Coyotes in PA?

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PAfurhunter

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What are the best counties for coyote in PA? I'm going to the central PA area (Snyder and Juniata) after Christmas, and I have no idea if I'll be able to call one in. A few have been shot (or shot at) on the mountain where I hunt deer in that area, but only through sheer luck. Anyone here hunt coyotes in central PA?
 
That is a good question. With the PA coyote population growing and moving I don't know how to get an accurate answer. If you look at the past years kills from the http://www.mosquitocreeksportsmen.com/ It lists where the coyotes were killed. It looks like Crawford had the most followed by Clearfield, but I could have read wrong. Here in Northern Cambria county our population is up, also there seems to be good numbers from southern clearfield county.

Chris
 
hello
if you look at the kills in Crawford county most are with dogs ,I have heard there is a group of people up that way that hunt very hard with dogs ,My point being if that group Hunted a different county ,they would have more kills in that county too.The kill number MIGHT not be a good indicator of coyote population.
Just my opinion
Dave
 
Hey Dave, I'll be up in Butler staying at the inlaws over Christmas. I plan on doing some coyote hunting. Probably around Lake Arthur or West Liberty. How have you been doing so far?
 
Coyotes have been documented in all 67 counties of the state.The north central part of the state seem to hold the most coyotes,or largest populations.(Tioga,Potter,Bradford,Lycoming,Center,Clinton,Clearfield)

Juniata and Snyder hold coyotes also.I don't know if you are just starting out at calling coyotes,but do not expect to just sit down and have them come running right into you once you start calling.It usually takes many many stands here in PA just to finally get one into gun range.

Good luck and let us know if you had any success.

*PaCoyotenut*
 
I'm really hoping to get something. There are supposedly a lot of foxes on a farm that I hunt at, and I actually shot a really mangy one there once. It was during the middle of the day, and he was wandering aimlessly in a field along with another fox. I wasn't actually hunting at the time but I had my Ruger .243 with the rounds that I use for deer. I managed to shoot one of them at about 150 yards. He was really sick and wouldn't have lived past the winter. I don't know what happened to the other one, but if he had mange like the one I killed he would have been dead for a while by now. Hopefully all the foxes on that farm aren't infected with it. Never heard of anyone seeing coyotes around there. A few bear, but no coyotes.
 
PFH... you can bet if one had the mange it wasn't the only one to have it... we got a farm that we shot mangy groundhogs on this summer and haven't shot a decent fox all winter off of it... all had the bugs...
 
Yesterday I called on the farm during the afternoon and the evening (on different sides of the road). No luck. This morning I went to a nice mountain where I hunt deer and called at 5 different locations. I saw fox, coyote, and bear tracks, but that was it. The only coyotes that have been shot there were shot over fresh gut piles during deer season. This evening I'm going to a cabin on the other side of the mountain to try my luck there. I know the buggers are out there, but I can't find them!
 
I took the rifle for a walk at my old stomping ground at Lake Arthur, Butler county. I saw no coyote tracks. I found a dead deer on the ice. There was only opposum tracks around it. I would think if there was a coyote near by, he would be chewing on the deer.
 
222shooter,

on our farm, there are a few Yotes, and they very seldom hit our dead deer piles. Infact they avoid them. I am not sure why. We have put out piles in different locations on the farm (woods, fields, brush) and very rairly will there be coyote sign, No shortage of coon, oppossum, or fox hitting them.

Chris
 
I have not done any coyote hunting in western PA yet. I'd like to find some areas to hunt when I go back to visit family.

I do hunt in Potter Co. The coyote population there is growing. I think I saw more coyote tracks than deer tracks this past deer season. I called in 3 at once back in March.
 
Pafurhunter,
Persistance is the key here in our state.I've found that coyotes are the most difficult critters to get to respond to calling.Don't become disheartened,sooner or later with a little luck and the right setup you'll get a yote in your crosshairs. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 


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