Hard to hide my vehicle, what do I need to do?

Irish_80

Irish_80

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What do you guys have for advise as far as parking/hiding your rig and getting to your stand in less than hilly areas? A lot of the places I have to hunt are on or near a river bottom with lots of crop ground. Some of my spots I can park on the gravel road and hide my Toyota behind a bank or trees but some of the spots it is out there for God and everyone to see. How far away do I need to park so I don't get busted? If I park up the gravel road a 1/4-1/2 mile does it make it more likely to get seen or smelled walking to the field? I don't mind walking but a lot of my spots are 100 and 200 acre fields with tree lines and ditches so I can't really hoof it in and not be near a road. I don't know if anyone can really even answer this with out seeing the areas I hunt but any advise would be great.

Thanks,
Josh
 
Originally Posted By: Irish_80If I park up the gravel road a 1/4-1/2 mile does it make it more likely to get seen or smelled walking to the field?

Your truck is noisier and smellier than you are. Just walk as quietly as you can and do the best you can. I like to "overlap" my calls a little bit. Suppose your call reaches for, say, 800 yards. Walk 600 yards to your next stand. There'll be a buffer zone between the called area and the "virgin" area. I don't know if this works or even makes sense, but it's what I try to do. I've been busted many times moving into fresh territory and have never been busted when calling "short" like I just described. Calling is part of my exercise, so I do a lot of walking- 2-4 miles sometimes.
 
I have the same problem only i would have to walk 4 or 5 miles just in to get to my first stand. This road is in the woods and is a dead end with only one pull off to park in. I know for sure that yotes are there because everytime i go i can hear them howl.
 
I have the same problem only i would have to walk 4 or 5 miles just in to get to my first stand. This road is in the woods and is a dead end with only one pull off to park in. I know for sure that yotes are there because everytime i go i can hear them howl.
 
I used to live up that way, I am familiar with the layout. You can find a depression in the terrain and park there. That gets some of the vehicle below vision line anyway. I think if enough time passes from when you park to calling, you probably can get some in even with the truck in view. I try not to hunt that way but when the situation calls for it.

The boys down in AZ have that very same problem (probably worse) and there have been a few discussions of tarping the vehicle on the road. See if you can find it.

I have camo netting that should cover the truck but never have actually deployed it.
 
I have some of the same type of river bottom ground here. When it is not too cold I use a mountain bike. I can park my vehicle at the levee or at the foot of the hill going into the bottom and travel the field access roads on the bike.

That ain't gonna happen on days like today when it was 10 above 0 this morning. LOL

I used to have a little 90cc dirt bike but finally wore it out. I would like to find one of the little Honda trail 70's but the collectors are paying more than I am willing to give for one of those.

I have a few places where I can use the ATV but a small dirt bike would be so much easier to transport and hide.

In my experience, the noise of the motorcycle, atv or truck doesn't bother them near as much as the sight of a vehicle parked if they see it when coming to the call.
 
I bought a big parachute and it works well. I use white account the snow cover but white parachutes are hard to find these days but the OD green ones are out there, the big blob won;t scare coyotes. you have to keepit from flapping in the wind I use a few cheap squeeze clamps and it seems to be fine.
 
Walk 5 miles for coyotes thats dedication I'd get some transportation or have someone drop me off somewhere close... Talk about long range recon. hahahhaha
 
my hunting ground is hilly, but I park next to brush alongside the road, low spots or next to one of the farm buildings. But in reality I don't think a parked vehicle scares many animals, coyotes included, I know a whole lot of coyotes are killed from right out of the truck.
 
Originally Posted By: trppr1But in reality I don't think a parked vehicle scares many animals, coyotes included, I know a whole lot of coyotes are killed from right out of the truck.

Trppr - you are right about plenty of coyotes being killed from vehicles but coyotes are a smart animal and can catch on pretty quickly. I would guess that most coyotes that are killed from a vehicle have never been shot at from one before. If they have been shot at from a vehicle before you can bet they will avoid them whenever possible.
 
I would park 1/2 mile up & cross-wind from where you want to call. Then make a bee-line straight down-wind. Stopping just shy of being parrallel or [even] to the area I wanted to call. Then call either angled down-wind or cross-wind towards that cover.

Walking in from up & cross-wind. Even on flat terrain. Will put most coyotes facing a down-wind direction [away from you]. So they won't see you or scent you. IF your quiet enough you can get away with that tactic.
 
I dont think coyotes care where you park after todays hunt.
I walked back to the truck and found coyote prints all over & around my boot prints (in the snow) next to the truck.
No wonder as I heard them all over near the 2 track and think they were hiding there....or trying to bite my tires flat.
Some areas I call in are flat for 2 miles...hard to hide it and I try to pull into low spots. Then up on the ranches I have access on, even though its hilly you can see a truck for 2-4 miles.
May be due for a camo cover.
 
+1

I've had the same experience. I don't get to uptight about getting to far from my truck any more. In brushy terrain I've walked 25 yards from my truck and called them in to 20-30 feet from me. I try to walk out a little more if there isn't a lot of cover for my truck. But if at all possible I'll park on the other side of a hill and walk over to where the truck won't be visible. I try to be quiet closing the doors. I have only so much time to I don't like to spend it walking to and from the truck. I fit in more stands this way.
 


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