Coyote decoy anyone?

A friend of mine mounted one for me a few years ago.Needless to say its very realistic.Only problem is there is no movement SOOO for a coyote coming to a call it has to be very visible.I have to say I have found it to be of very little use.
 
I agree with Jerry about movement. That is precisely why I always have preferred Wiley Coyote by Edge Expedite. Just the slightest breeze makes his tail move realistically, and I kept an extra tail that I sometimes hung in his mouth like he had snagged an easy meal. I don't use a decoy on every stand, but it has sure worked well for me on certain setups. I especially like using old Wiley during the breeding season. I understand it is not for everybody, but what is?
 
I find coyote decoys too bulky for the help that they offer. The most use I get out of my yote decoy is during waterfowl season. If birds are hitting 2 places in a field put mr Wiley in the spot your not hunting and the birds pass right over to the waiting guns.
 
In the big winter wheat fields bordering a no coyote hunting refuge I would set a coyote decoy(montana) up and lay my mojo on the ground in front of it, it gave the set some motion to attract a coyotes eye to the decoy. It worked and I could set up in the field with no cover, the coyotes coming in were completely focused on the decoy. But it was a really specific location set and rarely got used. I tried the location without the decoy and the coyotes would poke there heads out of the refuge fence and scope the whole area not venturing into the field.
 
Here is a picture of a big male who got fooled pretty good with Wiley Coyote. I can remember clearly how he came in with his ears laid back, mad as could be at the invader who had lunch in his territory.

 
I have a Wiley also, what I do is put a dog toy in it's mouth. One that looks real but has nothing in it so they hang just like a dead animal in its mouth. I can't tell you how effective it is just yet, because I can't get them to come out of the brush. Honestly I couldn't tell you how close I've gotten one to come. But I'm still going back out if the rain would ever stop
 
I had a mounted coyote that I used for a decoy on some coyote calling stands. It didn't work that well very often and it was a pain to carry out to the stands.

If I am going to be loaded down walking out to my stands I would rather carry a rifle and a shotgun than carry a coyote decoy and just a rifle or just a shotgun.

Some coyotes stop as soon as they see any type of decoy and that is not good if you have a shotgun on stand. Even with the small motion decoys I have had better luck if the coyotes can't see them clearly through weeds or bushes.

A good percentage of coyotes may not want to confront a coyote decoy.
 
Kinda a quote from an old member here "a coyote coming in to a decoy is a coyote already coming in, shoot it."
There will always be certain situations or sets where a decoy may work for coyotes but it is a lot of extra effort I don't need.
Cats may be a different story.
 

I have the Flambeau Lone Howler coyote decoy. Not a great product IMO, but I have used it with success on several occasions... more than enough to cover the cost.
I will have to agree with those that have pointed out the inconvenience of packing in the additional gear, so I too, only use it on specific stands at specific times of the year.

I do not worry about there not being any motion...I set up down wind of the area I know the coyotes hang out in...same scenario AWS described in his post...private property I cannot hunt,(where the coyotes spend the day) next to the public property I can hunt. I like to set the decoy in a low natural drainage, I can see by tracks the coyotes use this drainage to travel in and out of the public land. I do not try to coax them out of the low natural route they are comfortable traveling in. The perfect drainage is a couple hundred yards wide draining to where the coyotes are, N to NW in direction. That keeps the prevailing winds in my face and the low winter sun in their eyes. I set myself up so I can see my decoy and look down the drainage. They will hear the intruder, know he is in the drainage, and come find him. I play the Challenge Bark continuously until I have one close enough that I know he sees the decoy. This can take a while, I have had one bark back at me for more than a half hour before he finally got mad enough to come in to see. This is when the fun begins..by then he is so pizzed off by the intruder he is not worried about getting out of the drainage to get down wind, he has his hackles up and fangs out and is ready to kick butt. Decoy has their full attention. They can put on a good show with all of their displays showing how bad azz they are. It is worth watching one time...I know it is hard not to take the shot if you have one standing at 100 yards or less...no guarantee you will get to see a display if you let them get closer.

The other scenario I have used the decoy with some success is on large frozen lakes or ponds that have a large area of cat tails around them. With the wind and cold here in SD, the coyotes like to hunker down out of the wind in the cat tails. Difficult to get them to come out into the open. I set the decoy out in full view on the ice and hide myself on the edge of the cat tails. Crank up Pup Distress. I have had them come in hard, focused on the decoy all the way. Nice open, flat shooting area on a frozen lake. If they only step out on to the ice on the far bank and hang up, I already have a good idea on the distance because I use the measuring tool on Google Earth to measure distance from where I think I will set up to different points on the edge of the lake/pond where I think the coyotes will come from.

Sorry about the long post...with the high wind here today the feels like temp is below 0...had to find myself something to do...
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