What is the most coyotes you have called in on a single stand? Tell us about your favorite memories.
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Called 5 and killed 5 once a few years ago. Got 3 of 3 several times. I have the hunt stories posted for these somewhere on the forum.
Edit: didn’t take me but a minute to find they post using or search. Still trying to learn my way around the new forum.
Edit: didn’t take me but a minute to find they post using or search. Still trying to learn my way around the new forum.
6 coyotes on one stand
The ranch manager on one of the places I hunt has been after me to come shoot some coyotes. It has been hotter than heck, but a couple of weeks ago was putting pressure on me so we made a hunt. We only called in one coon that night, but a few days later he was back on me that they were seeing...
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cornstalker
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Had five come in at once. They got real close and it turned into a circus. Only killed one.
Sure like to hear how that played out.Driven2tri24
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12. The very first time I ever attempted to call coyotes. Within 30 secs of playing Cagie Cottontail on a brand new FP. I bought it the following day after finding my 5y/o's buck devoured in less than 2 hours after arrowing it. I only shot one that night with the only centerfire rifle I had at the time, a .270, but picked off 3 more that week with a shotgun and several more that year(2010). I used shotgun and a .308 pump to kill them inside timber at dusk for next 5 years or so until I began night hunting more than day hunting and transitioning from Red Light to NV to Thermal today.
! Pretty awesome for here in Pennsylvania !
limbhanger10
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The most on 1 stand solo was 4(not pictured)
This group of 5 took over 3 hours and 3 position changes. We could see all 6 were spread out on a hillside in a cattle filed from 40 to 350 yards away. We shot 2 from the first position(the mature female went over the hill after that).....we moved up the hill to reposition and she was nowhere to be seen, but shot another. We worked back down the hill to close the gap on "remaining" 2 and shot those. The size difference on the 2 pup compared to the other 2 and even the mature male was very interesting. Only the mature male responded to ANY calls. All the pups had fleas, ticks and slight mange.
The significance of these next 5 from 2 stands(ya..I know thats not to topic) is in I went to spot A first and blanked(pouring rain)....went to spot B(snowing like a SOB) and back to A.(wet snow now)
Gave 1 howl and they responded back while they were running out of the creek bottom right at me. They got within 40 yards to my 9 and I couldn't shoot because of barn/house. They both stopped in the clear and I shot the female. The male circled 180° and I called him back out 10 minutes later.
I then immediately went back to spot A.
I got a response and the small male came in and I almost didn't see him because of the fence weed line shadow(red lights). He cleared the fence and went right to call and dropped him. Less than a minute later I catch bouncing eyes working the far fence row downwind. They both come around the corner of the pasture and B-line right to call. They get about 100 yards, I mute, and they work the wind trying to smell the "rabbit". The female bypasses the call(upwind of it) I bark and drop her.....the male takes off and I get on him waiting for him to stop. Trying to follow a coyote going away with a red light is tough....The only reason I was able to kill him when he stopped 250 was because of the snow.
...all in under an hour and a half (including 50 minutes total driving). The dark male was over 45#
Stand B
Stand A
L-R
Male, Female-35#, Male 43#
The blue glove in mouth is heaviest female of the 2...that way I wouldn't submit the wrong coyote because the 2 females were almost identical in color/pattern.
This group of 5 took over 3 hours and 3 position changes. We could see all 6 were spread out on a hillside in a cattle filed from 40 to 350 yards away. We shot 2 from the first position(the mature female went over the hill after that).....we moved up the hill to reposition and she was nowhere to be seen, but shot another. We worked back down the hill to close the gap on "remaining" 2 and shot those. The size difference on the 2 pup compared to the other 2 and even the mature male was very interesting. Only the mature male responded to ANY calls. All the pups had fleas, ticks and slight mange.
The significance of these next 5 from 2 stands(ya..I know thats not to topic) is in I went to spot A first and blanked(pouring rain)....went to spot B(snowing like a SOB) and back to A.(wet snow now)
Gave 1 howl and they responded back while they were running out of the creek bottom right at me. They got within 40 yards to my 9 and I couldn't shoot because of barn/house. They both stopped in the clear and I shot the female. The male circled 180° and I called him back out 10 minutes later.
I then immediately went back to spot A.
I got a response and the small male came in and I almost didn't see him because of the fence weed line shadow(red lights). He cleared the fence and went right to call and dropped him. Less than a minute later I catch bouncing eyes working the far fence row downwind. They both come around the corner of the pasture and B-line right to call. They get about 100 yards, I mute, and they work the wind trying to smell the "rabbit". The female bypasses the call(upwind of it) I bark and drop her.....the male takes off and I get on him waiting for him to stop. Trying to follow a coyote going away with a red light is tough....The only reason I was able to kill him when he stopped 250 was because of the snow.
...all in under an hour and a half (including 50 minutes total driving). The dark male was over 45#
Stand B
Stand A
L-R
Male, Female-35#, Male 43#
The blue glove in mouth is heaviest female of the 2...that way I wouldn't submit the wrong coyote because the 2 females were almost identical in color/pattern.
Grigsby
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I called in 6 on a stand and shot 3 a couple years ago - one with the shotgun and the other 2 with the rifle.
I was hand calling and used mostly rabbit distress and threw in a few howls, although my howling needs practice. The first two (on the left in the photo) came in together, along with a third which never came in fully, but the far left female tried to get downwind in deeper snow. I was able to swing my shotgun to about my 7 o'clock and bowled her over with Federal 3" 4 buck and Carlson's coyote choke at about 25 yards. While this was happening the other female (middle in photo) was straight in front of and below me and she ran up the opposite hill and stopped. I switched to my rifle while she was moving and dumped her with a .223 bullet to the vitals at about 80 yards. I sat quiet for a few seconds and then did some ki yi and waited. Eventually I could see 3 more behind the hills in front of me moving and looking my way but only one more came in, the male (far right in photo). He was sniffing around and I tried coaxing him in closer with quiet rabbit squalls but he seemed to be hung up at about 100 yards so I slowly got crosshairs on him and squeezed off a shot and dumped him in his tracks also. The second picture is his final resting position. All 3 seemed to be young coyotes.
When I got up to collect my fur I scanned the area where the coyotes seemed to be coming from with my binos and saw 7 more lounging in the warm sun against the trees in the background. The whole stand took 45 minutes to an hour.
I was hand calling and used mostly rabbit distress and threw in a few howls, although my howling needs practice. The first two (on the left in the photo) came in together, along with a third which never came in fully, but the far left female tried to get downwind in deeper snow. I was able to swing my shotgun to about my 7 o'clock and bowled her over with Federal 3" 4 buck and Carlson's coyote choke at about 25 yards. While this was happening the other female (middle in photo) was straight in front of and below me and she ran up the opposite hill and stopped. I switched to my rifle while she was moving and dumped her with a .223 bullet to the vitals at about 80 yards. I sat quiet for a few seconds and then did some ki yi and waited. Eventually I could see 3 more behind the hills in front of me moving and looking my way but only one more came in, the male (far right in photo). He was sniffing around and I tried coaxing him in closer with quiet rabbit squalls but he seemed to be hung up at about 100 yards so I slowly got crosshairs on him and squeezed off a shot and dumped him in his tracks also. The second picture is his final resting position. All 3 seemed to be young coyotes.
When I got up to collect my fur I scanned the area where the coyotes seemed to be coming from with my binos and saw 7 more lounging in the warm sun against the trees in the background. The whole stand took 45 minutes to an hour.
Grigsby
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I wish they'd have come closer too, but they were probably about a half mile away, out of the wind, and in the warm sun so I don't blame them for staying put. I could hardly believe there were that many in one spot. It makes me wonder if it was a family group? Would they tolerate each other's presence if they were not family? I don't know but it was fun to see anyway.
Earlier that morning, in the quiet darkness, I played a couple locator howls from an e-caller (first time I've ever done that) and I heard a cascade of different groups sounding off from pretty close to as far away as I could hear. That was a cool and illuminating experience as well. I had no idea there were that many coyotes in the area and that I'd get such a response. I believe it helped me find success on the stand I described above.
Earlier that morning, in the quiet darkness, I played a couple locator howls from an e-caller (first time I've ever done that) and I heard a cascade of different groups sounding off from pretty close to as far away as I could hear. That was a cool and illuminating experience as well. I had no idea there were that many coyotes in the area and that I'd get such a response. I believe it helped me find success on the stand I described above.
I was calling for two friends last season on a large ranch. Called in 6 on the first stand. they both shot the same dog ( I wasn’t shooting). So killed one on the most productive stand of my life. Later that day on the same ranch we called 4 adult bobcats at one time up a lease road to within ten yards for two to three minutes. We couldn’t shoot cats on this ranch however. Both were personal best stands that I will probably never out do in my lifetime but it was great.