K-22hornet.
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First off, coyotes are almost everywhere, but some areas are better than others.
If you hunt the high country, my experience has been to avoid the dense forested areas and focus on the more open areas, especially after the snow gets deep. Coyotes have to make a living and dense forest and deep snow make it tough, so hit the sage flats and open areas.
The Eastern plains have lots of coyotes in some areas and almost none in others. I avoid the 10,000 acre plot planted in winter wheat that's 2" tall. No cover, no food. However, if the plot ajoins a parcel with cover, I'll try it. I've been coyote hunting on a private waterfowl hunting club for over 15 years. It's only 700 acres, but I kill alot of coyotes off it every year, it's got great cover and an adundance of food, so there are always 'fresh' coyotes to hunt.
This State is almost 40% public land, so lots of room to hunt. I hunt the SWA, WIA and STL properties a lot. One trick that works for me is to hunt the edges of the public properties, calling towards the private land.
In addition, lot's of landowners will allow coyote hunting, but be prepared to show the rancher some dead coyotes. I've had more than a few ranchers tell me they don't want me to educate coyotes, they want me to kill coyotes.
If you hunt the high country, my experience has been to avoid the dense forested areas and focus on the more open areas, especially after the snow gets deep. Coyotes have to make a living and dense forest and deep snow make it tough, so hit the sage flats and open areas.
The Eastern plains have lots of coyotes in some areas and almost none in others. I avoid the 10,000 acre plot planted in winter wheat that's 2" tall. No cover, no food. However, if the plot ajoins a parcel with cover, I'll try it. I've been coyote hunting on a private waterfowl hunting club for over 15 years. It's only 700 acres, but I kill alot of coyotes off it every year, it's got great cover and an adundance of food, so there are always 'fresh' coyotes to hunt.
This State is almost 40% public land, so lots of room to hunt. I hunt the SWA, WIA and STL properties a lot. One trick that works for me is to hunt the edges of the public properties, calling towards the private land.
In addition, lot's of landowners will allow coyote hunting, but be prepared to show the rancher some dead coyotes. I've had more than a few ranchers tell me they don't want me to educate coyotes, they want me to kill coyotes.