when is there too much wind to head out yote hunting?

Whitetail Hunter

Whitetail Hunter

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I was just wondering because i was thinking about going out coyote hunting one day and the wind was blowing 30km/h. When is it too windy for the coyotes to respond to my call?
 
It's never too windy to get a response if you set up close enough for them to hear. In my opinion what Tony gave is about the best guideline you can get. That's what I generally go by. Unfortunately this year I would've only been able to hunt one day if I followed it. Most days this winter the coyotes haven't had to hunt. They just open their mouths, face upwind, and wait for food to blow in.

If you have to hunt in high winds, make your stands closer together. I try to do several in series. I'll start at the downwind end of the string and work my way up wind. The higher the winds the less I move between stands.

Nate
 
Last week I was out with a pal in 30+ mph winds, just using hand calls and we got busted by a pair that came up on a blind side and saw him move & split. My pal was not really wanting to go, but I dragged him just to say...SEE they will come!
 
I made four stands one afternoon last week in winds that I would figure to be 20mph+ (i didn't want to go but my buddy talked me into it) on the last stand I shot a hard charger that I watched come in from well over a quarter mile up wind. I only had the foxpro on 35. I finally shot him at 40 yrds. I'm not saying that this will happen everytime. But you can't kill em while satring at the computer screen.
 
In North Dakota the weather is cold and windy, mild and windy, sunny and windy, cloudy and windy, snowing and windy except this year
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or anything else and windy. It took a while to realize that calling still works.

This weekend was about 15 mph winds and I could still hear the cars on the highway from 2 miles, and the coyotes still came.

After 20 mph it gets a little more difficult but they can still be called.
 
It all depends on the spot for me. If I am hunting someplace with lots of area and I only have one time to hunt it, I will call in the wind and have had some good success. I made more stands closer together because they can't hear you as far and if I have a partner, I like to sit them way down wind. Another good thing about wind, the bobcats don't mind it at all. I have killed several cats in howling winds. That said, if I am calling close to home on land that I can hunt tomorrow, I am going to save it for a less windy day.
 
I took my father-in-law hunting in the mountains a couple of weeks ago. There was no wind when we left the house. But in the mountains the wind was gusting between 5 to 30 mph (maybe more, it's hard to tell). Our tracks in the snow were filled with in 10 minutes after making them. We setup on a ridge where the wind was absolutely howling. But about 30 seconds before I pressed the button on the caller, the wind stopped. It was dead calm for about 15 minutes. Then the wind picked back up again. You never know what you're going to get.

We didn't call anything in that day, but it was great to get out.
 
Depends!!!
If it's a short trip =cheep, I'll try in any weather but if I have to invest a bunch of time and $$$ in a trip, if the forecast is much over 10 mph I'll make a different plan.
 
Originally Posted By: Whitetail HunterI was just wondering because i was thinking about going out coyote hunting one day and the wind was blowing 30km/h. When is it too windy for the coyotes to respond to my call? when you can't stand it any more.
 
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