Hi all. I am new to thread. And new to predator hunting as well. I trapped for a lot of years and put up very good numbers. But things have changed for me and to run a line is a daily commitment. Why I have chosen to call. Anyway, never being on a coyote hunt and only trapping them, I am in desperate need of advice before I take this on. I currently own a AR 223. I do have a couple of hand callers as well a fox pro electronic caller.
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spotstalkshoot
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Howdy, trapping experience will help you. Call where you think if you were setting a trap and yelled a coyote would hear you. Just don't let them see you or smell you.
hunt0168
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The basics… Plan your approach quietly with thought. Don’t slam doors or make unnecessary noise. Keep the wind in mind when entering a setup so you aren’t scented before you start. Setup with a crosswind if possible or some plan to shoot before they can get your wind. Setup e’caller out away from you and upwind of you. Setup to see downwind of the ecaller as they’ll most often try to get to the downwind side of the sound.
I’m a coyote vocal heavy caller, but prey distress obviously works too. I would suggest listening to the Foxpro Podcasts with Torry Cook and Jon Collins where they focus on what time of year it is, and what sequences should be working. They’re pretty spot on in my experience.
In the woods you will probably fare better with a shotgun and calling them in close and tight. Day vs night calling has some slight differences, but not all that different in my opinion. Daytime try to keep a low profile with the sun at your back. Get in tighter to bedding cover. Nighttime you have the cover of darkness and coyotes are generally more active and on the move. Most stand behind a tripod mounted firearm or seated on a stool to gain some elevation at night.
There’s more obviously, but there’s that for starters.
I’m a coyote vocal heavy caller, but prey distress obviously works too. I would suggest listening to the Foxpro Podcasts with Torry Cook and Jon Collins where they focus on what time of year it is, and what sequences should be working. They’re pretty spot on in my experience.
In the woods you will probably fare better with a shotgun and calling them in close and tight. Day vs night calling has some slight differences, but not all that different in my opinion. Daytime try to keep a low profile with the sun at your back. Get in tighter to bedding cover. Nighttime you have the cover of darkness and coyotes are generally more active and on the move. Most stand behind a tripod mounted firearm or seated on a stool to gain some elevation at night.
There’s more obviously, but there’s that for starters.
Welcome, you have come to the right place. I recommend you pop over to Predator Hunting 101 and start reading. Pay particular attention to posts or replies from SnowmanMo (the fox whisperer) and Infidel762 (the scourge of coyotes wherever he goes).
n things you need help with. Sounds like you have all the right gear.
derbyacresbob
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If you are going to lay down prone with a Bi-pod on your rifle you don't have to lay down in brush. It doesn't hurt to lay beside a single bush, rock or stump. Around here coyotes don't pay much attention to me when I am laying down.
Lots of predator hunters like to set up with a cross wind. No matter how how you are going to set up it is a good idea to walk straight against the wind when you are leaving your vehicle. So if you walk 500 yards from your vehicle you will leave a very narrow scent trail back towards your vehicle. If you walk 500 yards cross wind from your vehicle you will leave a 500 yard wide scent trail from your vehicle. By making very wide scent trails from your vehicle the coyotes will have a much better chance of catching your scent.
I call off of ridges, hills and mountains that have the wind blowing uphill most of the day so I call straight against the wind and it works great.
Some of the big flat country I call coyotes on I try to enter these big flats from the downwind side so my scent and sound is blowing back behind me.
We have killed lots of coyotes with shotguns in wide open areas so when I am hunting with another person we almost always have one shotgun shooter with a rifle shooter at a higher elevation about 50 yards back behind the shotgun shooter. We don't try to stop coyotes that are running in towards our Foxpro callers. If the coyote stops the rifle shooter shoots it. If the coyote runs right in to the Foxpro the shotgun shooter shoots it.
Spurchaser
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If you’re a trapper, it won’t be as difficult as you think. You already know where they live. You understand wind. And most likely know your properties. The caller and gear setup will be your only challenge.
I’m not saying this is the “bible” when it comes to calling, but give the FoxPro podcast a listen. I started listening even when I had an Icotec and could relate my sounds with the ones they recommended for certain times of the year. They give a lot of tips. Guys on here will gladly share info as well, especially through PM’s.
Good luck and like trapping, it becomes addictive.
I’m not saying this is the “bible” when it comes to calling, but give the FoxPro podcast a listen. I started listening even when I had an Icotec and could relate my sounds with the ones they recommended for certain times of the year. They give a lot of tips. Guys on here will gladly share info as well, especially through PM’s.
Good luck and like trapping, it becomes addictive.