South Carolina Coyotes ? Weird

hawgmaster

hawgmaster

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Hey, I have been calling for about 3 months now. I have had packs of coyotes answer me in 6 different locations spread over a 50 mile area. I have yet to see one. I had a group worked up the other day and they could have not been more than 250 yards away but I never seen a one. I got the response to the Coy/wolf barks and howls on my JS preymaster. The woods are really thick here and the coyotes are close to populated areas, heck there is one pack that keeps coming into my subdivision about once a month and grabbing peoples pets. The last time I heard them was a Friday night 3 weeks ago, the same night my neighbor had 4 of his five beagle pups ( 3 months old ) get out and he has not seen them since. Last Thursday night one of the coyotes was hit and killed by a car in the highway about 1/2 mile from my house. I stopped and took some pics of him that next day. He looked to be about 40 pounds, I didn't pick him up or anything.
I have called in a few foxes and some old wild dogs, but I am really wanting a coyote.
Todd
 
I have heard of people getting their pets ate by yotes around the Paris Mountain area next to Greenville. What area of the state are you hunting?
 
Hawgmaster,

I've hunted in wooded brushy terrain alot .
Do a search on treestands onboard here and you'll like what you read.
I'd go to some puppy distress sounds or house cat if you have it,and get a little elevation .It will get your scent high over head and help to see over and down in the thick stuff.

The coy/wolf sounds might intimidate a younger coyote or two and they're staying out there to avoid a fight.
Breeding season is well underway right now also so the coy/wolf might bring in alpha male and female = the wisest coyotes and they'll come in downwind way more often than not.If you have female in heat sound use it now.
Also when you enter a thick area think your entry/set up over well.
Dont let the wind take your scent into the thick cover,try to get the wind in your face for the most part.

Try hunting downwind 60-90yds of your caller in large thick areas where there is no open ground.

If you have an open area connected to thick stuff sneak down the edge of cover and set up so that the wind is blowing your scent towards the open field.A coyote doesn't want to come out in the open,so the only way he can get a sniff of you is to come out and get shot.As long as you are well camo'd and still they'll hang around and check out the sounds-force them to expose themselves if they insist on getting your scent.
Go up a tree for three reasons -no smell,good visability,its fun..Best of luck let us know what you think Mike
 
Hey Guys, thanks for the replys.

Duck, I am hunting about 30 miles from Greenville In some places. I live in Spartanburg County, little town called Chesnee. I Have found coyotes in Chesnee, Walnut Grove, Blacksburg, all over Cherokee County, and Union County.
And down around Santee there are more coyotes than you can shake a stick at. My buddy who lives near Monks Corner shoots them off of his back porch. I am suppossed to go hunt with him down there soon, going after coyotes and Hawgs.

Mike, thanks for the tips. I will try these this coming weekend.
I hunted yesterday afternoon after the rain let up. called for 30 minutes with nuthing, about 20 minutes before dark a local firehouse alarm went off, the coyotes started singing about half a mile away on some land I don't have permission to hunt.........YET /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif)
 
I've been trying myself for about a month and called up one. It popped up at about 15 yards and the guy with me missed it as it fled. I wish I could here some howl just to know for sure that they are in the vicinity, even though I see fresh sign. I have heard them howl at sirens myself and I'm thinking of getting me a bullhorn siren or a recording of one to try and locate them. I've tried howling with a mouth call to locate but have had no response, might not be doing the correct howl. Last year while deer hunting, they would howl almost every evening where I was hunting until about early December and then they stopped, is this normal? I wish I had started trying to call them then.
 
SCoyote,
Read a couple of the threads at the top of hunting in the east on howling.
Always -until you become an accomplished howler anyway- use a howling sound that is kind of keen sounding=young coyote.It's non threatening,just concentrate on making it sound lonesome w/a easy tapering off at the end.
Don't over do it.
Learn a little about what phase the coyotes are in at the time of year you hunt them.
Right now their in the breeding mode.
Many coyotes are called in and not seen,until it's to late.
More often than not a coyote will come in using the available cover to stalk the caller.If you have a lowish depression in the woods that usually is brushy they'll come in following it.
I love hunting w/a rifle but have to say i've missed several coyotes and bobcats because i had the wrong gun.Eastern hardwood hunters best friend is a shotgun w/#4 buckshot or dead coyote hevi-shot....
Check varmintal website he used to have sounds where you could hear what each series of calling should sound like.
Coyotes don't have to answer your howls ,oftentimes they still come in.
Dispersal happens in late summer[parents run- young off],by early fall alot of the young of the year are hungry and lonely family life has ended.These coyotes seem to respond easily.
Best of luck Mike
 
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