Best way to locate coyotes????

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Watch Dog80

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I have a siren locator, but never seem to get any to howl back. Just wondering if you guys are using a howl or siren to get the yotes to talking and if so which one?
 
I also have the siren but never use it. When Bill (who owns Wildlife Tech calls) was here hunting with me, we used it some and had them howl back but I think the howling calls on the caller work much better. I locate all the time as well as look for lots of track in the snow when calling. Coyote droppings are fine to but when calling an area, I generally go out at night and howl in several locations. The next day I hunt the area. I almost always get coyotes in the areas where I howled. I am a firm believer that howling will produce you coyotes if you hunt those areas in the next couple of days after.
 
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I've had dogs respond to howls but the best way to locate coyote is to do alot of bird and rabbit hunting. When you find the rabbits you find the dogs. While you are out there roaming with your shotgun you are keeping an eye out for tracks and scat. When I find a place that they run in packs with 20 sets of prints together I know I am in a better then average spot. When every road intersection has scat marking it that is also a good sign.
 
Originally Posted By: Watch Dog80Like a challenge howl or other type of howl?

I use the locator howls on my call. Or loan coyote locator howl female or male. I don't think I would use the challenge call, at least I haven't ever used it to locate.
 
I use the Johny Stewert group howls. They can't resist talking back. I drive down the road with the caller on the roof rack and pull over ever half mile or so and play it to locate them at night. Then decide weather to hunt night or day.
 
The best daytime locator is COWS.... if you find cows... you will find coyotes... especially on the downwind side of cows...

try it...you'll like it.....MOO...
 
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You cant beat sign, lots of urine spots marking territiry, scat and tracts will indicate dogs are around even if they dont answer the call. Hunt this area and you will have success sooner or later.
 
I think it just depends. Case in point, I was at the in-laws ranch last week. We threw some scraps out the back door for the barn cats and heard a coyote off in the distance. Waited a little while and went out with a e-call and tried a locator group howl. No reponse. We went back inside for about an hour. I persuaded my brother-in-law to go back outside with the siren blowhorn. After a few minutes we had four coyotes responding down by a creek. Like I said earlier, I think it just depends. Just keep trying.
 
I try my best to get out ASAP after some new snows on the ground and look for fresh tracks either on foot or driving around.I try howling to but I only get a response when there's a pack together usually right around sunset.Never got a howl back from a loner if one was even there.
 
How long should I be running the siren locator call? I only let it run for less than a minute. (maybe 30 seconds) Am I not letting it run long enough and can u get it too loud?
 
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