coyte hunters in illinois
 

any of you doing any callin now.. what are they comming into and what has your set ups been like. its been slow this month for me for some reason..

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The only time I coyote hunt is when Im deer hunting and am not seeing anything and one of those buggers walk by. A couple years ago I made a great shot with my Slug gun at about 60 yards....Real nice looking coyote too, great fur and weighed around 60 lbs or so....
After carrying the coyote out of the area I was hunting I decided that I will probably never do that again since I have 2 Siberian Huskies and 1 Alaskan Malamute.....looked ALOT like one of them....

Oh, and by the way, I was told by quite a few people that lots of coyotes died this year as a result of a type of heart worm around here in central IL, and I havent seen one all season...

Here is why I cant shoot them anymore tho, notice the antler that one has in front of her.

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I've taken 6 so far this year. Three of them I didn't call for, just saw them. The other three came into rabbit distress calls. 5 of them were yearlings, 1 was mature. I've been seeing quite a few since we got snow on the ground. Saw 3 the other day aound 1 in the afternoon running in the neighbors field. I'll start going out more in January. Always do better then. Good luck.

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yeah i have taken ten so far. most all yearling. ran some dogs last tuesday and got two older dogs in bluffs area

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I've been dying to go out lately, especially since deer season. My uncle and have seen the same pack of 5 plus the same straggler during the second season. So....hopefully I'll be able to deer hunt during the day and 'yote hunt during the that I'll be able take a few.

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while driven deer last durin 2nd season i had a yote run about 10ft behind me. it was a pretty yote they it was a light yellow in colour almost that of a yellow lab. then one of the other post shot a different one. i would have shot the one that went past me but by the time i new he was there it was to let to get turned around and put a bead on him.

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Anyone interested in getting together for a coyote hunt in Northern Il?

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Ive got 3 so far but ive only went 5 times so its started out pretty good. I used rabbit distress mostly. I will throw in a couple locator howls now and then but no luck. I shot 2 immature and one old'un. The old dog I'm getting tanned/mounted, I havn't decided. It had a great coat with a really stong red in it.

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BTW, what guns does everybody use on their yotes?

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I would love to learn how to Coyte hunt. Anyone in Northeast Illinois or somewhat near there willing to school a wannabe? I can return the favorwith a goose hunt or dove huntnext year or fishing on a private lake for some awesome crappie, base and pike in the spring. I have a bow and would invest in whatever else I would need. Thanks.

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river bottum. im using a 308,bow and shot gun with 00 buck.
and water fowler you are more than welcome to come my way if you would like. but i dont know how far you are willin to drive. im in morgan county which is 30 minutes west of springfield

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got one youngin, been goin alot just bad nites and bad spots, usin rabbit distress, territorial aint doin anything except pissin us off because theyll howl close but wont come in, not a grand year

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Hey duckdog - thanks for the offer. It is a little far, but I am always up for a little road trip, especially when it had to do with hunting. I just might take you up on it sometime.

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I Went for a walk in my timber a couple of weeks ago and found a bunch of turkey feathers and an 8 inch beard,but no dead turkey.I figured a yote carried it away so I decided I better start coyote hunting.I never hunted them before and haven't had any success.I went out in the evening with a rabbit squealer.one day I blew a short series of calls,repeated about 45 min apart.The next time I blew longer series.Never saw anything.I have a howler,but havent used it much.I'm looking for any help and suggestions anyone may provide.
Thanks
Bill

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just email me if you ever want to. i can always make time to go hunting.

[email protected] .

take care all.
Jeff Smith
(KEEP THE FUR ON THE TAILGATE)

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I have been hunting everything else for several years,but never tried yote hunting.Im looking for suggestions as to which type of calls to use.

Thanks
Bill

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primos makes desent distress calls. the setup is the MOST imprtant part of yote hunting. u dont need to be a god caller at all if you have the rightset up

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Thanks Duckdog
Do you hunt mostly at night,or is morning or evening ok.What about midday?
Bill

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never hunted at night but herd it can be very exciting . i hunt mostly in the early morning and right before dark but you can take them anytime . those are just the best. for me anyways

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When is the best time to go out for coyotes and which call is more effective?

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Went 2 times no luck the first time and called a Bobcat within 15 yrds with a rabbit in distress the second. Pretty animals maybe one of these days will be able to shoot them in IL. I have seen over a dozen of them in the last 2 years.

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I went out yesterday to track some deer in the new snow and every set of deer tracks had canine prints with them.It looks like I have a yote or stray dog problem in my timber.It looks like I am gonna have to learn to coyote hunt.

Bill

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you just let me know if you need any help there bill..;)

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I'm not sure where jacksonville is located or how far it is from me but I have no problem letting someone coyote hunt my 98 acres of timber.I am located just a couple of miles Northwest of Xenia.

I sent a PM to Il Ray Phillips,who lives in Flora,about 9 miles from me,inquiring if he would like to hunt yotes here.I haven't heard back from him yet.

It looks like I have to get these critters under control before I don't have any turkeys left.

Bill

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jacksonville in about 30 minutes SW of springfield which is prob what. 3 hours from you i think. if things dont coem through with ray let me know i can make time to head any where forhunting.:D

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Thanks Duckdog.
I retired here from Chicago about 8 years ago.It doesn't seem like many of the locals hunt coyotes,just shoot them at every oppurtunity,but it seems like that is not keeping them under control.I butcher my own deer but I have no idea how to skin out a coyote.Maybe I can find a site with good instructions.If you ever feel like taking a trip,stop by.
Bill

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Hey, Sounds like ya need some help. I would be glad to weed some out for you. If you want to get together sometime and do some calling give me a call. I have a buddy who is just starting to get into calling. We could go out and I could call for the both of you. My phone number is on my webpage. Give me a call anytime.
Ray

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Well Guy:

Went huntin with Ray and one of his buddies a couple of days ago,Didn't get anything but I sure learned alot.Cabelas is happy im learning something new.We saw at least one but couldent get a shot.

Ray,You and Joe are welcome back anytime as well as anyone else,close enough to want to hunt here.

Bill

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bill, PM me with your email or number so i can contact you about hunting your land. i will tyr to mqake it up there and try my luck

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Il Ray,

You have been seeing that many bobcats around Flora? Wow. Have you consistently been seeing them over the years or is this something fairly new. I am from southeast of Olney. I remember one person accidentally catching one there in a trap over 20 years ago, but that was the last sighting I heard about. But then again, I have spent a lot of time in southwest Louisiana where they are thick, but have only seen a few over the years.

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While not in Illinois, I have been using lonely female howls and wimpers since the first of January and have done good. Give it a try and good luck !!!

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greasypig:
As I have said in previous posts,I am trying to learn to hunt coyotes.
How do you make lonesome female howels and wimpers?What brand of calls do you use?

Duckdog:I don't know if you got my PMs

Ray:I just spent a bunch of bucks on some new equipment,call me,I think we can get a good setup with three guys.

Bill

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RedneckBill,
Go to Cabelas.com, they sell Randy Andersons Predator hunting videos. These videos are very educational and fun to watch.
The lonely female howl is is about a medium pitched howl that last about 3-4 seconds, and the wimper sounds like the ki-yi or hurt dog yelp, except it is real short yelps.
My favorite calls are Dan Thompson calls, although I started out with Primos calls which are good calls.
I hope this helps, Good Luck!!

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First thing I thought of while reading the story about the dead turkey is bobcat. I'd be willing to bet that a bobcat might be eating some of your birds. You might be hunting the wrong predator.

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Id be interested in getting to go after a few yotes with some of you guys, that seem farily close to me. Ive got ground to hunt on or w/e you wanna do, let me know!

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sorn fed. pm me we can get togeter and hunt if you want. havnt had much luck latlely though. thcoyotes have female on the mind. when i have had luck it with howls

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The coyote hunters were out in force this past weekend in Richland county running them with dogs. They started on the Richland/Lawrence county line and ended up about 6 miles into Richland county. They came near my property while I was hanging out in my deer stand, so i could hear the dogs. It was music to my ears. I went out to the road and chatted with one of the hunters. He claimed that they had seen about 30 coyotes over the course of the day.

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30 coyotes..lol that seems a little rich but who knows. do you have dogs to run lance. its a blast running our dogs on them but iuse a poop ton of fuel. we went out last weekend also in scott county and killed ten but i am still hoping for some snow. thats when it really get good for the dogs.who all runs over your way?

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Yeah, i thought that 30 was a little high. But, he insisted that they had jumped a couple of packs of them in addition tothe onesthatthe dogs chased throughout the day. But then again, one of my parents neighbors has trapped at least 6 coyotes thus far on their small farm across the road. So,the area is infested with them.

I don't have any dogs. These folks were from Noble which is about 15 miles west of me. According to the guy I met, they hunt all over a couple of counties in the general area. I wouldn't mind hooking up with them, but nowadays, so much land is posted and so many folks are uptight about even a dog chasing a coyote across their back 40 that I have been reluctant to get involved with it.

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yeah but they but the land owners cant do anything if the dog is on their land as long as the people stay off. but i still try to recpect the landowners wishes. the problem is those coyote go in all directions so its hard to tell if they will go on someone elses land or not. we ran on public ground a couple months ago and had a guy shoot one of our dogs. he was brought up on charges and had to dish out 900 dollars for the dog.