Coyotes finding the kill before you do
 

Hello
I just read a post about coyotes finding someones deer before they did. I have a buddy who lives in an area with a good coyote population. He believes that if you shoot a deer and need to leave the area to come back later to track it, that you should place an article of clothing hanging on a bush or something where you abandon the blood trail. He says coyotes usually will locate the deer from downwind and as they circle in they will likely pick up the human scent and vacate the area. So I just always leave a hat, hanki or something.
What do you think? I know for fact if a coyote comes upon my trail in to my stand, it takes off running back from where it came.
Dan

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Thats a good idea, dk, never heard of it before, but makes a lot of sense. might have to try it this year if i get lucky enough to shoot something!

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kill all the coyotes they need it over populated.another segestion. pee and bring a dog there and leave clothes to scent all over the place. helps try it.




GO DEEP HUNT HARD.;)

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Thanks for the tip DK. I will try it next time. It shure can' t hurt any!

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do you eat coyotes?

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Been leaving things hanging in the woods or on the trails for 50 years. We started doing it decades ago when our old dog would take off for the next county in pursuit of a snowshoe. We' d leave a coat where we left and when we came back a few hours later the old dog would be curled up on the coat. I' ve peed and left coats on deer I didn' t want to drag out for the night. We gut and then move the deer a little ways from the gut pile. Pee, poop.... whatever you want near the deer... cover with some pine bows to hide from hunters and leave. NEVER had one messed with.

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Huh, you learn something new everyday...thanks for the tip dkbs.

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Leaving something " down wind" doesn' t always work, as I can attest to as I left my hat and my face mask at the last point I saw my PA deer this year. I left my things less than 50 yards from where I found the deer the next morning. I had hit a little far back and didn' t want to push it, with heavy rain and winds predicted last Tuesday night I thought I would be ok. In hind sight, the wind had been blowing the tree to hard to make a pin point shot and being my last night to hunt in PA for awhile I let myself take a shot from a tree that was really rocking in 40 mph winds. The shot was fatal, but if it had been a true double lunger I would have pulled it out that night instead of having to wait. I blame myself totally. I did tag the deer as I don' t think it would right for me to shoot another buck in PA this year, but I left the rest of the venison for Ma Nature. This deer was exactly 75 yards from my tree stand.

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They go for the tenderloins and backstraps first it looks like. I had a doe that was totally eaten. All we found the next morning were a couple of lower legs and some hair. Where in PA was this? Nice buck, though. Did you keep the head?

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I did keep the head. This was in Wayne County. In 3 days of hunting I saw 5 bears and a bobcat besides this group of coyotes.

I' ve found coyotes almost always eat the rear quarters and the backstraps first.

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Last year, coyotes totally destroyed the front shoulder of a buck I hit only one half hour before. The buck traveled no more than 60 yards. I was totally shocked that they did that kind of damage in such a little amount of time.

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During the deer off-season you guys oughtta look into shooting some of those coyotes. Sounds like yall have a pretty major over-population problem when the deer get eaten up a half hour after you shoot them.

Coyote huntings fun too, I' ve killed a few myself, and it does make for a better and healthier deer herd...

Good luck...