browning.204

thanks for the link Rick James, Uncle Buck, I cant believe you used to use 45 records for calling!! thats funny! I will take a look at the foxpro's.
MA JAY: I am hunting southern also, but have been having the toughest time, They are just not budging for me!!!! I guess I will try an all nighter to see what is moving when I should be sleeping... You say you have had some success in NH, you must be lucky or know something that I don't. OK guys thanks for all the good info..

MA Jay

I've been getting better with the more experience I've been picking up.

The big thing for me is "spots". Finding productive areas you can hunt, that are close together that allow you to string together a "hunt" helps a lot. Also, take care setting up. Making to much noise setting up will bust you.. and if you can find a partner and have them set up at least 50 yards downwind, you'll do better. They love to circle down wind and you'll be amazed at how many you actually call in but they wind you long before you ever saw them.

Water... I have had my best coyote success near waterways for some reason. I've even shot 2 on the ice itself as they used frozen streams/rivers to come in.

I seem to average 6 "sets" per success if that helps. You may go on a good or poor run every once in awhile, but it seems to average out to 1 per 6 for me at least.

browning.204

MA JAY: 1 success for every 6 aint to bad but I am like 0 for 8 at this point!! I gotta a couple more tips today that I will try and I will also try going closer to water, there are alot of swamps were i hunt so I'll try to get closer and watch those. thanks for the info. P.S. what are you shooting them with?????

Unclebuck 300

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VT Ridges

Liked the link Rick James. It is interesting that some of you have found these coyotes near water also. I was out Monday and they were a lot of coyote sign near a lake. I have never called them, but always thought you just used a call to imitate a injured rabbit. There are calls to howl also?I got to could get into this.

browning.204

VT: oh ya there are calls to make all kinds of noises, howls pup distress, female mating call, challange howl locate howl, help I've fallen and I can't get up howl<---ok I made that one up. But go to www.primos.com and look at the randy anderson collections. I have a couple of them and If you have any sort of lungs then your good to go!!! good luck

MA Jay

.204, I hunt with a 22 mag and Trusty Rusty (mossberg 500) using #4 buck down here in southern NH. I use a Rem 700 .223 out in the Jaffrey area and north of Manchester.

browning.204

MAJAY: thats cool, as you can probably tell I have a new .204 and would like to use it more, I actualy live in manchester and do some or maybe most of my hunting In Derry - londonderry - chester area. Having a hard time at the yotes in these areas! and I am originaly from just outside of boston. good luck

MA Jay

In my opinion you are heading in the wrong direction for the best coyote action. While I have had some success in the Chester area, I find either heading towards Northwood or out 89 towards Hillsboro I get more room and more coyotes. I'm down off of 13 just south of Milford, and while we have a lot of coyotes around here I have greater success in the areas I mentioned.

Good luck with the .204, it looks like a great gun on paper.

browning.204

MAJAY: well I recently bought a explorer from hillsboro ford and the sales man was saying that everyone in the dealership hunts and the area had alot of good spots. The only problem with doing that is that I just don't wanna aimlessly get out of the truck and go into the woods, I dont wanna make anyone mad if i stumble on private land or something. I guess if its not posted then its ok but still. some of those back woods guys get pretty pissed if someones on their Turf!! But I do wanna try some bigger areas.

I know a guy who owns a big farm in chester, you might now it, it is called spring pond farm its on 102 on the right if your coming from derry. I am gonna stop by to ask his permission. I'll let you know what he says. I hunted deer there before.