What priority do you place on finding unpressured coyotes?

RSG223 said:
I read this a lot on these forums! It must be a thing local to your areas because it's not an issue where I live. I know of only one or two guys and they are an hour or more each way of me so I'm pretty positive there's no overlap.
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Last year, I went to one of my honeyholes, as I was setting up, I hear to my east a howling sequence, followed by some distress calls, followed by pup distress. I never turned on my call, I was downwind of the other hunter and just remained silent to see if anything worked my way first. Another hole of mine is to the south, a group answered the other dudes howls. So I packed up and went south. As I was walking to my knoll I heard another howling sequence. Scanned the farm to my west and saw the dude that was to my east on the first stand. Just a lil overlap there🤣 I packed up and went home after that.
 
No priority at all, though it would be nice to have that.

I had a 710 acre duck hunting club property that allowed me to hunt coyotes, back in the 90's early 2000's. For maybe 10-13 years, I was the only coyote hunter, and it was very good. Even there, I'd get skunked once in awhile.

For the last 10+ years, it's been all public lands for us, and we do pretty well on them.
 
Unless you have access to private ground, out west here there is no such thing as unpressured Coyotes. They are being hunted 24/7 365 days a year anymore. Especially since Thermal is the new thing. All you can hope for is finding little pockets of coyotes once in a while. And capitalizing on getting the ones you call.

Good Hunting Chad
 
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RSG223 said:
I read this a lot on these forums! It must be a thing local to your areas because it's not an issue where I live. I know of only one or two guys and they are an hour or more each way of me so I'm pretty positive there's no overlap.
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Consider yourself fortunate! I've had my howls answered by other callers more than once.

One of my favorites... A few years back (3 or 4) a buddy of mine wanted to call a property that he deer hunts. Says he sees and hears coyotes frequently. He's not a predator hunter, so he asked me if I would call the property so he could see what it was all about. Not one to turn down an opportunity to call new ground, I said yes. We got setup in a good looking spot and I let out a single lone howl. About 30 seconds later I hear a response from across the property. My buddy got excited and said "I told you I hear them often! What do we do now?" I said, "We won't see this coyote buddy. He's owned by a fellow in Arkansas named Torry Cook!" After a few more responses from familiar sounds I explained that it was another caller using MFK calls on an e-caller. We did move to the other end of the property and tried a second setup but without any success.

I landed a new property a few years back. I hiked up in at dusk and was waiting on darkness when I heard talking and saw red lights coming over the rise. Two guys who were surprised to see me, carrying shotguns had the same idea as me! We chatted for a minute. exchanged phone numbers and agreed to contact each other if we called the property. He told me that he always gets responses but never calls them in. (real shocker?!) The landowner failed to mention that his neighbor had access and called. After seeing how they approached their stand with total disregard for stealth, I decided to hunt the property very sparingly, and only after he tells me hae hasn't called for a while.
 
Not many nights after deer season is over (this Saturday), that I don't see a vehicle, hear a call, or hear shots fired. My favorite are the "locaters" riding the UTVs around fields or trucks along roads and playing Howls out the window, the dummies gotta be deaf by the end of a couple hours.
 
Because of other hunters and the amount of area the coyote utilize, I assume coyote have had encounters with hunters. I do pay attention to where I see others park,walk into. If I can avoid duplicating what other hunters have tried/done, I feel it gives me an advantage. Usually this means a different wind direction or calling near a different travel path the coyote use.
If during the day, coyote immediately start running if I even start slowing down the truck. I do more scouting to find the best way to drive in/park. I seldom park in the open, even at night. No loud exhaust, door slamming. Walk as quietly as possible.
 
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