YOTE HUNT?????

[FJ540]

What kind of terrain is most likely to have a big population? You talk about the prairies out West, but other than not having as good of sight lines, is wooded area less likely to have yotes?

[farmerj]

http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/forums/coyote-hunting

http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=11

[westberg]

This link to the MN Zoo http://www.mnzoo.com/animals/animals_coyote.asp does have some good information on it.

[hammAR]

What are the chances of you guy's calling one in with a dozen farting, swearing, cigar smoking, giggling, white sheeted, gun toting, all huddled together to stay warm and with calls that only one of you know how to use? I would be there just to watch you guy's.

ZERO chance.......FJ has it pegged, one if inexperienced and two if one or both had some experience..............

For most of you, understand that it is not like either deer or pheasant hunting......typically Coyotes are smarter and more weary than the humans that hunt them. Wind plays an extremely important part in the equation. and a Coyote will circle around an area 1/2 a mile away to sent the area. They are also extremely visual. If for example you are dressed in all camo matching the season and terrain, but do not wear gloves, they can see your little white fingers flashing in and out as you pick your nose at 600 yds. That is if you are going to set-up, call then in, and basically ambush them.

If you are going to drive around and road hunt, then hey you can listen to Aerosmith, splash your ass with Aquavit, wear those gold lama skin pants, and pink flamingos all over your shirt........they wont care.......but then to me that is not hunting!

[Norsesmithy]

'Yote density has a lot more to do with food than anything else. If you've enough cover to attract rabbits and pheasants, or a farm with a surplus of feral cats, that'll be a hotspot.

[Stradawhovious]

I have spent a week or two pouring over THIS forum. Tons of great info. I already have plans to sponge paint camo the AR and put together a white ghillie suit.

Seriously, there's a lot of good stuff there.

[SAM]

Okay--decision has been made-Strad and myself. Reason--we will be calling at 0 dark-thirty in the A.M. and there is not room for a third person. Hope you others can put something together as well.

[hammAR]

I have spent a week or two pouring over THIS forum. Tons of great info. I already have plans to sponge paint camo the AR and put together a white ghillie suit.

Seriously, there's a lot of good stuff there.

....don't sponge paint.......go to a horse vet or feed store and get some animal/horse wrap.....it sticks to itself and not your tool, comes off easily and leaves no residue to attract rust and crap......you can do what you want with the white sheet, just do not bring any 2 x 4 with you.................

and you want to use my lid/pw...........

[westberg]

With the number of guy's wanting to do this, if you each picked an area and researched it and acquired land owner permission. You could invite one of the experienced guy's to go along with you the first time. You would be setting up your own network and not waiting for a invitation and not hunting. Just a idea.

[farmerj]

hell if I am experienced. I just went out and did. I happen to be lucky and have permission to hunt on my uncle's farm and select land around it. We have some limited public land that is around here also.

I have been calling on and off now for about 3 years. I have taken exactly 2 shots at coyotes, and missed both times. DON'T try to shoot 200 yards while sitting on a glider swing.

It was more a try to see how the coyotes would respond. I was rather surprised to actually see that within 5 minutes of trying to call, we had two come in.

Due to circumstances, I never got out last year, and it will be Jan 21 before I know when I get out this year..

[goalie]

......you can do what you want with the white sheet, just do not bring any 2 x 4 with you.................

2x4 as in the wood? I am confused. Then again, I am often confused......

[goalie]

So, serious question then: is it completely abnormal to have a land-owner tell you where a den is, then sneak in and set up, wait, then shoot a coyote without calling? I ask because I wouldn't know a goose call from a coyote call unless they had labels on them, and that is the only experience I have had with coyotes.

I guess I am wondering because if the calling thing can spare me 4 hours of lying still in zero degree weather freezing my ass off waiting for a shot, I am all for it.

Oh, one other question: how far away from a known den should I have been setting up? I went in to a little less than 300 yards because that is as far as I had actually shot that rifle out in Rosemount, but it sounds like I was pushing it and getting a little close, especially if they can see your fingers at 50-600 yards. I had an easy approach to my shooting position though (I set up next to a pole-barn), and the truck was a little over a mile away when I parked.

I think I may have already used up my supply of luck when it comes to coyotes.

[farmerj]

not at all out of the ordinary. Most land owners see coyotes as a vermin that need to be rid of the land. The faster the better.

As to how close is too close? Hard to say. Coyotes are a rather sneaky critter and get sly quickly.

We have better luck with my uncle snaring than any calling we have done so far. About 150 or so in the last 5 years I am aware of. He gets about 30 or so a year.

Most suggest if you are calling for more than 40 minutes, pack up and move after an hour. I get really cautious when I move about.

I am most anxious for end of Jan to get here.

[tacticalninja32]

Too many guys in white sheets with guns might give the neighbors the wrong impression.

I'm totally new to the yote hunting thing too, so I'm game to learn.

Gotta be real careful how the campfire looks.

i'll keep my face exposed so they know there's an Asian man in the group

[FJ540]

I bet the land I hunt deer on is probably perfect. The area across from us is heavy brush with lots of little critters (ours just has red squirrels that annoy the piss out of you when hunting bambi). Although, there were a couple pheasants up there... Hmmm.

I'm hoping to get up there in the next couple weeks to see what activity has occurred since after the deer guts and poached carcass were left behind. Coyote or bobcat - I don't care. I wanna pop my m4gery's cherry.