indiana coyote hunting???????

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rockfish

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Hello all:
Years ago I called fox,both daytime and nitetime and had good sucess. Now for the last couple of years been trying to call coyotes with out much sucess, called in 3 last year but failed to get a shot off.
Here in central indiana landscape is pretty flat,farm ground and woods. Everybody talks about how many coyotes there are but i cant seem to get them to come to me.
QUESTIONS:
#1 I always call the last couple hours of daylight.
#2 I dont wear camo/should i?
#3Always get in a fence row and call from the ground/should I get off the ground? How high?
#4 how about scent?
#5What type of call/ I use a OLT T-20squaller
#6Its now end of january/ what about mateing call?
#7I never see any foxes either, have coyotes ran them off?
#8 If I call in the morning,how early?
Any info. will be helpful thanks
PS: As I said earlier ive called in foxes and am not entirely new to this just need to fine tune my techniques.
My firearm is winchester model 70 .222 3x9 scope
Thanks,
Rockfish
 
Hhmmm Central Indiana flat? I lived in Martinsville for over a year and while there is flat ground around I found the place to be anything but flat. I guess what I consider flat was destoyed by living in Corpus Christi Texas and you could lay flat on your belly and see 15 miles(grew up there). Hehehe I have seen a lot of fox out of Martinsville off of 37 but it is next to impossible to get permission ot hunt there...... James L.
 
Hey, thanks for the reply,I live 50 miles east of Indy and yes it is flat,unlike the hills of brown county which you are close to.Ive shot a few grey's in hoosier national forest. But what type of call should I be using for coyotes?
Thanks
 
Rockfish, If you are calling greys in you can call coyotes in with the same sounds. Set up overlooking weed patches and small wood lots that will contain them hunting rodents. If there are cows nearby then hunt those areas, also, because they tend to stick around bovine. Camo is a good idea but they can also be shoot without it but why educate one if you don't have to. Keep trying and don't forget the mornings. They can be a good time to fool one before they go down for their mid day nap.
 
I live in northern In and have been coyote hunting for a couple of years, got my first dog on my second hunt. I'm lucky enough to have some property to hunt with a healthy population of coyotes. Even with that in my favor you wont kill coyotes every time. I use full camo but no headnet and a Remington 22-250 with a 6.5-20 power scope I've done alot of reading trial and error, I own about $200 worth of open and closed reed calls. I'll tell you what has worked for me and maybe this will help you. Treestands are a great idea I have tried this too, height of your treestand should only be high enough to enable you to see well (over the top of the underbrush blowdowns etc.) because your not going to defeat their nose at any height.I have found that these dogs up here love to swing well down wind of a caller so if I sit on the ground I set up on the edge of a field with the whole field down wind of me do a short calling sequence and start watching the far side of the field. This allows them to swing down wind like they like to do but puts them into a position in wich they will have to expose themselves to try to locate the calls. If I sit in the woods I sit in a treestand so I can see much better but I still watch downwind because these dogs consistantly do the downwind trick. Don't over call! Make them come looking for you even if you don't see the coyote act as if one is responding to your calling everytime. Wether I see it or not I feel I get a dog to respond to my calls everytime (on the first sequence.) After buying over $200 worth of calls I've learned a good closed reed rabbit distress, I use the Screery howler because it sounds great and it's as easy to blow as it gets and recently I found a call called "tweety" from lock stock and barrell wich is an open reed call wich I called in a dog the first time I blew it in the field so I really like it not because of just that but because it is very versital call from low pitched to very high and its easy to use its real easy to master. I highly suggest this call because it does what about eight of my other calls do. I always carry some kind of decoy with me, if you can get the dog to see your decoy and he thinks he's found the source of those screams he may come in on a line. This is how I got my last dog, a stuffed animal on a stick in an open snow covered field the dog came in like it was on a string allowing me a hundred yard broadside shot only minutes from dark, the snow helped me in more ways than one. Well I hope some of the things I do will help you with your coyote hunting. Good Luck to ya!
 
Hey gutpile
THANKS very helpful,let me ask you. how far away your decoy? Wont just a distress call bring them in. DO I realy need multiple sounds? ditress/what?
What if the farmers dogs start barking?
Does hurt your calling % ?
What about a cheap tape player to be used along with hand calling?

Later
Rockfish

Your frist shot is your best shot
 
Hey Rockfish,

The last dog I shot, I approached my standsite from downwind and dropped off my decoy about 100yds downwind of where I sat. A dark colored (unstuffed) animal on a stick, on a snow covered field. I shot the healthy male as he crossed the open field twards the decoy. I know not all setups allow for this so alot of times I will set out the decoy closer, say thirty or forty yards away but not between myself and where I expect the yote to show up. I don't want the yote looking at the decoy and spotting me beyond it, you want the dogs attention away from you so you can get away with some movement if you have to. I don't beleive that distance away from the decoy is as important as making sure the yote see's it. Wether the decoy makes the yote come in on a string or just holds the dog there long enough for you to get your shot, it's done it's job. Yes you can just use a rabbit distress call to call them in but I suggest investing in a versital call because it can be just as affective at calling in dogs without educating them with the same call time after time, trust me throw them a curve once in a while. With the open reed call you can get this kind of versatility to keep things fresh. I am by no means telling you to throw away the trusty rabbit distress call just learn some of the other calls that dogs find irresistable. I don't feel you have to use multiple sounds on a set just more throughout the course of the year. I have the same problem as you do with one of the places I hunt (barking dogs.) I have to deal with it everytime I hunt there so I can't say that it hurts my calling, the way I see it these dogs bark at everyone at all times of the day and night at this farmhouse not just at me, so until the yotes start seeing a hunter everytime those dogs bark there not putting two and two together, (yet.) Here are my thoughts on your cheap tape player with hand calls idea. I think this entire sport we all love was created purely on intuition, creativity and innovation so if you have an idea don't be affraid to try it, everything we do is based on someone going out and trying it for the first time. The only thing I would suggest is incorperate sounds that work together such as distressed rabbit and coyote yipes, you know natural combinations. I want to read about this deadly new technique for killing coyotes soon using hand calls and cheap tape players. Be the innovator!! Good luck to ya1
 
Hey Rockfish, Hey Gutpile.
Im from Decatur In. Do you guys also use e-callers or are you just into mouth blown calls? We seem to have a pretty good supply of yotes around here, Im just starting to get my feet wet in calling. No luck yet, but im having a great time and learning a lot from this forum.
Bake.

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Hey guys, Im new to predator hunting and have never called in anything. Some people around here say that coyotes just dont respond to calling in this part of the country (Yea Right!) Someone once told me if you want to succeed at something dont listen to those who have failed. Thats why I hang around here alot, these guys are good, and they know what there doing. (Cant call coyotes around here! What a bunch of crap!!!) I cant wait to show them!
Bake.
 
Hello to all of you Indiana Hunters!!

I hunt around the Westfield/Carmel area and there are a LOT of coyotes. They are very cautious an a real challange to hunt. I look forward to reading all of your stories and tips.

Sean
 
What is this? I leave the State and coyote hunters start coming out of the wood work.

I had my best luck calling at first light. The last couple of years, I'd call two 30 minute stands each morning with a JS 512, 25 yards or so from me. Two on Saturday, and two more on Sunday. I'd usually kill one each weekend. I was calling mostly in the NW quarter of Putnam County, 50 miles west of Indy. I wore full cover, including face net, and sat on the ground. I'd start calling as soon as I had good light to see.

We are coming into the time of the year that howling worked magic for me.
 


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