Where to set up on this property

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High desert hunter

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I am wondering if anyone would like to suggest a good stand location or two for coyote calling based on the map.

I marked the two parcels that I can't hunt. The private parcel on the south side and the state land tinted blue on the north side I can hunt.

Wind is 15 mph straight from the west. About an eighty foot drop and 300 yards (varies) from the south hills to the creek. There is a stock pond in the NE corner of the private land. My point of access is the SE corner. There's a gravel road along the east edge and a fence row on the south edge.

Thanks for any advice. I've tended to be more of a road hunter when it comes to coyotes and am trying to learn to call.
 
Apologies, the no hunt text didn't save the first time I posted the map.
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One of the veteran members made a comment the other day, it kinda goes like this.
The first time I call a property I get in as quietly as possible keeping the wind in my favor. I look for the best setup for next time on my way out.
I consider that great advice. I would follow that and pick a spot with a good view and give it a go. Don't over call and just observe if it was me. Good luck to you.
 
Elevation advantage(not skylined), wind not blowing towards coyote location.and sun not in your eyes(day calling). Sunrise,sunset calling setup near where the prey live. Sunrise hunt you should know your route in and where setting up(scouted) at least satellite looks if your comfortable with that. Don't park your vehicle where it can be seen.
 
It’s hard to say for sure without seeing it in daylight from ground level, but I’d start by walking in low along the blue line. Set up somewhere in the purple area, with the call placed near the white “C.”, targeting that creek. I’d avoid going too far west on that hill so you can still see the downwind side back toward the spring.

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High desert hunter said:
Apologies, the no hunt text didn't save the first time I posted the map.
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From what I can tell looking at your map. I would avoid being exposed to ground cover getting to your stand. Because roughly 90% of the time, any given day. A coyote will choose to bed during the day. "In ground cover" vs being exposed out on an open hill side. Ground cover meaning timber & or grassy sloughs & or creek bottoms. While they are bedded down. They will often raise their head & pan around to THEIR cross & down wind angles. One more point & it should not be over looked. Be as quiet as possible getting to your stand. Be stealthy on the way in.
 
I have never used a map for coyote calling. Looking at that map I can't make any suggestions.

I would want to enter that area from the down wind side so my scent is not blowing into the area I want to call into. I don't like walking or driving on gravel roads, so I would avoid that.

The country we call coyotes in we see coyotes up and moving around during the day from November through March.

I never really think about coyotes hanging around water because we kill lots of coyotes that are 1 to 5 miles away from the closest water. We see coyote scat with Juniper Berries and Grapes in the scat, 4 to 5 miles away from Junipers and grape vineyards.
 
Are you Daytime hunting or Night hunting? The reason I ask because it makes a big difference on how you would hunt it. For example, Daytime hunting cover and staying low but with a good vantage point is key and you can hunt much thicker terrain. You can get away with not being able to see very far. Nighttime hunting I prefer to stay away from thick terrain and hunt the most open spots as possible. Its too easy at night for coyotes to use the thick cover to get close and do circles around your caller with out you ever seeing them. Thermals are not forgiving when it comes to close quarter thick terrain. How ever you still target those areas at night by finding open terrain close by with the wind in your favor and call placed in a direction you can move off to the side from and let them focus on the call not you. You can get away with a lot more at night and I have found hunting long stretch of roads especially ones that split and make V's are very productive. When I say roads, I mean wide lanes or trails that are wide enough to get a shot. When you hunt the high sides of terrain we always try and hunt 3/4 of the way on a hill so we are not sky lined. It never hurts to put a person facing the opposite way that everybody else is facing if you hunt with multiple folks. Just to catch those ones which don't come from the way you think they are going too. You would be surprised, that person, will see just as many Yotes and have the same opportunities of getting a shot sometimes even more than the others. Hope this helps also don't get stuck of hunting it the same way every time have multiple set up locations picked out to hunt different wind directions and let that dictate how you set up.
 
Animals need food and water but I don't thing any but hogs bed near their source. Including yote prey. Last one I got was in open field but previous 3 were in the bushes waiting for 'dinner'. I don't 'call' often, just an app on the cell phone.
 
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