Yote Luring

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Im hoping to get out this year to hunt some coyote. This will be my first year hunting these creatures. I shot one a couple years ago while I was down south and have been hooked on hunting them ever since. I just did my firearms course and am signed up to do a hunter ed in a few weeks. I have come up with a little scenario that I would like some construction criticism on from all you die hard yote hunters out there. A friend of mine farms sheep. Every so often one of these sheep kicks the bucket. I had the idea of picking one of these up and draining the blood and storing it until I go hunting. I figured Id grab the blood and take it out to his farm and dump it on the ground upwind hoping that the wind will take the smell and send it through the woods. I figured after letting the smell linger for a few minutes I would break out the distress call for about 20 minutes or so. Then change to a howl and give that a go for a bit hoping that that a passing by coyote will get the impression another yote has found it and decided to feed on it. Theres tracks all over the place. The problem isnt that their not there. More a matter of can I call them out. The logic behing this makes sense to me. But Ive never tried to lure a call a coyote ever before.Anyone care to give their opinion on my scenario?
 
I'm FAAAAR from a pro in yote hunting, but when I go out with mmy brother inlaw we don't bother bait at all. Just distress calls. If there are yotes in the area you shouldn't have any problems at all.
That's not to say the bait is a bad idea; I just haven't found the need for it in my very limited experience
 
There is woods that surrounds the area where the sheep are kept on the three sides. On the one other side of the farm is the road. I was thinking of hanging out on a tree line running parallel to the road. Gives me a clean direction to shoot from and towards without having to worry about who or what my bullet will hit if I miss. There is an area of field also on three sides. So tying bait to a tree wouldnt be a problem. I guess what Im hoping will happen is that I can interest a coyote enough to poke out of the woods and come into the open long enough to get a shot off. It wouldnt be hard to get some meat in the field either. If these animals are as intellegent as I think they are and many others claim them to be, Id be rather surprised if one would trot out into an open field for a quick meal. Everyone and everything has a weakness. But I guess if I were one of them and I seen a slice of fresh meat on an open field in the dead of winter itd be pretty hard to pass up.
 
I toss dead sheep 200 yrds from house and look out the window every time I walk by it.
Bang ! I hunt a couple farms that have a open cemetery policy for live stock.
Yotes are not stupid and stay in the area. IMHO don't over think it just go out with the distress calls and give er.
I hunt those farms at different times as yotes do move around a bit just a matter of gettin them when they are near. I would toss the dead sheep a safe distance from the flock and wire it to a fence. After it gets hit by mutts set up near by and call.
Or if the farmer throws out a dead sheep get him to call you and hunt near it the next day.
That's what I do.
Good luck and go get em !!
Have fun and be safe
 
I don't use bait to hunt yotes, just calling. I have noticed that yotes seem to come to the bait after dark anyway. Practice your calling. Get some Randy Anderson videos, he is a professional caller & you will learn some good tricks.

George
 
I find that bait does tend to keep coyotes in the area, but it is very hard to find them actually using it, unless you can sit there all day and wait. If they come at night, you're out of luck.

Calling is an effective way to hunt coyotes, but baiting is really not my choice.
 
Like I said bait does keep them around the area. But chewing off frozen takes a lot of work. Hence the idea of a warm screaming rabbit seems so nice. If they are near they come a runnin.
 
I use callers too but I also have a spot where I bait them. Used to do it quite a bit about 20 years ago and have just gotten back into it again this year. This is my observations. If you are going to set out a dead livestock bait putting out a whole sheep is fine. If you are going with a dead cow I would suggest quartering it. You have to keep your baits large enough it can't be dragged off and it works best when you can freeze them solid and keep them frozen. Ravens and crows will pick a soft bait clean in no time at all leaving you bait less. Also if the bait is frozen the yote has to work at it to get a meal. It keeps him on the bait longer allowing you more time for a good shot.
Also keep your eyes open for road kills(deer, moose etc). If you know anybody working the Highway Patrol Yards ask them if you can have the kills they pick up. You will be surprised how much bait you can collect. Good luck to you...hope you get a bunch.
 
A guy that used to hunt coyotes near my hunting camp used to bury a drum in the ground full of whatever meat he could get, and the lid had a pipe connected to it and a with a cap on the end of. He would bury the drum leaving the pipe stick out about a foot or two and let the meat rot. When he was ready to hunt he simply unscrewed the cap and let the nasty smell out.
 
Thanks for all the input. I feel like I have learned alot already just from reading these last couple posts. Im curious as to weather conditions and day times in which you guys have had the most luck. Im sure it varies. But the more info I can gather the better. The only yotes Ive seen in my area(Southern Ontario) have been in a thunderstorm in the middle of the day walking across the road right in the middle of town.In the middle of summer I might ad. There were two of them. Decent sized nothing huge but also nothing very small. I was just taken aback a little bit at the fact that they were parading through town in the middle of storm. Any insight is appreciated.
 
You biggerst concern is wind direction. Only the stupid ones will come out if they can smell you.

Remember you are hunting a dog. It will remember your smell and where it smelled you last. Set up in the field you have with the wind in your face and call away.

But remember, if you do bait, and its not frozen...you will be downwind of it. So make it far away.
 
janesy said:
You biggerst concern is wind direction. Only the stupid ones will come out if they can smell you.

Remember you are hunting a dog. It will remember your smell and where it smelled you last. Set up in the field you have with the wind in your face and call away.

But remember, if you do bait, and its not frozen...you will be downwind of it. So make it far away.
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I agree, and I want to make sure that it is understood: coyotes learn really fast. If you call one, and don't kill it, you have just educated one that will be very hard to trick a second time. Areas hunted hard by unsuccessful hunters will be full of highly educated coyotes.

The most important thing about hunting educated coyotes is quiet (don't slam the truck doors and say NOTHING out loud), invisibility (not so much camo, as stay off skylines, high points, or open clearings during approach), and scent control (I don't believe you can disguise or hide it, so don't try; just control where it goes.)

If your area is educated, you must be prepared to try many times.
 
Something we're trying this year may be an Idea for you. Put your bait (were using deer legs) into a kiddie pool of water. Let it freeze then go dump it in the field, Im thinking it should work to keep them around as it will be a royal pain in the arse for them steal. They will have to work at the meat to get it.
 
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