Snow and Yotes!!!???!!!???!!!
 

I live in Ohio and there is a blizzard warning out and everything right now and we are supposed to get 10-15in of snow and i was wondering if right after all of the snow is over would that be a good time to go coyote hunting? Will they be looking for food because its hard for them to find it and will they be easier to call? Thanks for any and all input!

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UMMMMMM anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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After any cold spell or blizzard is a GREAT time to get out an call. 'Yotes will be hungry and looking for an easy meal, so go get 'em!

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Jake this is what I gathered from one of Brian Souths seminars, Is the 24hrs prior to and the 24hrs after is the prime time to go out and call.

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correct, especially before the front.

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The longer deep snow stays on the ground and the longer it stays cold, the better the calling will get, also! I agree, before and after are good, but the long periods of cold and snow are best!

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Most years in Kansas I get around15 to 25 yotes. We have had some real big snows this year. Deep snow (for Kansas grew up on West Slope of Colorado)on the ground from Dec. 27th to the present day. I am just hammering the dogs. I am spending about half my normal time out and getting twice as many dogs. With Saturdays count I am pushing 48. The snow has made them come to the call and busting in groups of 3 to 4 to reach that poor hurt rabbit.

I would agree with that 24 hour period being prime. It snowed here Friday and we took 3 dogs on Thur. and took 8 on Sat..On Sat. you couldn't keep those dogs from coming to the call. Had a 9 year old kid calling them in like a pro...

Goatslayer.....

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Sounds like fun. Thanks for the advice.

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Up here in the mountains, its hard to get coyotes to come out in the open right after a big dump of snow. They like to stay in the trees (like the other animals) where it is easier to move around or they will be on the roads at night. A couple days after the storm (or less if its really cold) when the snow firms up enough so they don't sink in to their bellies they will come to the call like a rocket.

Having a set of snowshoes is a big help to get to your setups. Just because a 30 lb coyote doesn't sink in to fresh snow doesn't mean you won't.

Truckeedan

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Find fresh tracks and track them if there is snow its a good way to kill them. Shotguns are better than rifles for this game though.

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I don't know about Ohio, but when it snows up here, its usually not 2 inches. Its more like two feet!

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manwithaplan, if you're sneaking up on coyotes and getting close enough to shoot 'em with a shotgun, you're darn good at sneakin'! How many of them have you done this on?

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Howler its not to hard in thick cover if the snow is powder and the wind is in the right direction. One thing I should have mentioned if you are where you figure to be close to the yotes you can set-up and call them in. If they are near and hear howling they will be in. Another thing to do is use multiple guys and push coyote from cover if there tracks going in. As far as how many I've done this to I have lost track its a bunch. Here in Wisconsin there is 3 methods for killing coyotes most guys use, tracking/driving usually a big group of guys,calling,and withdogs all 3 methods work. It might not work so well in more open areas like colorado.

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The snow is so deep it is literally up to my crotch to walk through. How should I try to call coyotes in this mess? Should I stay down low where the snow is thinner, or try calling in pines? Is trying to call right now even worth it.. I mean I figure they are hungry as all heck but I honestly dont think they can even get to the food in this deep of powdery snow.. Any help on this one?

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Go to area you know there is yotes and find fresh tracks either track them and shoot them as they try to get outta there or howl to them. The yotes will be where the food.

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Hey jake, Hows it goin? Call me this weekend and we can go hunting. We are getting a few more inches of snow today, which is good for yotes.

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Did one of the Jakes get banned so we have 2 of them now?

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Perhaps cloning does really work???? I figure at any moment someone will start talking about skinning coyotes with sharp sticks.;)But until then I will keep enjoying the "making up lies" part of the southwestern ohio dynamictag teamssignature:D

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What is that all about. How could there be 2. You dont make any sense!!!

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ignore canislutrans and jake smith!