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nick2010

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What do you guys look for when scouting for coyote hunting spots. I live in eastern kansas and we have mainly open crope fields with tree lines and some creeks.300 yard shot is pretty far. What do you guys look for? Creeks?timber? Open fields? What produces the best for you?
 
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I look for cover they can rest in, I also look for water sources, but a coyote can hear my howler at 2+ miles, so in the end, just go hunt.

I go out 2+hours before sunrise so I can locate as many as possible for the days hunt.

If I've got a farm field with a creek cutting through it, usually with brush around the creek, perhaps some trees, I want out, I like that scenario. Same thing if I see a tree stand out in a field that has a pond in/around it, or a swampy area...

I'm looking for places I can hide, looking for a good shooting zone(killhole), looking for sign, looking for an area that looks like it will hold animals, the bunnies drink out of that pond, well, the coyotes eat the bunnies, so it should be a good spot to try... so on

My first coyote came out of a rockpile in the middle of a farm field, it's a place to kick back and take a nap, or perhaps find some mice, doesn't need to be perfect.
 
Coyotes will choose cover vs an open area any given day.

Regardless, of cover or lack thereof. They'll be on the down-wind slopes of hills & or other structure that assists in blocking the wind, any wind.

Areas I look for coyote. Is 1/4 mile & beyond from any active acrege or farmsted. 1/2 mile away from man. Being the prime distance in farm country. As that is their comfort area.
 
I have always been willing to try hunting any type of ground, regardless of me thinking it holds coyotes or not! I have learned over time that the not-so-good-looking spots will produce alot of the times! My experience over the years has taught me that my #1 concern should be my approach! Can I get in and setup without being noticed? Where will they possibly be coming from so that I don't disturb that area while making my approach? Will I have to walk to the stand out in the open? I will walk out of my way, to make an unseen approach! It works!
 
i use mainly shotgun when coyote hunting, with that being said i will pick a spot on a ridge over looking a flat and set my but against a tree halfway down the hill/slope. the more the hardwoods in front of me the better.


so in general, hardwood bottoms sitting on a hill.
 
Originally Posted By: calling4lifeI look for cover they can rest in, I also look for water sources, but a coyote can hear my howler at 2+ miles, so in the end, just go hunt.

I go out 2+hours before sunrise so I can locate as many as possible for the days hunt.

If I've got a farm field with a creek cutting through it, usually with brush around the creek, perhaps some trees, I want out, I like that scenario. Same thing if I see a tree stand out in a field that has a pond in/around it, or a swampy area...

I'm looking for places I can hide, looking for a good shooting zone(killhole), looking for sign, looking for an area that looks like it will hold animals, the bunnies drink out of that pond, well, the coyotes eat the bunnies, so it should be a good spot to try... so on

My first coyote came out of a rockpile in the middle of a farm field, it's a place to kick back and take a nap, or perhaps find some mice, doesn't need to be perfect.



I also live in ND and i'm in the eastern part and have been wondering the same question as nick2010, where in ND do you find coyotes?? I live in fargo and i have just heard to head out west to find them, but what land do you look for and how do you find land owners to ask them if you can hunt it?? (around here there are just open expanses of land with no idea of where the land owner is)
 
I like to set up in fencerows where I can call coyotes out of creek bottoms, drainage ditches, or small woodlots, into an open field. Sometimes it seems that coyotes will refuse to enter an open field so I will also sometimes enter into the cover and hunt into the wind, setting up and calling to openings in the wood lots or about every 200 yards or so as I move along the creek bottoms.
 


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