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BenJacobs

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Good day to everyone.

I'm a South African, who moved to Saskatchewan Canada a couple years ago and cyote hunting had tickled my interest.

I work in the grain farming industry in a area with bountiful cyote numbers. I've started hunting them, when the opportunity presents itself. Never calling, just when you see them passing by. I've got a total of 27 this year and seen much more.

My question now, if you were to start cyote hunting tomorrow, what are some of the things you wish you know? I've got a little 223, no caller, no tri/bi pod so everything is still very new to me. Most of my hunting will probably happen in the winter.

Regards
 
I'd buy a set of shooting sticks(cross sticks), a low end FoxPro e-caller with remote, a three legs stool to keep you out of the snow and a couple mouth calls. Next I'd buy a couple books on predator calling. I'm old so i like books, you can look at them on the road. You can listen to the rabbit call sounds on the e-caller and duplicate them with mouth calls. Learn to approach a stand so your scent isn't blown across where you hope to see a coyote... Learn to stay motionless on a stand.

Sounds like you're in a target rich area, have fun
 
And to add to the AWS post, there is a lot of good info in these forums with several members from "The Great White North"--Big Lou and Yotarunner come to mind. Read their posts then apply.
Had to be an environmental shock coming from S Africa to Saskatchewan I gotta figure.
 
Thanks so far.

It surely was, coming from never seeing snow to getting 6 feet last year was quite the adjustment! We're enjoying every day still so it's been a great experience. Hunting is also quite different, but I'm embracing it.

Regards
 
I did not.
The area I was in had more caracle problems that jackal. Hunted and trapped lots of them, but I found they did not respond to calls that great. I'll ad a photo of one of my biggest ones.

Regards
 
Big female, caught 27 lambs before I got her.
 

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If you can shoot 27 just by happenstance, you should do quite well with just a few hand calls. Try that out for a bit and then decide if you want an electronic.
Tripods are superior in most ways, but a cheapish bipod that you can use sitting will help a lot. Shooting sticks are generally cheaper yet and work just fine too.

As for calling, don't over-compilcate it. Have an idea of where they may approach from, keep the wind in your favor, and make sure you can see your downwind side, as they almost always circle to the downwind.
 
Biggest / best tip I can give is:,
Once you decide to actively " hunt" for them, keep noise approach as quite as possible, a quite vehicle is a must.
 
Watch the wind. Coyotes nearly always try to circle downwind, so try and have the downwind side be a pond or short grass pasture.

Welcome to America!
 
Deep snow, once it gets deep enough for snowshoes or skis just get an insulated pad and set the pad on the snowshoe or skis and use them for a seat.
 
What area of sask are you in? Im just about on the Alberta Sask border so depending on where you are I can give you some terrain tips as well if I know the area
 
BenJacobs said:
I'm on the Manitoba border, so basically completely different side šŸ˜‚
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So much for that idea šŸ˜‚ in that case I would agree with what AWS said though personally I'm a fan of tall bipods instead of sticks but either or works.
Set yourself up for shooting from sitting no matter how you do it. Laying prone is stable but in winter months deep snow can impact how much you can see laying down and it's less comfortable.
If you don't have good insulated pants a good seat of some sort is handy to have to keep warm while sitting.
Approach your stands as if the coyotes already know your out there. Don't slam truck doors, walk on the quietest path, don't skyline yourself anymore than needed and make slow deliberate movements on stand.
There's multiple e call companies that work great. FoxPro, lucky duck and icotec are the ones I would rely on and trust.
Hand calls with a little bit of practice will likely work pretty good in your neck of the woods and if you decide to go that route with calls let me know and I can help you learn how to use em
 
One of the first pieces of dedicated coyote equipment (not rifle, binos, or other general hunting stuff) i picked up was a set of diaphragm calls. Took a while over trips to and from work, and i prob looked like i was trying to bite my own ear sometimes, but i got pretty decent at it. Ill throw out some howls and barks when i drive through tr nat park and usually get responses pretty quick! I always have them ready on stand also, but run my ecall mostly. Good luck!
 
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