Thanks for the imput. Ill pick up a gerber folding on to start with and move on from there.

Gerber Fixed Blade Gut Hook on sale at Midwayusa.com

$20 retail, $16 right now. I'd consider this my ideal length and blade design for fur handling. Not everyone loves chromoly blades, since they take an edge differently than a stainless edge, but for $16, buy 3 of them, then you can skin coons off a trapline for hours on end without sharpening, and you'll never need another set for years to come.

Just for skinning I like these;

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/855...-handle-orange



NoMercy a lot of good info. as always !!!

I see you have a .22, have you done any small game hunting to get you started on hunting? Try some squirrel or rabbit hunting. Or even some bird hunting. Should be easy to find on public ground. A lot of fun and good to get you started. Taste great too, I would never process and eat a dog btw. But your choice.


Good luck

No I have looked into hunting squirrel or rabbit but I have eaten them. Ill probably look into it while figuring out my coyote hunting. I have eaten and enjoyed lots of strange food so I am trying coyote once just to see. Hopefully I will finally meet up with some coyote hunters this weekend.

Face Palm....
 

Are you F'ing serious? Start your own thread... This wasn't the place to come beg for votes...


Edit note--Right on point. That member has been permabanned and all 13 of her posts soliciting votes for her husband on another website have been deleted.
CalHunter
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You are doing it right, I have to say. You've done a lot of research and tapped into a good resource here.

I can't help much, but I'll say what I can:

I am in Oklahoma, not Illinois, so I can't tell you any specific locations. But I'll bet dollars to doughnuts you've got farmers or ranchers in Illinois who would be tickled pink to let you have the chance to whack 'yotes on their land. Coyotes do NOT help livestock. So ask the guys with the livestock.

I have no idea what a habitat stamp is.

You, and our Brethren here on this board are pretty amazing sportsmen. I commend you all. I've never done anything more with a freakin' ugly, useless, livestock-stealing, game-murdering 'yote than urinate in the exit wound, curse at it, and leave it lay.

You're probably going to have to get license for each State.

I would if you were here or if I was there! I've killed more coyotes while deer and turkey hunting than just hunting the 'yotes themselves - - buy you can sure hunt them themselves. And it's fun :)

You are on the right track! Learn, and HAVE FUN :)

Just go out to your local WMA one morning with your 22 and walk slowly for a about 20 yards then sit, wait about 10 min if you don't see any walk another 20-30 yards then sit. You'll kill some squirrels. And if it's in season shoot some rabbits too. My favorite tasting game.

Oh yeah I completely forgot about this, check out predatormastersforum.com

Some great guys and info there for coyote hunting, I'm sure you'll find someone near your area to hunt with there.

http://www.predatormastersforums.com...ubbthreads.php

If you go over to Predator Masters, Kelvars, RedJaw, and Jeff V are 3 guys you might send a message to, they're in Illinois. RedJaw lives in Chicago and hunts land that his church owns (worth the time to check out his cartoon website too, pretty entertaining stuff), Kelvars is a few hours west of you, and hunts private land a buddy has permission on.

If you search "Illinois hunting" in the search function, you'll find a few posts, some dating back a few years (think I saw one from 2005 there).

If you do join over there, lemme know what user name you pick out, so I can keep an eye out for you. I spend even more time over there than I do here.

I have the same name at predatormaster but I havent written anything yet. Just been using it for research. I have had to slip hunting into the back burner for a bit due to change of jobs. But I will be full bore again in a couple weeks when I get use to my schedule.

Should post a thread in the Calling in the East section asking if anyone's hunts in Illinois.

ya ill have to do that. Does anyone know of any good hunting stores online that I can possibly get some good deals on hunting gear for the holidays. I plan on buying my snow camo skinning knife binoculars range finder this weekend with the sales. Also seen some nice deal on rifles as well but still havent found the right rifle.

So I got just about everything I need to go coyote hunting but I need help on selecting camo. Not the colors but like some have scent lock or silent weave some are waterproof some arent what is a good style to get. Like cabelas has a really good sale on their brand camo but I cant tell if its worth it or should I go with a larger know name brand?

I have the Natural Gear Camo and dress in layers for warmth....for Snow/Winter time I went with the Natural Gear also in their Snow/White Pattern at Midway USA.

Find a Brand or Pattern You like and hit all the Major Stores for the best prices...RealTree and Mossy Oak are good looking Camo and Lost Camo and a few others...look at some in Person then shop on-line if You want more Options!

Waterproof stuff is inevitably noisy, and never breathes well. Water resistant will treat you fine.

Do NOT waste your money on scent control clothing of any kind for predator calling. It honestly won't make a difference. Personally, I don't even believe in it for deer hunting, but years of field experience, and trying different products, and observing coyotes reaction has proven to me that nothing exists that will beat their nose. Confidence scents can help, but scent killers are just a waste of time and money.

The Cabelas brand stuff is usually good stuff. It's probably arguably a "more largely known brand name" than anything else in the market these days.

Water proofing spray (scotch guard) around the lower legs and the hind end of your pants will help keep you dry walking through dewy grass, and sitting on stand. I use stools/chairs/pads so I'm not sitting in the dirt, but it's nice knowing my hind end will stay dry.

I'm wearing Under Armour Ayton bibs and jacket these days to stay warm, under a ghillie poncho when I'm out in open ground to help blend into the dry grass of Kansas prairie. Just got a UA Dead Calm jacket for the super cold days, we'll see how she holds up this week in the deer stand.

Ill have to look around. I was looking for water proof cuz I will be doing my hunting in snow. So imwill be sitting kneeling and laying in snow

if you happen to find an out of the way place that you like, you can go to your local courthouse and find out who owns it. i checked on a nice spot last year, went down to my courthouse and found out that cotiga development company owns it. i googled them and got a phone number, they told me they had 144,000 acres there and ALL of it was huntable with a valid license. "come on down and get your permission letter..." :happy0001::hail::):):):):):):):):)

Did you ever get to get out and hunt any?