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OKRattler

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A coyote moves into an area after a coyote is killed in that area? In my experience it only takes about two weeks for a new coyote or coyotes to take the place of a dead one.

I'm sure coyote density has a lot to do with it. Coyotes living in closer proximity to each other will most likely set up shop in that area in a shorter amount of time.
 
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Two weeks is about the normal time frame I typically see new coyotes move in after I take out the territory dogs. Especially behind my house where my bait pile is. What I do notice is when new dogs move in it’s very rare for younger dogs to move in. My bait pile usually produces bigger older coyotes.
 
Good question. I'm interest to read what others with first hand experience have to say. I don't hunt coyotes on the same stand locations more than once a month and some places may be 12 months or more between calling. I do have one spot that a friend and I hunt multiple times every year. It consistently produces new coyotes every month for several years. I wouldn't be surprised if a new coyote moved in overnight. A certain percentage of the coyote population is more nomadic and moves around to new areas on a regular basis. If an area has good coyote habitat, I doubt it takes long for new coyotes to move in.
 
I hunt the same stands often and replacements vary by time of year, boundaries, food availability, and relation of coyotes.
I have seen a range of response from coming in and delicately sniffing the deceased to hiking a leg on the carcass.
No different than people I guess.
Food source and cover seem to dictate a quick fill in from a few days to a few weeks.
 
A lot of guys won't call their stands more than a few times a season. To me that depends on if I killed a coyote there or not. If I kill one I'll keep calling there until I stop killing coyotes or I educate one. Then I'll give it one more try and if I can't get that one I stop because I don't want to educate more. The most I've killed doing this was 6. But of course that doesn't mean it was a coyote that was new to the area every time. Coyotes are social animals so it's not like more than one can't live in a certain area.
 
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I don't think that it would take very long at all. Coyotes seem to have a lot of overlap in areas. I will call the same locations several times a season, as long as they keep paying off, I'll keep going.
 
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