If they bark at you are you done?

If they were barking before you started calling then you were busted.If not they may have seen something they didn't like on there way in.Hard to say as I was not there?Usually if they bark at me like that(busted)I will make a real quick stand just to see if they will come in.Usually they don't.Or you will see them way out of gun range,then you have educated coyotes.Next time you go to that spot set-up in a different location.
 
I've had no luck calling any in after one starts barking at me. That bark even SOUNDS like a warning to all coyotes within earshot. But, some coyotes act unpredictably, and maybe you could call one in during or after the barking.

Also, HAMMER, did you try to figure out WHY you got busted on those two stands? Sometimes our best lessons in this game come from understanding what we did wrong. When at TWO setups during one day you get barked at, it sounds like they are detecting you well before they move in near you. Possibly they saw you when you walked into the calling spot, or maybe they saw you move while on stand, or maybe you weren't blending in with the brush behind you while you were calling. Or, maybe . . . . . . . . . well, why do you think they detected you?
 
When you guys get the coyotes figured out, please let me know. I've been trying to figure them out for years. Seems the more people think they know, the less they really know....lol....Good hunting.
 
I have had them bark and raise hell at each other all around me. Then they calm done. I call a few times and they come to see who is there. Boom it's all over! Don't give up their just wanting to know who is there. IMHO.
 
I should have said it clear made 2 stands at one stand I had 2 yotes barking at me.

I think they say one of the guys who came with.

It was a new spot and the land owner wanted to come with and bring a friend. No face camo etc. Just setting myself up for another hunting spot, coyotes, turkeys and geese.

Thanks for all of your help. The one guy broke cover after he heard it bark. I wanted to try the hurt pup noise.

Thanks

Hammer
 
Generally it is the case most often that it will be harder to pull some in off of barking groups. I have done it only a few times successfully. It is ususally with some kind of coyote vocalization. Last friday night I had one come into shooting range and we lost him due to the hesitation the shooter had waiting to make sure the video was on it.

It left and a short time later one started a more aggressive barking at us. I barked back and he seemed to start towards us and then broke off the conversation. Sometimes it works sometimes it does not.

I used to pack my bags and leave if they started barking shortly after I started my calling, but more recently I have worked to get them to come in. Some that have come were obviuosly young and probably ignoring mom's instructions. Let us know if you pull it off next time it happens.
 
Bark back, its worked for me on more than one occasion. I've never had one bark before calling just after they start to respond. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't the point is never give up they are so un-predictable there is no one answer for any given situation, but if you are there anyway its worth a shot. They will keep on surprising you, the more I call the more they prove that. I always have a diaphram howler in my mouth when calling to K-9 distress after the shot or for this very reason.
 
I've heard (and seen) that when they've detected you, that "aggressive" bark let's EVERYONE know that THERE'S TROUBLE A-FOOT... But, you CAN still get some of them, IF you're PATIENT...

My friend, Chuck, and went coyote hunting last fall. We were about 75 yards apart, on opposite sides of a wide (dry) creek bed. Chuck usually does the calling when we're together (he's MUCH better at it). The basic idea is, he sets 'em up and I knock 'em down. Works pretty sweet...

ANYWAY... We'd barely got in place, and a coyote starts barking to the south. We couldn't see him. How far? I'm guessing 300 yards to a 1/4 mile (who knows).

Chuck starts calling anyway. About six or seven minutes later, I spot a coyote approaching from the WEST, about 300 yards out. It's on Chuck's side of the creek, following the sound of his call... I follow it in my scope... It gets to about 180, and stops (raising his nose to get the scent). That's where we picked him up. He was in the crosshairs when he stopped, and was DEAD 1.5 seconds later.

THE POINT IS, whether this was the one that BARKED at us or not, HE CAME IN AFTER THE BARK. It's NOT impossible, but NOT LIKELY.

It's worth the effort to stay for a while and TRY. You've already invested the time and energy to make the stand. See if it will pay off. Don't just automatically "call it a day". YOU NEVER KNOW FOR SURE, just don't get your hopes up.

It IS, afterall, "Coyote Hunting".

Good luck to us all...

70Tactical
 
On a recent stand I started off with rabbit cries and got barks and howls back. From there I backed off the rabbit and started with a challenge howl and then some female invitation followed by pup distress - it took em about 30 minutes but got a pair to come in.

When they bark/howl at me I get creative and try new things because I am not expecting anything to happen anyway. In my experience, most of the time, when they bark/howl it is all over and I move on.
 
Last year while I was calling in Arizona, I started with howls and after a few minutes went to a rabbit in distress. The rabbit sounds got an aggressive howl,similar to a bark, in response. A few minutes later a coyote came in at full speed. It came in from the direction the howl came from and ran within 2 feet of my caller. The coyote spun around and headed off with my sons arrow flying past it.
 
Ed Sceery says in his very good video "When I hear this sound (warning barks) I get mad, I get in my truck and drive at least 5 miles before making another stand".
I don't think warning barks or threat bark howls are a death knell for the stand. Our video is full of barking coyotes standing their ground. There are some things you can do to make some of them approach, or there are some things you can do to make them stand their ground while you approach them. I posted some pics a while back of me doing an "ugly cow" on three coyotes. They let me approach as close as 20 yards before retreating to the next ridge and then I would do it again.
Don't give them a human form and zig-zag in their direction, do not approach directly at them. You might be surprised at how often that works and how close you can get to them.
 
I was archery Deer hunting in az. Not seeing much and getting a little restless I set up my caller as it brings in does every now and again Hoping a buck may be nearby, what the heck it was worth a shot. anyway about 30 seconds later I here grumbling noies comin down the ravine I was laying on the side of . it turned out to be a pair of yotes the went up the other side of the ravine opposite me ,at that point I hear footsteps over my shoulder slowly I look back and its a buck If i move on the buck the yotes will bark and bust me as I turn back toward the yotes the Male starts barking. He saw my head movment,he knows something is there just doesnt know what so I play with the caller figure I'm done may as well mess with him, he stood and barked for about 2-3 min before figuring what ever it was wasnt worth it. turned and over the hill he went . no deer no dog that day but it was intresting to watch him barking at something he knew was there but couldnt ID. Looking back I should have barked back at him to see what would have happened.
 
"I don't think warning barks or threat bark howls are a death knell for the stand."

I agree. Depending on the direction the barks are coming from relative to the wind, from how far away, and how long into the stand they begin - it may even be that I take threat barks as an indicator that a customer (or customers) will be along shortly. When they fire up almost immediately, from not far away and not downwind, they "usually" show up if I play my cards right. Or, if the barking is far enough away, conditions are right and I'm hunting alone I might try and move in on them and see what happens. When the variables are in my favor, I'll get a shot more often than not after hearing barks like that.

Then there are the times that all of the above mentioned variables are not in my favor. When the barks start from a half mile downwind, several minutes into the stand, I won't immediately break off the stand, but my expectations definitely go down.

- DAA
 
Wow those are cool stories on killin' barking dogs! As an Eastern guy hunting in the forest goes, I'm afraid the end around may not work. But if I have another guy with me and we're busted, maybe I'll give it a try instead of giving up. Nothin' to loose /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

But so far, the barking coyote has been the end of the stand for me.
 
I had one barking while I was on stand. I tried a couple of different sounds but it continued to bark from about the same place. When I went back to my truck it was still barking. I walked over to the main road and saw the coyote barking from the middle of the road. I watched it for about 5 minutes trying to coax it away from the road until a truck came up the road and spooked it. After the truck went by, the coyote resumed barking somewhere up the hill.
 
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