What month does calling coyotes really take off?

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RemRexAnotherDay

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Hello

During what month does coyote calling really start to pay off in "good" numbers, as far as stands called and coyotes called? Also what seems to be the best calls to use?

Thank you all for your replys and good luck this year.



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Steve

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My guns name is Rex, cuz when it touches one it wrecks there freaking day!
 
Rex-
This question has been debated here & almost everywhere else forever. Some guys hunt all year long; others wait until the weather turns cold and the fur primes up. I personally wait until at least the end of Sept. to get started depending on the weather.
You can call them in at almost any time of the year using either howls or "screams" or whatever your own personal choice is.
You might also want to check your state game laws on what guns you can have in your possession during a big game season if you don't have a tag for deer or whatever, I know in Nebraska you couldn't carry anything bigger than a .22 during deer season if you didn't have a deer tag.
vz63

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vz63

I've killed my share of coyotes, in fact I just killed a female about 2 hours ago, I already know that coyotes can be called during every month of the year and at all times of day. My question has nothing to do with calling all year, or whether or not it is possible to call them in year round. My question was when do you feel coyote calling picks up as far as action (in other words, the ratio between set-ups and called coyotes improves greatly).

Not to be impolite but if you feel that this topic has been covered to many times and don't feel like sharing quality information ... please don't reply. Some of us like up to date information, and don't want what worked or didn't work a year ago.

Thanks.



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Steve

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My guns name is Rex, cuz when it touches one it wrecks there freaking day!
 
Hi Steve. For me the hot action around this area is from the end of Aug up through mid Oct when rifle season for deer ends. Then things start getting tougher. The woods and countryside have seen heavy traffic. Most of the naive coyotes have been thinned. The fur is best by then but it has been my experience that the stand/kill ratio drops a bit when the big game seasons begin. That seems to be how it works here anyway.

Later, Curt
 
Sorry-
Didn't mean to be rude. Guess I didn't read your question right.
I personally saw an upsurge here right after the weather turned colder in the fall and really didn't have all that high of a setup to call in ratio until then. Don't really know why, maybe they need more food to keep up body temp or whatever? I have also noticed a distinct increase in activity immediately before and following the movement of any weather front containing moisture.
I do have a friend in NE that swears the time he gets the most action is right about this time of year when the pups are out wandering on their own for the first time.
I had always heard that coyotes were least active and responsive to calling during the hotter months of the year, but their are some guys here that had luck calling in AZ or NM with the temp in the 90's.
Once again, not doubting your abilities, just didn't quite get what you wanted right away (duh on me). Don't know if any of this helped or not; it might just depend on where you are in the world.

PS-Did that female you killed come in alone or were their younger dogs following her?
 
Curt pretty well nailed this question. Come september the pups are hunting without too much coaching from Mother. They come pretty good clear up until the deer hunters spook the heck out of them. Fur don't prime up around here til november but the coyotes will still come.
 
That is a very good question.I don't know if there is an absolute correct answer.I have been out in the middle of the summer 100 degree temps,and called and shot the hell out of the coyotes.And I have been out in September or October and made a ton of stands and didn't call a thing.But I have also called in the summer when I swear that there were no coyotes within a 1000 miles of my calling stands.And I have had some really great hunts in the fall and winter.I think if I had to pick a time of year that is the MOST consistant to calling it would probably be Sept. and Oct. because the number of coyotes are probably at a high with young of the year out and about and hunting pressure still relatively low.After the archery hunts,bird hunts,and big game hunts are over everybody is out trying to kill coyotes.At least thats how it is here in Utah.Then it becomes a little more difficult to get numbers of dogs.You have to start pulling out the tricks to consistantly call and kill them.But like I have always said the best time to call and kill coyotes is TODAY.hehehehe Hope this helps.GOOD HUNTING


My favorite calls to use year around are Sceery's AP-6(variable) AP-7(open reed) and a Sceery Howler.



[This message has been edited by UTcaller (edited 09-17-2001).]
 
Thanks guys, that is the information that I was looking for. I'm just curious as to how action around the US is compared to Wisconsin. The female I called in came in alone to a Baby Cotton Tall Distress call in combination with Coyote Pup Distress. She was there in 10 minutes. She was a beautiful dog, with fine silvery fur. I'm getting a life size mount of her with a cottontail rabbit in her mouth.

Thanks again guys, and good luck.



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Steve

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My guns name is Rex, cuz when it touches one it wrecks there freaking day!
 
Steve,

I think you will find more variation in success between days within a month than you will see between given months within a year.

If the coyotes are there, if they are responsive, and if you give them an offer they can't refuse, they will usually respond.

I call and kill coyotes in every month on the calendar about equally. The key is locating them first. What the summer months give up in responsiveness during hot weather, they gain in territorial aspects of coyote behavior during those same months.

Like others have stated, you will find coyotes to be generally more concentrated in Sept. and Oct. but they will respond year round.

I think it would be easier to point out the times when calling can be more difficult.

This would be during hunting seasons when they are getting run all over the place or in cold weather when they may be camped on a carcass.

The honest answer is "it depends on many variables".

Sorry I couldn't be more specific.

Wiley E
 
Wiley E

That was a very good answer, and very true if you really think about it. In winter months when coyotes are usually looking for food you would think that they would be very easy to call, and generally they are rather easy to call (not meaning easy but easier than other months), but at the same time like you stated if they are over a deer or in western states a large elk or something they have no reason to respond until that "resource" is depleted. Good reply and something to think on.

Thanks again.

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Steve

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My guns name is Rex, cuz when it touches one it wrecks there freaking day!
 
RemRex...

I will interpret the question using my limited understanding of the English language and offer the opinion that coyote calling "really takes off" in late September and October.

I feel that vz63 offered you a decent answer, and meant no harm or insult, and you were not justified in your reply to him, which could easily be considered "impolite" even though you suggested that it was not. In other words, I believe you were a little too defensive. Your question as written, could be interpreted as coming from a novice, which you hasten to correct the impression.

We can forget about it as misunderstanding, but if it were me, I'd be a little hurt.
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Good hunting. LB
 
Leonard

In my opinion, everyone is a novice to a certain extent, we learn something new at every stand, and on every coyote that we call in ... and when someone doesn't feel like they're learning anymore, its time for them to take up a new hobby.
As far as posting like a so called "novice," it doesn't matter to me what class of caller anyone on this board puts me in, because it doesn't effect my success in any way. I utilize this wonderful board to gain knowledge and a better understanding for one of Gods greatest creatures the coyote.

vz63

I didn't mean to come off as "defensive" or anything, I was just clearing up what I was looking for in a reply which you did very well after I explained the question at hand a little better. Hope there are no hard feelings bud? By the way, where abouts is Eads, Colorado located at? I could look at a map, but that would be way to easy.
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Take care guys, and lets all stay on the same team, and try and help each other out.



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Steve

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My guns name is Rex, cuz when it touches one it wrecks there freaking day!
 
Rex-
No biggy, we're all here for the same thing; to learn from whoever is willing to tell us what they know or think.
Eads is down in the SE corner of CO. about 30 miles north of Lamar, 20 miles south of Kit Carson or 2 hours ESE of CO Springs. Sagebrush, cactus, grass with the occasional "shrubby-lookin' tree". Lots o'critters which the people that grew up her love chasing with pickups.
vz63
 
vz63

Glad to hear there are no hard feelings. Sounds like a good time, one of my friends manages a big ranch for muley's and whitetails about 2 hours south of Lima, Colorado ... would this be close to where you are located, if I'm not mistaken it was like 1 1/2 hours ESE from the Springs but I could be wrong?

Good luck, have fun, and most importantly be safe this year.



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Steve

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My guns name is Rex, cuz when it touches one it wrecks there freaking day!
 
October is usually a blast here but i am only usually able to hunt two of the weekends for yotes because i'm hunting pheasants and other things. November slows down because everyone is out in the field pushing for deer and such, and the fact that there is a gut pile every hundred yards. December gets pretty good again especially the end of it. January is real good and the start of febuary is also very productive. If you don't like using howlers or don't know how this is when the season stop for awhile. late febuary and up to March 15th that's when i usually stop hunting is awesome hunting because they are so territorial. the furs aren't very nice but they don't sell that high now anyway! That is just how i figure it works up here in my areait is probaly totally different elsewhere!
just my two cents.

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[This message has been edited by nd coyote killer (edited 09-18-2001).]
 
Well fellas, I know everything there is to know about hunting coyotes.

Uhhh.. that is until I sit my butt under a bush and start blowing. Then all those damn expert coyotes take turns learning me up good. Good thing there are still some dumb ones out there or I would have given up by now.

Hell, I damn near got attacked by a doe one day when I was trying to show those smartalek coyotes what a pup in distress is supposed to sound like. I think the coyotes put the doe up to it and were laying back in the bushes laughing their asses off at me.

Keep it light guys. Heavy stuff sucks when you are hunting.

[This message has been edited by Mike McDonald (edited 09-19-2001).]
 


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