Strategy and tips to hunt a coyote
11-05-2013 | 06:33 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 188
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From: Saskatchewan Canada
well you have to decide how you want to hunt to begin with. you can either just drive around or be a little more cunning and call them in.
if your plan is to call them in just find an area with good visibility and use either a mouth call or an electronic call like a foxpro. the people i hunt with usually only spend 15 minutes calling and if nothing results they move to another spot.
being camo'd up is a good plan and use a sighted in rifle capable of cleanly taking the animal (.22 is too small im my opinion) or a shotgun.
good luck!
if your plan is to call them in just find an area with good visibility and use either a mouth call or an electronic call like a foxpro. the people i hunt with usually only spend 15 minutes calling and if nothing results they move to another spot.
being camo'd up is a good plan and use a sighted in rifle capable of cleanly taking the animal (.22 is too small im my opinion) or a shotgun.
good luck!
11-05-2013 | 07:34 AM
#3
Super Moderator
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Northern California
You might check the reference subsection for this forum. It was created to have easy to find subjects and answers for questions just like this. It covers, strategies, tactics, gear, how to get started, etc.
11-13-2013 | 07:10 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Kansas
Best way to hunt coyotes? Depends what you mean by "best way"...
Most versatile way is calling. Most productive way (in my experience) is flushing/sight hounding, baiting behind that, calling 3rd. Most efficient? Trapping. Running dogs means you have to have dogs, and have to cover a lot of ground to flush out coyotes. Baiting requires a LOT of dedicated time managing your bait piles.
Most guys that hunt coyotes are calling them.
See these topics (and others) in the Predator Hunting Reference Section to help you along your way. If you have other specific questions, you can ask them there as well:
Plan of Attack: Duration, Location, Frequency
Scouting and Set Design
Easy answer is to scout a lot, know where the coyotes are actually living/traveling/hunting/denning, and hunt there. Plan your sets to lure coyotes to a preferred kill zone, then design your shooting position and approach based on that. Hunt from the ground, move as little as possible, and watch more than you call. If you have a hunting buddy, position them 50-100yrds downwind of your calling position, preferably with a shotgun backed up with a rifle.
Most versatile way is calling. Most productive way (in my experience) is flushing/sight hounding, baiting behind that, calling 3rd. Most efficient? Trapping. Running dogs means you have to have dogs, and have to cover a lot of ground to flush out coyotes. Baiting requires a LOT of dedicated time managing your bait piles.
Most guys that hunt coyotes are calling them.
See these topics (and others) in the Predator Hunting Reference Section to help you along your way. If you have other specific questions, you can ask them there as well:
Plan of Attack: Duration, Location, Frequency
Scouting and Set Design
Easy answer is to scout a lot, know where the coyotes are actually living/traveling/hunting/denning, and hunt there. Plan your sets to lure coyotes to a preferred kill zone, then design your shooting position and approach based on that. Hunt from the ground, move as little as possible, and watch more than you call. If you have a hunting buddy, position them 50-100yrds downwind of your calling position, preferably with a shotgun backed up with a rifle.
11-21-2013 | 03:33 PM
#6
Spike
Joined: Oct 2013
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When hunting squirrels, I used a home made squeaky call and I had got two coyote running towards me twice this year. They came about 10 yards away. At the time, I was using subsonic amo and didn't think it would take the coyote down, so I didn't shot.
But am sure this method may work for hunting coyote.
But am sure this method may work for hunting coyote.
