yd remote range thats pretty cool. It has about 100 different calls, from rabbits to elephants. I use a Primos Cottontail reed call most often. Even though some say the cottontail distress is over used, I seem to have good luck with it. Its also cheap. Get one and practice in your car. Remember to think like a rabbit. They have small lungs...no long screeches. You can also cup it with your hand to change pitch. If it doesnt sound realistic they wont come. Dont ever underestimate thier intelligence! The caged chicken would probably be more effort than its worth, and you'd probably get busted anyway unless theres chickens there naturally. Theres also a couple of guys in Weatherford, Texas that sell some really good videos. You can learn alot and I highly recommend them(check ebay or Predator magazine)). Whatever you do, dont go out calling before you know what to do or you wont see any yotes and probably educate them to your call. This aint deer huntin, but when you call in your first yote you'll be hooked!

Tx law reads you can only kill yotes in predation, but not even the game wardens will question you, even if you have several in possesion.

If you're hunting at night with a red lense spotlight, dont shine it directly at them: just get them in the halo until they get close enough. And you might want to use a 12 gauge. They're less inhibited at night and usually come in closer. Dont worry about the tree stand as much as wind direction and where they will come in from. Remember, 99% of the time they will get down wind of the noise before they come directly at it, so sit kinda of cross wind. Know what to expect before you start calling.

I see them on the side of the road in the Tx panhandle every time I'm
there. And just last week I saw one across I35 from Cabelas here in Ft. Worth. He was just standing on the side of the shoulder staring across the highway at Cabelas. That sure would have made a great picture!

[Full MeTal Jack]

"last week I saw one across I35 from Cabelas here in Ft. Worth. He was just standing on the side of the shoulder staring across the highway at Cabelas. That sure would have made a great picture!"
That's great!!!
Thanks for the advice. I've been told about the reed type rabbit call before. I'll give it a try.
There is a lot more coyotes at the lease than a few years ago.

My wife was about to shoot me when I was listening to types of turkey calls and trying to imitate the different calls. Guess I did the turkey calls OK. Deer saw me, did a turkey cluck cluck cluck and the deer went back to browsing.

Is That Randy Anderson CD?
Landowner has had calves killed before. No problem.

[rdnckhnter]

i want to start yote huntin so bad i just got myself a new oncore cant wait to go out

[ballistic_trep]

Good to hear from all you guys. I'll start hunting 'yotes right after our marten trapping season ends first week of Dec. Good hunting to everyone!

[mdw442]

I'm in NH and my son wants to start coyote hunting. We have loads of packs of "Quarry Dogs" that can strip a deer carcass to bare bones in a matter of hours. Deer hunters here hate them because they'll steal and destroy a kill very quickly if the hunter isn't on top of it in minutes.

Anyone in NH that hunts coyotes and is willing to teach us, let me know.

Anyone who wants to dog hunt in CA ought to contact the California Predator Club at California Predators Club Forums

It used to be a dedicated club site but now has expanded into a big forum dedicated to varmint and dog hunting.

[Cammeron]

Hey there. Haven't really been what you'd call avid, but I've missed the last two big game seasons due to deployment. Should be home by Christmas and I can't wait to go after a few song-dogs. Any advice for a beginner out of western Montana?

[D-squared]

Ballistic Trep,
I am curious about what load you are using in your 223? 50 gr? 55gr?
My son and I are going to start-up with coyote hunting, I have a 6mm Rem and a 223.
I am not worried about the 6mm load, I will be using a 70gr @ 3400 fps.
I am wondering however about the 223. I reload and I have loads developed for 40gr, 50gr, and 55gr.
Don

[frozentorso]

The heavier the better in .223 for coyotes. I use 75 gr with a 1/8 twist barrel Bushmaster.

[John N]

Frozen y shot a heavy bullte? i shot them with 55gr hollow point have had no problem takeing yotes out, shooting them out to 300yards i have even killed deer with these factory rounds, i have even shot 45grain HP no prob. some of these guy here where i live shoot yotes with a 17HMR out to 150yards and thats only 17grain bullet

[frozentorso]

The last coyote I shot ran 50 lbs. I also hunt when its windy. A 75 grain bullet makes perfect sense and is just as accurate. Why wouldnt I use it?

[John N]

i was just asking y u use a heaver bullet was all

[frozentorso]

Cool. When I bought the rifle, I had a choice of a Bushmaster Varminter with a 1/9 twist that wont shoot the heavier bullet well, or the Predator with a 1/8 twist that will. I figured I'd go with the 1/8. I can always use 62-75gr on baby rabbits, but dont like the idea of less lead on bigger units.