yote huntin

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does anyone have some info on call and the right time of day to do some good yote hunin??? what kinda weather?? what is a good spotlight to use we need a very bright one we order a 2 million canle watt but it sucks not that bright it was a cheep light anyone know what kinda brand to use?

[Mooseman684]

Clear weather with little or no wind Just at daylight or late afternoon to dark using a wounded rabbit squeaker call seems to work best here in Alaska. In very windy weather they seem to hole up and not move.
Rich

[frozentorso]

Brinkman makes the best IMO. Thay have packages that have colored lenses. I think mines a Black Max 2 mil. Buy the cord extender. At first try to catch their eye's in the halo of the light(outside edge), not directly on them. Then when they get a little more used to it and come in closer, you can zero in on them for a shot.

Just before dawn and just after dusk are best, when they're most active. Just listen for them. I enjoy hunting all day and night if I have enough property for it. Wind sucks cause they can bust you from allot farther. I always try to plan my hunts around no moon. Wounded rabbits are perrenial favorites, but you run the risk of using it on coyotes that have heard and become educated to it because of its popularity and over use. When in doubt I recommend a digital caller, either Fox Pro or Western Rivers. Bobbling decoys work well for getting their attention off of you and onto lunch.

Always hunt down and slightly crosswind from where you think they will come from. They will almost always try to get downwind of you.

[jwhunter]

The lightforce lights are excellent and very light. The brightest light i've ever used, also has colored lenses. I dont know where your hunting but i like overcast if im hunting during the day. Also try the woodpecker, works wonders where i hunt in west/central Tx.

[Lng Rng]

I have had a little better luck hunting early morning over dusk, but either is fine. What do you guys think is better, early morning, or dusk?

[frozentorso]

Ahhh, yes! The yellow hammer woodpecker. That will be on my mp3 when I go to Odessa next week.

Morining or evening? Flip a coin. I prefer dusk because I like to hunt till about 3am then sleep in.

[jwhunter]

Yeah to be honest with you i've only ever used it with success with coyotes in the evening/ after dark. Have had a few bobs and fox come in during the day though. I like to hunt as long as im having any success but first light in the morning can be wild.

[frozentorso]

I think the yotes are smart enough to recognize the woodpecker distressed at night and a long shot during the day. My personal favorites are K-9 pup and coyote pup distress. It almost hurts to listen to them!

[Full MeTal Jack]

How about those quarter size distressed squirrel squeel? They are not very loud. Any thoughts?

[frozentorso]

Sometimes I tape a small squeeker(stolen from my dogs chew toy) to my rifle stock so I can give them a final inticement when they are close but cautious, or to make them stop for a shot. If its small, it's probably quiet, which is good if they're close and no wind.

[Mooseman684]

I still like fishing for coyotes.....

[frozentorso]

I gotta hear this one, Moose. Fishing for yotes? Do tell!

[Mooseman684]

We go out where we know coyotes are and set up a nice small campfire and the camp chairs. Using deep sea fishing rods with 130lb. test dacron, large swivel to stainless cable with 2- 6/0 good Gamakatsu hooks back to back on the end. Make a nice ball of burger or a 2 inch cube of raw meat and bury the hooks in the middle. we then walk out with the bait about 150 yards to some brush and either hang it off a weak branch about a foot off the ground or just lay it on the ground and bury the last 10 feet of cable and line...
Go back and tie a small bell on the tip of the rod and set it in a rod holder staked into the ground. Grab a root beer and a squeaker call and just every so often give a squeak or 2...oh and leave the drag very loose. when the bell starts ringing, grab the rod and wait until the line starts peeling off good and then ,Bam Set the drag and the hook and hang on for one helluva fight.
Reel em in to the light and .22 between the eyes...Bait up again....
There are no known laws against fishing for Coyotes, done it in Texas and here .

[frozentorso]

That is the absolute most hillarious thing I've heard in a long time! Funny thing is it must work! I've left gut piles 30 yards from camp and by morning they're half drug off. I'm not gonna tell my buddies what I'm doing next time we go out. They gonna get there and see me with my offshore rod and lounge chair just sittin by the fire, 350 miles from the coast. They'll think I'm crazy 'till the bell starts ringing! SOLID GOLD!!!!!! I will be king of camp.

[trapfreek]

I have heard of guys hanging a trebble hook with a hunk of meat high enough that a coyote has to reach up and grab it leaving them to hang there and drown in their own blood.

[frozentorso]

I think I'm gonna hang it about 3 1/2 to 4 ' off the ground. I really dont want to reel in a skunk.

[Lng Rng]

Haha, that sounds interesting. I do like to bait em' I have never thought to bury a trebel hook in the carcass I use...

[englishdas]

it seems like i've run into a grey area. It's illegal to use any type of light to hunt in KY, unless it's 'coonin' time.

Also illegal to use a rifle at night, with the above exception applying to rifles too.

But it's not illegal to fish at night. I talked to my Huntin buddy about this amazing way to grab us some coyote tails, and he laughed his arse off. Do you think you can reel him in, put him in a keep-net, and wait for sunrise?

[brokendreamsnah]

Hello, guys! What a nice forum...

[frozentorso]

Welcome, broken. Come to Texas, English. No such rules and plenty of yotes.