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I am new to coyote hunting and all I have for this year is a rabbit in distress call.
I have acsess to hunt both an open feild about 25 acres, and wooded areas, would i have better chances of getting a coyote in the open field or in the wooded area, if so what kind of places in the woods should I hunt.
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I would think the open field but I dont know what state or area you are in
try both, but start with the open area
I am in Tennessee I have seen four coyotes in the past week while driving whith in a mile of where I hunt so I know they are around and so I am starting to scout out where I should hunt all the coyotes I have seen have been close to tree lines.
The coyotes are using the trees for cover, call from the open field toward the trees. The coyotes will come to you from the cover, and they will circle downwind. You call from the open area so you can see them coming.
Set up in the field but close enough to the woods so you can see into it. I have heard coyotes like it near edge habitats or where one habitat meets another. I think coyotes can smell so maybe scent killer is a good idea.
My buddy just killed his 41st coyote this morning that he has killed over the last 10 years. Where his house is located he can see probably 75 acres of his property which is hayfields and pasture. He has a shooting bench set up in his garage looking out the garage window looking out over the property. He picks up road kill deer , with permission of the Natural Resources Police, and puts them at distances of 300 to 500 yards away from his house in the hayfields and pasture. He used to use a 7MM Mag. to shoot them but for the last year and a half he has used a bull barrel .204. He has killed 19 coyotes with his .204 in the last year and a half at distances from 295yards to 436 yards. I didn't think the .204 had enough for those ranges but he has proven different. The one he killed this morning had been in a snare sometime in the last week and broken free. It had the snare around it's body just behind the front legs. The snare had cut into the meat but it wasn't infected or festered up. That is why I think it had gotten in the snare in the last week. He uses the Leupold setup where you send them your caliber information, bullet weight, fps, and they send you the turrent for your scope to match your caliber. He has tried calling in that area without any success.
you have a better chance of the coyote coming to the call in the wooded area because of the cover and the sense of security. It is also likely though, that the coyote will come in but will not present a very good shot. The open field may yield coyotes that are more reluctant to come to a call but fields also present a larger population of small game that are food sources for coyotes and also provide a wide open shot opportunity. It is entirely your call on the trade off. if you are comfortable taking shots on coyotes with buckshot while they are most likely moving then by all means go for the timber. Hope this helps, and best of luck
hhack has it right. Set up with the call in the field between you and trees. You should be able to call them into the open field.
Sarge01, that's a great story. Your friend has a great set up. I wouldn't have thought a .204 could reach out and touch that far!
I'd sure recommend setting up outside the timber and calling them out. No problem with a rabbit mouth call. You will get them with that just fine. Hunting in the timber gives you two problems:
1. Noise on entry. They can hear you breaking sticks from about a mile away and they will leave the timber rather than approach.
2. When they come in, you won't be able to get a shot. I've had them within 2 feet and still missed them. It is very close quarters and they may be going 25 mph on approach or on exit. A couple of weeks ago, my brother looked over the log he was hiding behind and one stared him in the face from 2 feet away. It was out of sight in brush before he could raise his gun. I missed one last month with a black powder rifle from 10 yards but it was flying by for a quick look at the situation. You tend to get much better shots and more reliable calls out in the open. Just be very quiet setting up.
My buddy killed his 42nd coyote this mmorning at 324 yards. He picked up a fresh roadkill yesterday and put it in his field and this morning at daylight there were two coyotes on the carcess. He got one but couldn't get a shot at the other. His .204 is a deadly machine.
Don't know where you are, what the terrain is like.
Have U used varmint calls? All of this helps to guide.Pick out a place to sit in the area of your game, wear hunting-garb and use your call softly. Wait 2-5 minutes and do it again. After 1-hour, change locations...always face toward the wind; be patient and good luck.
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I would think the open field but I dont know what state or area you are in
try both, but start with the open area
The coyotes are using the trees for cover, call from the open field toward the trees. The coyotes will come to you from the cover, and they will circle downwind. You call from the open area so you can see them coming.
I'd sure recommend setting up outside the timber and calling them out. No problem with a rabbit mouth call. You will get them with that just fine. Hunting in the timber gives you two problems:
1. Noise on entry. They can hear you breaking sticks from about a mile away and they will leave the timber rather than approach.
2. When they come in, you won't be able to get a shot. I've had them within 2 feet and still missed them. It is very close quarters and they may be going 25 mph on approach or on exit. A couple of weeks ago, my brother looked over the log he was hiding behind and one stared him in the face from 2 feet away. It was out of sight in brush before he could raise his gun. I missed one last month with a black powder rifle from 10 yards but it was flying by for a quick look at the situation. You tend to get much better shots and more reliable calls out in the open. Just be very quiet setting up.
I am in Tennessee I have seen four coyotes in the past week while driving whith in a mile of where I hunt so I know they are around and so I am starting to scout out where I should hunt all the coyotes I have seen have been close to tree lines.
Set up in the field but close enough to the woods so you can see into it. I have heard coyotes like it near edge habitats or where one habitat meets another. I think coyotes can smell so maybe scent killer is a good idea.
My buddy just killed his 41st coyote this morning that he has killed over the last 10 years. Where his house is located he can see probably 75 acres of his property which is hayfields and pasture. He has a shooting bench set up in his garage looking out the garage window looking out over the property. He picks up road kill deer , with permission of the Natural Resources Police, and puts them at distances of 300 to 500 yards away from his house in the hayfields and pasture. He used to use a 7MM Mag. to shoot them but for the last year and a half he has used a bull barrel .204. He has killed 19 coyotes with his .204 in the last year and a half at distances from 295yards to 436 yards. I didn't think the .204 had enough for those ranges but he has proven different. The one he killed this morning had been in a snare sometime in the last week and broken free. It had the snare around it's body just behind the front legs. The snare had cut into the meat but it wasn't infected or festered up. That is why I think it had gotten in the snare in the last week. He uses the Leupold setup where you send them your caliber information, bullet weight, fps, and they send you the turrent for your scope to match your caliber. He has tried calling in that area without any success.
you have a better chance of the coyote coming to the call in the wooded area because of the cover and the sense of security. It is also likely though, that the coyote will come in but will not present a very good shot. The open field may yield coyotes that are more reluctant to come to a call but fields also present a larger population of small game that are food sources for coyotes and also provide a wide open shot opportunity. It is entirely your call on the trade off. if you are comfortable taking shots on coyotes with buckshot while they are most likely moving then by all means go for the timber. Hope this helps, and best of luck
hhack has it right. Set up with the call in the field between you and trees. You should be able to call them into the open field.
Sarge01, that's a great story. Your friend has a great set up. I wouldn't have thought a .204 could reach out and touch that far!
My buddy killed his 42nd coyote this mmorning at 324 yards. He picked up a fresh roadkill yesterday and put it in his field and this morning at daylight there were two coyotes on the carcess. He got one but couldn't get a shot at the other. His .204 is a deadly machine.
Don't know where you are, what the terrain is like.
Have U used varmint calls? All of this helps to guide.Pick out a place to sit in the area of your game, wear hunting-garb and use your call softly. Wait 2-5 minutes and do it again. After 1-hour, change locations...always face toward the wind; be patient and good luck.
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