Predators at night

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skyhightree1

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It seems as though the areas I hunt the predators are getting very smart and are hard to get out in a field for a shot. I hunted all night friday and saturday and had multiple coyotes howl and bark back at me but would never come in the field to get a shot should I get a mo jo critter and place that out there for a visual to try to entice them out there?
 
This time of year a coyote decoy seems to work better than small prey type decoys. I'm assuming you are using coyote vocals to call them now.
 
Quote:should I get a mo jo critter and place that out there for a visual to try to entice them out there?

How are they going to see it at night?
 
The coyotes in my area never seem to run out in the open fields full-bore pedal to the metal.

They always slink in along the edges.

I wish I can action like the western guys do, but I think the eastern yotes just think differently.
I know some eastern guys get them to do it - but I haven't had that happen to me yet.

Maybe your VA dogs have the same midset and play it safe hugging the cover.
 
Watched one yesterday run inside the tree line about 25yds from the open. He stayed parallel to the field the whole time. I've seen them do this several times. I think your best bet is to find a road, gas line, power line right of way, fence row or anything just big enough to get a quick shot in and setup on it. Take something you can make a quick shot with and get in there with them. They will be running just inside the edges looking for a way to get to the sound with minimal exposure. They will try to travel in a low spot or observe from high ground until they feel safe enough to commit and will almost always come in from downwind when they do. They don't go all Hollywood around here either and blaze across open fields to calls like the movies. We have more food and less competition around here, so they don't have to act suicidal to get a meal. I do pick them up in fields at night occasionally while scanning, but I usually see them before I even start calling and they are usually exiting quickly.
 
ARCOREY that is exactly what these coyotes were doing... As for how can they see it at night I would assume the same way they see rabbits at night or any other animal they kill. I hunt with my friends that use a mojo critter at night and its very productive. I think I will stick to hunting my tree stands in the woods at night for them since they want to stay in the woods. Yea i see them in fields when I pull up to hunt and they run mach 1 speed and will not come back no matter what.
 
I'm by no means an expert, but I've noticed something this year. When yotes are vocal, I have better luck seeing them if I call less. Seriously. If I get one or more to howl, I might give them a return howl, but not for 2 or 3 minutes. It's harder than heck but after that I clam up and just scan for at least 15-20 minutes. After that I might ki-yi for 10-15 seconds but that's it and I clam up for another 20 minutes. If they answer you they know you are there. Curiosity kills the cat and it works for yotes too.
 
Quote:As for how can they see it at night I would assume the same way they see rabbits at night or any other animal they kill.

I'm not sure how far a coyote can see at night, but on a dark moon I doubt seriously they can see a decoy (or rabbit) beyond a few dozen yards at the most. I am going have him shot way before he gets that close most of the time.
 
Try a call through. What I mean by that is if they are consistantly holding up and barking at you from the same area, set up as close as you can to the area where they hold up at. Have someone, or an e-caller, set up where you normally call from. When the coyotes get to the edge to bark at your caller you should be in position for a shot. We have been using that technique up here for the educated coyotes and especially if they have to cross any large portion of field to get to us.

They would usually hang up along the far edge and give us [beeep] so I would set up next to the edge and my brother would call from the usual spot and when they came out to harrass them I would nail them.
 
online youtube there is an excelent calling tutorial given by randy anderson. On there he shows how to do female invitation howls. I have had excellent luck trying to match these sounds at night. This not only calls the males in but also brings in females.
 
Thanks all for all your suggestions... I was worried if i tried to cross the field and get close to them a they would smell me and b they would see me walking and haul arse... the field is approx 40 acres
 
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