Do coyotes leave areas then come back

i live in PA and where i use to live we had a pack of coyotes that we could hunt for about 2 days every week to 10 days i figured out they were making there rounds in this area every 7 to 10 days it took me awhile to figure this out but when i did it was nice to go there when they were there of course i never got one but my dad got a shot at one but we never found it i could have gotten a few there but i didn't want to shoot one that was less than a year old
 
The overwhelming motivation for all animals is food (territorial responses are to protect the food supply), breeding (in season) is a very distant second, and flight/fright on those only on those rare occasions when attacked or threatened.

All animals follow the food supply and spend almost all of their waking lives getting enough food to beat the calories in/calories burned equation.

They will always go to where food is the easiest to get (fewer calories burned).

Coyotes have a reputation for being "smart" among the general public but this something of a misconception.

They are very skilled and opportunistic predators/scavangers but not at all "smart" in human terms.

They are incapable of deductive reasoning i.e. if A is true and B is true then C must be false. They have VERY short term memories and could not be "trained" or scared out of an area except in the very short term given an easy food supply though constant hunting pressure can make them constantly cautious.

Your pet dog is trainable using repeated reinforcement of a lesson because YOU provide the easy food supply which makes his primary motivation pleasing you FOR FOOD.
 
Buda,yes.Your local coyotes could very well have a home range of 20sq.miles or more.They could be anywhere within that range on any given day depending on food supply,hunting pressure,human contact,mating urges etc.,etc.,etc.So,while it appears they have left "your area",most likely they are still within the confines of "their area",in other words,they haven't really left,uh...there just not here? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
This is probly the biggest challenge facing eastern hunters,timing.Being in the rite spot at the rite time.The best caller in the world can't call a coyote that is too far away to hear you.The good news is they will return,be it a day, a week,10 days or whenever unless they have been educated to avoid a particular place.The best way I know to combat this behaviour is by scouting and finding as many calling locales as you can within a given area,thereby increasing your odds of finding them on any given day.
 
im glad you ask this question because i was wondering the same thing. i have a small patch of woods i hunt behind a cemetery.(50acres)last bowseason i heard what i thought was a pack howling at daybreak REAL CLOSE like 50 yrds close then nothing for like 10 minutes then i look down and they are right behind me at 10 yrds. i shot one that ran off after taking my arrow between the shoulder blades, never to be found. so i go back after the season to try calling and nothing. i tried several times and never heard a howl or anything. then about a week ago a guy that works at the gas station across the street about 300yrds from the woods says hey man you must have alot of coyotes over there! i said no ive seen them one time. he said when he opened up that morning he heard what sounded like a dozen yotes howling for about an hour. i said how close he said musta been right inside the trees he said they were so loud he could hear them in the store.wow. like others have said they must travel through my area but not live there. Bently
 
Up here during the winter months coyotes take advantage of deer yards, most of which are located in cedar swamps. The abundance of food, both small game and deer, keep the dogs in the area for the entire winter. Hunting pressure doesn't seem to drive the coyotes away, it only educates. Yotes that have responded to calls, shot at and missed usually continue to hunt the area but become completely nocturnal. It's not uncommon in this area to harvest a few dozen coyotes during January/February with a rifle. The area I hunt has several wintering yards running along about 8 miles of the Little Southwest Miramichi. Hunting usually consists of setting up in fields and hardwoods separating these yards. Hope this is some help to you.
 
I have two coyotes that have been running through my 10 acres since fall. There were two sets of adult and a small one. Now it seems there is one adult and one young.
Sometimes they go through for four to five days straight. I think the longest between tracks is about three days. Usually between 8-10 at night I think.
I have sat without calling for them a few times but they didnt come in on those days.
Its kind of neat to follow the tracks just to see what they are up to.
 
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