Quiet coyotes

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shootermrt

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My partner and I hunt in the Eastern Washington area. We went out during the heat of the summer (100 degree plus during the day) and were sucessful on more than one occasion calling them in. We went out a couple of weekends ago, called, got no response call either during the am or pm prime calling times. I contacted some buddies, and they report the same quandry. What gives? I know they're out there because we see them on the run, got one road hunting, but they were very quiet not returning any invitation call. There was a clear sky at night, along with a 1/2+ moon.
Marty
 
Marty,

If you can figure out what makes them turn on one day and off the next, then you'd be a very rich man. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I've been night calling, where we couldn't draw a blank stand on one night. We called up 36, but conditions were the same the following night and we couldn't draw a single response. After 5 blank stands, we had to change something as time was ticking. The trick that salvaged the second night was using howling -vs- distress. What made distress so successful on one night and not the next? Who knows? But luckily we adapted and figured out something to salvage the night. Thank God, as the pressure was on me to call up coyotes for Jeff and Todd...they would have never let me live it down. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I've seen this happen a bunch of times on day calling trips, as well. Conditions the same, moon phase is the same, wind speed and direction is the same. Called 20 in on one day and only 4 on the next. Though, howling responses proved that there were plenty of coyotes that heard the calls on each stand.

We found that calling slows down around Iowa when certain berries hit their prime and scat is filled 100% with their seeds. Try to find fresh scat and see what is on their menu. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif

Figuring them out is all part of the quest.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

Tony
 
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We found that calling slows down around Iowa when certain berries hit their prime and scat is filled 100% with their seeds.



Well DUH! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif Make a call that sounds like a berry in distress! Sheese, do I have to think of everything? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Seriously, we have the same thing happen here. Cactus fruit, juniper, manzanita and mesquite seeds/berries are about all you'll find in their scat at certain times during the year. You have to get right on top of them in order to call them and some coyote sounds such as ki-yi's or pup in distress seem to help. The screaming Blue-jay sound from Foxpro works well and I'm anticipating the magpie fight sound will work as well. If you are in an area with plenty of sign and not calling anything, start changing your sounds and set-ups. Sooner or later you'll hit on something that triggers a response.
 
Tony and Weasel-UT, where I am hunting it appears that the coyotes eating juniper berries is a good thing. Most of the coyote scat I have been seeing on the ground and the scat from the coyotes I have called in lately has been 100% juniper berries. I know all areas are different on what coyotes eat and what they prefer to eat. I have a feeling that even though the coyotes where I am hunting are eating juniper berries, juniper berries may not be on their top ten list of things to eat. Right now it looks like they will do anything, like run straight to rats and rabbits screaming to get off their juniper berry diet. Quite a few years ago we called in a bunch of coyotes that were full of carrots and there was coyote carrot scat everywhere. I think they were sick of eating carrots.
 


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