Coyote/fox hunting ?'s for the experts

[cath8r]

I'm new at this. I've hunted them a bit over the years but have only happened upon them here and there. Lip squeeked a couple fox and a coyote out of my bow stands over the years. Shot some if I saw them out in the fields around the house. Drove around looking for them to see if I could road shoot them. Never had luck in drives or intentionally calling just for them.

So here are the ?'s:

When calling, which time of day is best?
Related ?: -What is your preffered weather and time of year?

When driving around looking for them in fields, what time of day do you all prefer and is there a preffered weather condition?

When is the best time to catch one sleeping out in a field? Morning, evening or does it go by what the weather is doing?

Thanks guys. Rob.

 

[CV32]

I'm new at this. I've hunted them a bit over the years but have only happened upon them here and there. Lip squeeked a couple fox and a coyote out of my bow stands over the years. Shot some if I saw them out in the fields around the house. Drove around looking for them to see if I could road shoot them. Never had luck in drives or intentionally calling just for them. So here are the ?'s: When calling, which time of day is best?

Not an expert by any means but I will offer the following:

Predators are like their prey animals. They are most active at dawn and dusk. They tend to start looking for food when the sun goes down and return to their beds when it comes up. But you could be just as likely to call in a fox or coyote (and especially the latter) in the middle of the day. In fact, some folks have better success calling just a couple of hours after you would have expected them to have bed down. This might work especially well on predators who didn't have much success finding food overnight.

Related ?: -What is your preffered weather and time of year?

You can call predators any time of the year, but most folks do it in the late autumn and winter months, and you will probably find it most effective when you can appeal to hunger and reproductive instinct. In other words:

- mimicking a dying critter when temperatures are cold and a predator's belly is empty; or
- mimicking the invitation of a willing female or the challenge of a rival male

When driving around looking for them in fields, what time of day do you all prefer and is there a preffered weather condition?When is the best time to catch one sleeping out in a field? Morning, evening or does it go by what the weather is doing?

When the sun is warmest and they gain the most heat from it. (Otherwise they have to gain warmth from eating, and that means burning energy trying to catch it). A cold, overcast day without much wind would be typically ideal.

 

[bill c68]

best time to call EARLY morning, second best time to call late evening. Yes they can be called any time of day. Best time of year to call, shortly after a good killing frost, when the insects are gone and the grass is dead and before anyone else has educated them. Next best time to call is once we get some snow on the ground and hunting gets more difficult. My next favourite time is right after mating season when they start to get hungry again (March for yotes, January for foxes around here) When Coyotes are mating howls and barks work best.

I have called foxes to sling shot range in January (and February/March but season is closed then) I shot one in late January at 4 yds, not easy with a 5X scope.