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phinton81

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Hi everyone, need some advice. I have been commissioned to shoot some coyotes at a family friends' sheep farm. She has lost 4 prime Rams in the last month and she is desperate. They are getting very brazen and coming right up to the barn and regularly circling the pens. Anyhow, I have been hunting my entire life, but never coyotes. I am taking a Sako 222 Rem with a 6x18 scope.

I am looking for advice on tactics, game plans, etc.... I need to deliver some dead dogs to her doorstep. Any advice appreciated, thanks

Patrick
 
Try & find out when they visit, then be sitting there waiting with your trusty .222. You could try calling, but calling doesn't work too well in the Summer. I've heard that a pup in distress calls work, but if I were you, I'd just find a concealed location & wait to ambush them. Wear camo if you have it, & keep still, they will come.

George
 
Do you have access to a trail cam? It helps to tell you how and when they are coming

As Glang1 stated, find out when they visit and the direction they are coming from. Sit down wind from them (so they can't smell you).

I do coyote control for my neighbor's chicken farm. I find that first or last light is the best time to get them. But I get to cheat, I have a old tree house that I can hide in.
 
Absolutely play the wind to your advantage and find a spot that gives you a good view of the area and permits camouflage. Keep your movement to a minimum.

The only reason that distress calling doesn't work too well in the summer is because coyotes tend to have no trouble finding food that time of year. Pup distress may work, because the parental instinct is still strong right now.

Otherwise, your unfortunate host may be able to provide a carcass that you can stake as bait.
 
I don't think calling will work well for you, this time of year. Try ambusing them but chances are they will come in downwind so be careful how you set up.
 
Try using a pup in distress call, it will tune into there parental instinct. That would be your best bet.
 
Ive had success calling in the summer but its during the first mins of sun up and last mins till sun down.
As most have mentioned.. I think your best bet is a pup distress.

Cheers!!
 
hotshot said:
steel leg trap them using dirt hole sets and lure.
This will guarantee you success and not only get the pups but the oldest & smartest dog.
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I agree in principal that this will work, having done a lot of trapping in my youth. However, if you decide to use leg hold traps, make certain you don't catch the owner's, or neighborhood pets. Personally I would try shooting them first.

George
 
They come at night mostly....mostly.....

Ive had good luck putting out bait (try your local butcher for scraps) a night or two prior to going out, in a spot where I have good hide and can see the bait area. You have to be dead quiet- I have seen coyotes spook at the sound of my rifle but rubbing on my jacket when I slowly shouldered it. If it's illegal in your area to bait or to shoot after dark (somtimes they will come in right before dark, so it may be worth a try), then you might want to spot them with a good scope, and try to figure out where they spend their daylight hours. This could be close by or miles away. (Den, bluff of trees etc.) If you have a buddy with you, try having him approach the area from where they can see and smell him, and pre-position yourself in one of the low "escape" areas on the opposite side, like a draw, or over a hill behind some trees -with the wind in your face. (Make sure you know where your friend is approching from and establish safe shooting directions prior to). They will often flee the approaching person through a low area and run right to you. I have found that if you can nail one of them, they tend to disappear for a few months or longer.
 
i would have to agree with what everybody has said, you might try and find a trail that they are using and set up close by.
 
Just spoke to the farm owner and I will be able to hunt from the 2nd floor window of the barn. This will allow me to get a great vantage point and get my scent up high, not too mention the fact that any scent is concealed by the smell of the barn. I am going to scout it out this saturday. I will be using an electronic call, and from what I have been told they are attacking at dusk or shortly after. Should be interesting,

Patrick
 
phinton81 said:
Just spoke to the farm owner and I will be able to hunt from the 2nd floor window of the barn. This will allow me to get a great vantage point and get my scent up high, not too mention the fact that any scent is concealed by the smell of the barn. I am going to scout it out this saturday. I will be using an electronic call, and from what I have been told they are attacking at dusk or shortly after. Should be interesting,

Patrick
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Sounds like a plan.:) Set yourself back a bit, if you can, stay out of direct light, (don't allow yourself to get outlined) and use a camo head net to keep the skeeters from bothering you.

Remember to post some pictures of your 'yote kills. :sniper:
 
Great thread, have been shooting gophers for a neighbor and now he's having coyote problems so I am going to help him out. Here's my situation, 80 acres of rolling pasture, scouted it out today with rangerfinder, closest shots 250yds to <1000 yds. He baited it for me today so I'll be checking it sunrise and set. Best part is now I have unlimited access to 10 sections of mixed pasture and crops thats only 10 minutes from my front door. :D
 
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