Educate me on coyoe hunting please!

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deerfarmer

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I'm starting to think I'm blowing the screaming rabbit call is just excercise for my vocal chords! I live in North Eastern Ontario with relatively low densities of yotes but I do see tracks and hear them howling and such - usually at night.

My hunting buddy and I have been out several times with no success trying to set-up in there vicinity keeping wind in mind - both field edges and in the bush. Can someone give me an idea on how a typical "set" goes for them - location, calling sequences and duration ... any pauses?? How long do you stay at a set before moving? I know there's a lot to it but I'm just looking for some better direction here. I've been contemplating the need for some kind of howling type call addition to my arsenal - useful to have?
 
Setup from the main bush about 150 yds away.
Have the wind in your face or crosswind, you don't want the wind blowing toward the coyote area
Call/scream the caller for 30-45 secs and pause for a minute repeat the process for 30 mins and then move at least 200 yds or new farm
Minimize any movement and break up your outline.....
oh keep trying, it only takes one stand for a yote to show, we just don't know which one it will be...
Good luck
 
Frank has guided you well here. I do close to the samething but maybe a little longer on the call. Most of my threads play the action that I used on a successful hunt and I do this to try and help.

If I could add to his advice I would say "Don't give Up" discouragement comes fast and it seems as soon as it happens it will repeat its self...
 
deerfarmer said:
I'm starting to think I'm blowing the screaming rabbit call is just excercise for my vocal chords! I live in North Eastern Ontario with relatively low densities of yotes but I do see tracks and hear them howling and such - usually at night.

My hunting buddy and I have been out several times with no success trying to set-up in there vicinity keeping wind in mind - both field edges and in the bush. Can someone give me an idea on how a typical "set" goes for them - location, calling sequences and duration ... any pauses?? How long do you stay at a set before moving? I know there's a lot to it but I'm just looking for some better direction here. I've been contemplating the need for some kind of howling type call addition to my arsenal - useful to have?
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When you do get one and you will, dont write a full scale novel about it and try and act like you have done it before.
 
Exact opposite with me here today.:) Real ####ty weather the last couple of days, so they must be hungry. Snowshoed across the road to my usual "coyote corner". Barely had time to sit in the snow and blow a few wails to see one working his way along the fence line parallel to me. Next thing I know he's coming at me on the run. Trying to find a hole in the brush to shoot when he made me at about 50 ft. About face and Gone. ;) Sometimes they're in the mood and sometimes they're not. Keep at em.

Grizz
 
Hey deerfarmer, where abouts in NE Ontario are you?
I'm just outside Pembroke. I've been going out quite frequently. Got my 2nd one of the year, first one in the area tonight.
I did basically the opposite of what I have been doing.
My first set, wind at my face did some howling. After a while I did some screaming rabbit sounds. Sat on that stand for 40 minutes. (It was late I only planned on 2 stands)Gave up.
Moved about 600M across a road, set up again, wind more or less at my back looking into a field, about 200M from closest bunch of trees in the field. I started with some really quiet mouse noises on my E caller for a couple minutes. After that was done I waited 10 minutes and did some fairly quiet dead rabbit on my hand call, just a short 20-30 second call, that was it. About 15 minutes later I look up to see a yote coming at me slowly. I lip squeeked her in to about 25M when she saw me while I tried to reposition, and took off. I gave a real loud lip squeek and she stopped about 50M out. That was the end of that.
Speeking about novels.
 
I have bumbled more coyote sets by not watching down wind. I have found that no matter where they are when they first hear your call, they always try to get the wind to their advantage. I like sitting in a crosswind if flying solo, or one guy watching up/cross wind and one guy watching directly down wind.

If it is windy, blow harder. If it is calm, blow softer. Bait can be useful too, but I only use deadstock on a local farm, I can't be bothered carrying bait in every few days. But if a local farmer has a dead livestock, move FAST. Coyotes can tear up a full size cow or horse in a few days and sheep are generally gone in just one night.

Keep at it, I was well into my second season before I finally connected. The coyotes are still beating me, but I have chalked up few.
 
Thanks for the feedback folks - how about other calls like coyote vocalizations? Any use in them during a set? Judging by what I've read above, don't think we've been calling often enough or long enough.
 
ive had good luck wiht a few different tactics first is hunting something else lol i always see them when squirrel hunting. beating them at their own game works sometimes following tractors,trails,brush lines,old rail road tracks. ive called in a few thats a game of wind mostly
 
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