Do you enjoy watching thermal videos?

I got my start only hunting on snow under a bright moon for fox. Had a blast doing it, but it really limited the times you could hunt. My "mentor" was totally against using lights. I can't say as I blamed him for the lighting technology of the time. Anyway, I tried my hand at just calling at dawn and dusk when we didn't have snow and/or the moon. I called a total of two gray fox in daylight. As my passion grew and coyotes became my obsession I was bound and determined to figure out day calling for coyotes here in Central NY. A humbling experience to say the least! I have killed a handful of "called" daylight coyotes over the years. Like maybe 5 or 6. I have killed a few during daylight hours simply as targets of opportunity.

I have seen the most coyotes out hunting during the day during our spring turkey season in May when our season is closed. Feeding pups and nobody throwing constant calls out and boogering them up at every turn if I have to guess.

I've said it before, I hunt nights almost exclusively now. I feel like I'm just educating them and messing up my spots by calling during the daylight. I do have a couple spots that the landowner just isn't comfortable allowing access at night. I don't sweat trying in those spots, but success hasn't been great. One property has yielded exactly 3 of my 5 or 6 in over 25 years of calling that property. Maybe I just haven't put in the time to learn how to call them in the daylight? ;) I'll keep trying I guess. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally.

I should mention that many of my property owners want me to kill them by whatever means possible. As a caller, my best chance of keeping these property owners happy is at night. Most of them don't care about the videos either, but they want to know when I kill them.
 
Let me clarify. I'm not against night hunting of any kind and support anyones right to do so. Heck, if i could afford thermal & nv, I'd probably do it myself.
But for entertainment of viewing pleasure, i don't find it enjoyable to watch.
 
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YoteslayerWA said:
North, south, east, west, it makes no difference. Coyotes have to eat and breed no matter where you live.
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Reminds me of a guy out West telling me the same exact thing about turkeys. He was humbled in 3 States in the East. Guess after the first two humblings he thought the third would be the charm. Said he spent close to $1000 for licenses and tags and those tags didn’t taste anywhere as good as a turkey.
I’ve tried daytime coyotes unsuccessfully. Heck most of my nights are unsuccessful. The places I have access to just don’t have the numbers. It’s my fault for trapping and night hunting them so I have no one to blame but myself. We don’t have 365 public land to hunt like out West, so that’s out of the question. I do a few free predator removals (trapping) just to build trust with landowners in hopes of getting to call for coyotes. Now I’m not saying the places I have access to don’t have any coyotes, they just don’t make noises or leave tracks if they’re there.
 
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