Let's play a game

[Yotarunner]

With not many hunts happening for me in the summer I don't have as much to post but as I was puttering through this area checking cows I came up with an idea.
Everyone always has different ways of approaching land to hunt so I will post up a photo of land I hunt quite regularly with only minimal info and see how others would approach hunting it. After a few posts I will answer back with how I have found success on the land.
If there is any internet sleuths trying to find out where I hunt to come hunt it themselves. Dont waste your time. Unless you plan to come work here the chance of getting permission to hunt is zero.

Located in Alberta Canada
this 3 quarter section (500 acres)is mostly native grassland with crop to the north and south. The white lines are no hunting.
Hunting pressure is fairly high though only in fall and winter months.
The red dot is a deadpit that gets extremely high pressure making the coyotes nocturnal.
Black square is the feedlot.
Best access is from the right (east) side of the photo and predominant winds are from the west, with occasional south and north winds. East winds very seldom.

 

[spotstalkshoot]

Terrain is always a big factor for me, as both coyote and myself don't like to skyline travel. All that cover/grass would take awhile to get used to hunting in. The few places I have similar to that, I have killed coyote as close as 10 ft. Drained lake bottoms, slough edges I generally setup downwind of predictable day bedding areas and call last 1/2 hr before sunset. So I hunt those areas, facing north/NE to minimize sunlight issues(cloudy afternoons are best). Snow/no snow would also play a big role in where to move thru and sit.

 

[popper43]

Mostly hunt the right pasture, feeder at the bend. Hogs and deer come from left or upper right corner. Wind either from top or bottom. Lots of creeks in the area. Yotes are around but haven't gotten any calling results yet.

 

[Spurchaser]

This should be interesting. I have to go multiple times to listen, unless I just get lucky the first time. Ours don’t seem to travel the distances. Unless you’re inside a couple hundred yards of them from the initial call (providing they answer) it’s a guessing game. I’ve had to get inside 100yds before any action. First trip or two is just hoping to find them by sound and get a guesstimate on OnX and wait for a good wind to get in tight.

 

[Newpond0]

If you're talking about your property I would wait for a north wind and try hunt in the middle of the night. I would come in from the north east near the no hunting area just before dark and wait a few hours silent and still until 2-3am. I would need some kind of night or thermal stuff to see. Then I would call some sounds that are completely different than the people who call from your red spot, maybe experiment with just different stuff.

I would want to keep moving forward into that wind but be shy to get too close to the feedlot in case other people are gonna be calling and shooting towards my general direction.

 

[Newpond0]

If we are all bringing up our own property's than how would u guys call a low pressure logging roads with fresh bear scat. 1 side is open swamp slightly downhill and the other side is uphill grown in clearcut that turns into extremely thick forest. Not much wind, I'm thinking thermals may be a factor for the swamp

My thinking is the scent without much wind will go into the swamp and the bear will be coming out of the uphill thick stuff. I would need to put the caller near the side of the cut close to the thick stuff. And maybe call from just inside the cut near the road

 

[Yotarunner]

If you're talking about your property I would wait for a north wind and try hunt in the middle of the night. I would come in from the north east near the no hunting area just before dark and wait a few hours silent and still until 2-3am. I would need some kind of night or thermal stuff to see. Then I would call some sounds that are completely different than the people who call from your red spot, maybe experiment with just different stuff.

I would want to keep moving forward into that wind but be shy to get too close to the feedlot in case other people are gonna be calling and shooting towards my general direction.

That's what makes Canada so interesting. No night hunting allowed so it's all day calling.
One benefit to this property though is I'm the only one doing the educating lol.

 

[Newpond0]

That's what makes Canada so interesting. No night hunting allowed so it's all day calling.
One benefit to this property though is I'm the only one doing the educating lol

Edit: my post didn't work at first. I'm in Canada too, been watching so many predator hunting videos with the thermal or night vision that I completely forgot it's illegal to hunt at night here. Too much YouTube and I'm losing track of common sense in real life stuff lol

 

[spotstalkshoot]

My plan I would go with on your feedlot property, enter and stay downwind of the expected bedding travel areas and upwind of dead pit. And use coyote vocals near sunset. Other coyote should be at least curious about the "coyote" between them and the food.

 

[Newpond0]

My plan I would go with on your feedlot property, enter and stay downwind of the expected bedding travel areas and upwind of dead pit. And use coyote vocals near sunset. Other coyote should be at least curious about the "coyote" between them and the food.

This post blew my mind. I'm a newbie and I never considered competition calls, only food calls.

 

[Yotarunner]

My plan I would go with on your feedlot property, enter and stay downwind of the expected bedding travel areas and upwind of dead pit. And use coyote vocals near sunset. Other coyote should be at least curious about the "coyote" between them and the food.

This is almost exactly what one of my favorite stands on this property entails.

 

[Yotarunner]

So there are lots of little spots all over that I have made stands over the years but there are 2 that are solid standby setups. And one new one that looks quite promising.
The green dot is almost exactly as spotstalkshoot described. With a north wind I walk in from the south and setup on the banks of the dugout waterhole which gives me enough visibility to see downwind on both sides. There is only 100 yards to the bush line so the coyotes feel safe all the way til they are in range. It's usually a late season stand so howls, kiyi's and fights are employed to draw them out of the bush for a look.

The purple dot is a new spot I have scouted which has a high hill overlooking the bedding area to the north west. There is enough hill to provide cover from the corner of the feedlot that I should be able to sneak in un noticed.
The blue dot is one of the first stands of the year. Usually trying for a south west wind to draw downwind dogs into the open. Most kills here though are close. Coyotes use the bush line as protection to get close for a look and die within 100 yards. Here I will use my prey distress sounds and kiyi's to lure in stupid pups. It was this stand that I killed my first ever triple

Not much to show terrain in these photos but they were taken from the spots described.

 

[pebewir6]

With not many hunts happening for me in the summer I don't have as much to post but as I was puttering through this area checking cows I came up with an idea.
Everyone always has different ways of approaching land to hunt so I will post up a photo of land I hunt quite regularly with only minimal info and see how others would approach hunting it. After a few posts I will answer back with how I have found success on the land.
If there is any internet sleuths trying to find out where I hunt to come hunt it themselves. Dont waste your time. Unless you plan to come work here the chance of getting permission to hunt is zero.

Located in Alberta Canada
this 3 quarter section (500 acres)is mostly native grassland with crop to the north and south. The white lines are no hunting.
Hunting pressure is fairly high though only in fall and winter months.
The red dot is a deadpit that gets extremely high pressure making the coyotes nocturnal.
Black square is the feedlot.
Best access is from the right (east) side of the photo and predominant Hypic Old Version winds are from the west, with occasional south and north winds. East winds very seldom.
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How I have found success on the land?