Originally Posted By: SoftpointAlso.. If you use a electronic caller make sure you clean all human scent off it. I squirt the area with fox urine and drop some lure.
I also rub sage brush in my hands as a cover scent.
The little details can make a difference. Not always but can be the difference.
The coyotes I call up to my e-caller are coming in from the up wind side. They can't smell my e-caller until they get to the down wind side of it and that would put them about 8 to 18 yards away from me.
When calling in close areas where you can't see very far you might as well watch the up wind side of your e-caller because most coyotes won't get close to you from the straight down wind side. The only down wind I watch when hunting coyotes where I can't see very far is the down wind between me and my e-caller.
Coyotes can get within a foot or less of your e-caller if they approach it from the up wind side.
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The coyotes in the above pictures came in on the upwind side of me and my e-caller so they couldn't smell me or my e-caller.
I try to keep my walking path and my vehicle on my straight down wind side.
AWS, I now have to use a reclining ramp with my pillow on it or a low reclining turkey hunting chair because I can't sit up from a flat position anymore. LOL
My using a bi-pod on my rifle in prone position days are also about over. 