Mid-Day Calling

Yep. You can call them mid day. Best time is morning and evening. On a blue bird type of day if it's hot concentrate on calling into shady areas. If it's overcast and cool all day, lots of times the action doesn't slow down.
 
I'll agree with K-22Hornet on this one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif In the past 5 years I've called in more coyotes from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM than in the early morning. Maybe the coyotes out here in Oregon love to sleep in, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif but I can count on one hand the number of yotes I've called in before 8:30 AM! The magic hours for me are from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

BTW, as old Redfrog always says, "Everyone knows howling doesn't work at Noon!!" Yeah, right! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

My $.02.

Rustydog
 
Greenside,

Since you asked, I have given it some thought. Between first light and 8:30 I have shot 4 coyotes that I have called in. (This does not include yotes I've spotted in fields but did not have to call.) Between 10 and 3 PM since 2001, I have called in 75 yotes, killed 32. (This is from my loosely kept hunting diary.)

I know, my shooting percentage is not that good, but at least I've called in something.

This past weekend I was Deer Hunting here in Oregon and have to report seeing more coyotes on "my" property than ever before. While I didn't shoot any in order not to scare off any deer, it bodes well for after Oct. 11th when the deer season closes!

Rustydog
 
when temps are really hot ,Mid day I slip quietly into an area with cool or wet places close by and start out calling soflty and get louder, responce time is generally quick if they are coming at all!
 
While I agree with all the advice so far, I tend to glass and only call once in a while... say every 15 or 20 minutes.. then wait and glass.... following this pattern for several hours in locations where I know there is a lot of coyote activity. This is normally done on days when it is not unpleasant to make long stands rather than during extremely cold weather. I've had good luck doing this, especially on ground where I don't have a lot of room to roam about and call. Normally I get at least one dog during the course of the day. Foragers always seem to be out and traffic will pass... but you have to stay still and use minimal movement.
 
Greenside,

You are making me sit down and analyze my activity. OK, not a bad thing to do once in a while!

I can't answer the question as to why I am more successful in the later mornings and not in the early AM(??) All I know is that I am confident in my statistics.

As for "mid-day" calling I have a few "rules" that I swear by and will continue to do so. I always try to set up so as NOT to make the critter have to cross long stretches of open ground. They just won't do it. So, the alternative is to set up along side of cover, keeping as much visibility as possible down the tree line, sage line or whatever. Sometimes the coyotes simply step out to see what's making the sound. Keep a sharp eye out for these situations. Binos really help!

The other rule that seems to hold for true for me is that I cannot call a yote TOWARDS a road of any kind. Why? This one is easy to answer. They know "trouble" passes along these roads and won't commit to approaching them.

The Howling part of your question is most interesting. On a trip to Alberta with "Redfrog", I noticed he howled all day long and we got results. (This is where the joke started about "never howl at noon.") Wrong. It seems to work there and works in Central Oregon as well. (High desert country)

My theory is that even though we don't hear howling very often in the mid day time frame, the coyotes will at least take notice of this activity and might get curious. (I must add here that I was a LOUSY howler, so I practiced as much as possible to get better. (That translates into practicing only when the wife was out of the house!! But you all know that story!)

Anyhow, the better I got at howling, the more dogs I had come in, even in mid day. (Thanks Jim R.)

As for evening calling, I usually am too pooped to do it, so I am not the one to ask. (I have never called at night, though it's legal in Oregon on private land)

Now, with all that said, I am still not 100% pleased with my success rate. I may go 10-15 stands over a few days with no "hits". But when it works, I am more than satisfied and am convinced Oregon yotes "sleep in!)

Shoot straight and often,

Rustydog
 
While trapping I have called in several in the middle of the day. I heard one howl about 2pm one time. I think I have taken more per stand early, before 12 noon and later after 3pm. I wondered if my success was better after they rested in the morning?T.20
 
i shot 2 yesterday.the first at 10.30am and the second 12.30pm both where out in the paster when spotted from my ele golf cart.lip squeeked both of them in.both where young dogs.i kill more durning the day riding around then i call in.like guess said the water and cool places is the key to calling in the day.they seem to hang out around these places during the heat of the day.texas is hot this time of the year.so that might have alot to do with it.
 
I got two young dogs this last wednesday in 3 stands. First one came in in 12 minutes at about 1:30 PM the next stand 2 miles away we got another that came in at 6 minutes. Combo calling, hunting sage brush rolling hills and ceader trees. both came in on a dead run. You gotta love young uneducated dogs. the first came in so quick and hard he was about 10 feet from us before we knew it. It really shocked me and blew my wife a way. You wont get that wearing blue jeans. Wear good camo, work the shadows, and hold still.
 
We don't hunt coyotes or fox until January. At that time of year, we'll call all day (when we aren't spotting & stalking) and when we are successful, it's at all times of day. No doubt a hunger issue...

Regards,

John
 


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