What is the best cover for hunting Coyote?

Adam44

Adam44

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I live in deep woods Appellation Mountains of Pennsylvania.
Where I sit is kind of on a slope, sitting against a big tree. Should I be in a tree/tree stand?
Should I be in thick cover? My visibility is good but the chance of coyote’s seeing me is good too. I don’t hunt fields that much, but when I do I stay just under the top of the hill to hide my siloet. Now I have Army issue camo pants coats ext. I also have Mossy oak camo. I have two gillie suits.
What do you guys use and where do you use it?

P.S. I can’t hunt from a truck that is illegal in PA
 
I have camo for every season, from snow to sage to my ghillie suit. The last coyote I got I sat against a pine tree in the mountains wearing my sage brush camo with nothing between me and the wide open space the coyote was passin through while lookin for that wounded rabbit. It never knew I was there until the bullet hit it and it was dead before it hit the ground. Just remain as still as possible. I watched it come in through my scope and I had to call softly a few times to get it comming in when it stopped to look around. I watched it look right at me through my scope and it never seen me.

t/c223encore.
 
The best cover is where it is thick enough for the predator to feel secure, yet open enough for me to have decent visibillity. Can't kill em, if you can't see em.

Advantage Max4 HD is a very-VERY versatile camo pattern, the main thing is to breakup your outline/silhoutte by setting in front of something that is wider than you, brushpile, tree, cedarbush and REMAIN STILL, and move slowly when you do move.
 
The best cover, may not be the most practical cover. What I saying is, I've seen hunters shoot coyotes in the AZ desert sitting in a folding chair backed up to a mequite bush. I hunt in the MO hardwood mostly and try to sit in a turkey hunting seat with my back against a large tree. Good camo clothing, with minimal movement will go along way. Especially when using an e-caller. Of course stand setup, wind, etc. play a very important role too.
 
Adam
In the open country the Coyote Doctors call, often we have nothing in front of 3 of us (and that includes a guy with a camera). Good camo and break up your outline will get the coyotes close enough for you to shoot. The limit of movement is very important, but fooling their nose is the most important.
Doc
 
Coyotejunki, where are you at in Mo. I live at Cabool in S. Mo. If you are close maybe we could compare notes or hunt some.

Adam, these guys are right, movement is the big red flag for catching a coyotes eye. I have 3 different patterns of camo and they all work. I almost always sit on a stool here in Mo. I just get a bush or something to break up my outline. All the camo in the world will not hide movement.
 
Just in case the horse isn't dead enough on this thread the best camo for any hunting situation is stillness. The next best is odor control and after that it is patern break. Oddly enough my hunting parters say that my Mossy Oak patern top is the best that they have seen against high desert backdrop.
 
Coyotes can be unpredictable. For instance, once 3 of us made a stand and as we were calling a coyote came running in from down wind, he also ran in on a trail all three of us used to walk into this area. Kind of surprised us as he ran within 5 feet of the fella using the folding lawn chair.

He stop running real quick when this same guy placed 25grs of bullet into the back side of the coyotes head.

Baldknobber, I used to watch your show in Branson years ago. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BTW I live in St. Louis. I'll PM you, maybe we can get a hunt setup.
 
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