Pacific NW Coyote Hunters, How do you even do it?

mj36639

mj36639

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I have watched all these coyote hunting videos overs the years. You have all seen em. Flat rolling plains, can see for miles, "Oh lookey there I see five coming to the caller about a mile out. Im gonna take a nap wake me up when it's time for a double"

I do all of my hunting in the Oregon coast range. If I want to see a mile I have to look up at the sky. They took all the contour lines off everyone else map and put em on mine. Everything is straight uphill even when I get to the top. The Salmon berry is so thick even the elk said *&%$ it and went home. Clear cuts are only clear when I look at em on the satellite photo. When I make it out at first light the next day the ground cover and slash piles are always chest high by the time I get there.
 
I lived in the Northwest for ten years............

A) Invest in a shotgun and call the coyotes into your lap.

B) Move to Arizona.

C) Take up golf.

D) All of the above.

My answer was D)
 
Golf. Golf is good. Don't move east. Nothing to see here...
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Seriously, I've driven through the coast range, and ridden a bicycle through it, and I never have been able to figure out how people manage to actually see a critter to shoot there. I'll stick with the sagebrush and junipers over here on the dry side of the state...
 
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I started calling coyotes in Newport, so I know the frustration you are experiencing. I ended up moving to the east side of the state, but not for yodel dogs.
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You may have to take up trapping and start showing us all of the cool bobcats you pull out of the coast range.

What will work is spending the time to find the clear cuts that are new (Your best hunting investment is gas for your rig.) and search the borders and travel lanes from these areas for tracks/scat.
 
Originally Posted By: moonshine44Golf. Golf is good. Don't move east. Nothing to see here...
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Seriously, I've driven through the coast range, and ridden a bicycle through it, and I never have been able to figure out how people manage to actually see a critter to shoot there. I'll stick with the sagebrush and junipers over here on the dry side of the state...


It's not easy. For elk and deer I usually look for the tip of an antler, an eyeball, or a different shade of brown hidden amongst the ferns or bedded down behind dead falls. Coyote have proven to be even harder to find for me.
 
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You need mil spec calls can't do it with any customs from the forum or off the shelf calls. They HAVE to be mil spec that's where I would start
 
If you want to meet up in the next couple of weeks, I will be around Newport and Hebo. My brother has scouted a few places where we could call. However, the odds of me wasting good weather on coyotes when there are dime bright winter steelhead available is pretty flippin' thin. Man, I can't wait to get into my first winter steelhead of the year.
 
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The calling is a little easier in the sage country, however they will see/smell you a mile off as well. Hunting the mountains on this side is a little better than the coast but your still gonna work your butt off.
 
x2 on the shotgun and calling them close. There are less coyotes in WA on the wetside, but still plenty around. An e caller can really come in handy playing the wind in tight quarters.
 
If I hunt close to home I have the same issues, thick, thick brush, straight up & down country, you name it.

Clear Cuts are your friend, make up a ladder rig so you can gain some elevation & increase your visibility. If a ladder rig isn't practical then invest in a light weight climbing tree stand.

Best of luck, Lee
 
Believe it or not, I live in the sagebrush and I am heading up to the mountains tomorrow and the next day to hunt the timber. A lot of people like to hunt the open country for coyotes, so it can be a little less pressure if you go to some of the areas with denser vegetation.

How many stands have you attempted on the coast? One of the things that helped me was to not focus on setting up where I had the most visibility, look for areas with the most coyote traffic.
 
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